Shin Laboratory Members
Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator
Su Ryon Shin, Ph.D.
Su Ryon Shin is an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator of Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Shin received a doctoral degree from Hanyang University, South Korea. In Nov. 2010, she joined Prof. Ali Khademhosseini's group at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technologies, and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Dr. Shin is an expert in the field of nanomaterials, biomaterials, tissue engineering, electrochemical actuator, biosensor, organ-on-a-chip, and 3D bioprinting.
Career Investigators
Chanyuan Li
Chanyuan Li is a gynecologic oncologist at Zhejiang University School of Medicine. She received her M.D. in Oncology from Sun Yat-sen University in 2023. Her previous research focused on the role of microbiota in ovarian cancer, including tumor-promoting mechanisms of pathogenic bacteria, tumor-suppressive effects of probiotics, and aptamer-based diagnostic strategies. She joined the Shin Lab in March 2025 and is currently working on oxygen-releasing biomaterials to improve chemotherapy outcomes in hypoxic ovarian tumors.
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Zahra Rezaei
Zahra Rezaei is a postdoctoral fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology (2022), Iran. Her work centers on electrochemical micro-/nano-biosensors for early disease detection and the development of advanced microfluidic and organ-on-chip platforms. Zahra joined Dr. Shin’s lab in May 2019, and she is currently expanding her research to include next-generation diagnostic biosensors, biomaterials, and bioactuator technologies.
Seok Gyu Han
Seokgyu Han is a postdoctoral fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He received his B.S (2018) and Ph.D. (2024) degrees in department of Mechanical Engineering from Sungkyunkwan university. In Sep. 2024, he is joined Prof. Shin’s lab pursuing to develop innovative biomaterials for muscle regeneration.
Jihyun Lee
Dr. Jihyun Lee is a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Su Ryon Shin’s lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She developed biomimetic structures based on flexible materials during her PhD, leading research on medical devices applicable to biosurfaces. Currently, her research focuses on biohybrid robot systems, utilizing tissue engineering, 3D printed scaffolds, flexible materials, and wireless transmission systems.
Francisco Conceição
Francisco Conceição is a Marie-Curie post-doctoral fellow at Professor Su Ryon Shin’s lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He has expertise in organ-on-chip design, fabrication and bone disease modeling. For his doctoral research, under the supervision of Dr. Meriem Lamghari, he investigated the role of the sympathetic nervous system on breast cancer bone metastasis and obtained his PhD from the University of Porto, Portugal. During his first post-doctoral appointment at Dr. Liliana Moreira Teixeira’s lab at the University of Twente, the Netherlands, he investigated sex-specific features of osteoarthritis using an osteochondral interface model on-chip. Currently, he is developing electrochemical sensors for detection and quantification of bone biomarkers for in-line monitoring of bone-on-chip models.
Ceren Özel
Ceren Ozel is a stem cell and tissue engineering biologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She earned her Ph.D. in Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering from Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Turkey, in 2022, and continued her postdoctoral research there until March 2025. Her expertise spans personalized organ-on-a-chip platforms, biofunctional textiles for wound healing, patient-derived primary cell and tissue culture, cell-laden hydrogels, and regenerative strategies using stem cells and exosomes. She has contributed to national biotechnology projects involving cryobioprinting and GMP-compliant exosome production for a Phase 2 clinical study. Dr. Ozel joined the Shin Lab in March 2025, where she is developing DLP-bioprinted constructs incorporating oxygen-generating, microenvironment-modulating microparticles for mesenchymal stem cell-based ischemic therapies.
Kijun Park
Kijun Park is a postdoctoral fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He received his Ph.D. (2024) degrees in the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Yonsei University, South Korea. Dr. Park is a specialist in biomaterials and 3D bioprinting, with a strong focus on developing functional biocompatible materials. His expertise lies in designing hydrogel- and polymer-based bioinks that enable tissue regeneration. Currently, he is leading projects that utilize robotic-arm-assisted 3D bioprinting systems for advanced wound healing and the development of bioelectronic devices.
Sera Hong
Sera Hong is a postdoctoral researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She received her Pharm.D. (2018) from Sungkyunkwan University and her Ph.D. (2024) in Pharmacy from Seoul National University, where she focused on biomaterial science, particularly drug delivery in the tumor microenvironment and bioprinting-based platforms for pharmaceutical analysis. She joined Prof. Shin’s laboratory in March 2025 and is currently focusing on developing nanoclay-assisted bioactive hydrogel systems for chronic wound healing and tissue regeneration.
Se Rim Jang
Se Rim Jang is a postdoctoral research fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She received her Ph.D. degree in the Department of Bionanosystem Engineering from Jeonbuk National University, South Korea. Dr. Jang has focused on developing electrospun 3D bioscaffolds using biomaterials for tissue regeneration. She joined Prof. Shin’s laboratory in September 2025 and is currently working on the development of 3D scaffolds for volumetric muscle loss treatment.
Il Won Suh
Il Won Suh is a postdoctoral research fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He received his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Bionanotechnology and Bioconvergence Engineering at Jeonbuk National University, South Korea. Dr. Suh has focused on the integration of biomaterials and biomechanical simulations to optimize the synthesis and fabrication of materials and medical devices. His research further extends to the biomechanical optimization of surgical treatments for orthopedic injuries. He joined Prof. Shin’s laboratory in September 2025 and is currently focusing on developing 3D scaffolds for volumetric muscle loss treatment.
PhD Students
Soo A Kim
Soo A Kim is a visiting researcher in Professor Su Ryon Shin’s laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She is also a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Yonsei University. Her research focuses on developing multifunctional hydrogel-based bioelectronic platforms. This includes electrical stimulation-based therapeutic strategies, bioink-assisted 3D printing approaches for chronic wound healing, and the design of advanced biomaterials and sensors for next-generation therapeutic applications.
Chen Liu
Chen Liu is a visiting scholar in Professor Su Ryon Shin’s laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is also a Ph.D. student in University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research focuses on the field of wearable technologies including wearable sensors and epidermal sensors to detect physical and biochemical physiological signals, wearable microfluidic devices for sweat collection and transportation, human-machine interface, catalytic nanomaterials, and biomimetic structures.
Yejin Jo
Yejin Jo is a visiting researcher in Professor Su Ryon Shin’s laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She is also a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Yonsei University. She develops soft bioelectronic materials, including hydrogel-based adhesives, flexible encapsulation layers, and anisotropic conductive interfaces. She also advances anti-biofouling coating technologies for next-generation medical and bioelectronic devices.
Grace Chen
Grace Chen is a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, currently conducting her research training in Dr. Su Ryon Shin’s laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Her work focuses on investigating the therapeutic effects of 3D stem cell spheroids in mitigating traumatic brain injury. She also develops stem cell spheroid‐extensions including decellularized and gelated spheroid—to explore their potential applications across various disease models.
Cláudia Silva
Cláudia Silva is a Fulbright awardee working in Professor Su Ryon Shin’s laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. She is also a Ph.D. student in Materials Engineering at the Centre for MicroElectromechanical Systems (CMEMS) at the University of Minho. Her research focuses on advancing diagnostic technologies in microbiology and molecular biology, with an emphasis on developing a new approach for early sepsis detection based on species-specific bacterial biomarkers present in the extracellular environment before infection is established. As a Visiting Student Researcher, she will further deepen her expertise in molecular biology, develop molecular detection systems for these biomarkers, optimize methodologies for device integration, and explore innovative strategies for detecting biomarkers in clinically relevant settings.
Undergraduate Students
Elías Mumenthey Vásquez
Elías Mumenthey Vásquez is a Nanotechnology Engineering student at Tecnológico de Monterrey and a research intern at Dr. Su Ryon Shin’s Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, under the mentorship of Dr. Zahra Rezaei. His current work focuses on developing electrochemical sensors for biomarker detection. He has previously contributed to projects involving nickel nanoparticle–modified electrodes for glucose sensing, SPR-based biosensors for cardiac diagnostics, and SERS substrates for biological analysis, as well as microfluidic optimization through COMSOL modeling. Elías is a multiple national award winner at the Mexican Science and Engineering Fair, a top 1% student at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and the founder and director of science initiatives such as the Prometheus Research Program and the Ascendion Science Fair. His research aims to advance nanotechnology-driven biosensing and biomedical diagnostics.
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Daniela Alejandra Hernández Cota
Daniela Alejandra Hernández Cota is a Mechatronics Engineering student at Tecnológico de Monterrey (Campus Sonora Norte), currently conducting research at Dr. Su Ryon Shin’s laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Her academic and technical background includes robotics, automation, control systems, mechanical design, and computer vision, with a growing interest in biomedical engineering and its applications in healthcare technologies. She has worked on multidisciplinary projects involving collaborative robotics, PLC-based automation, and vision-guided robotic systems. Her experience spans industrial workcell simulation, sensor-integrated automation, and the development of advanced mechatronic systems for applications in intelligent manufacturing and solutions for academic and industrial projects. Beyond her engineering work, Daniela has led initiatives in leadership development and social impact, contributing to programs that promote educational access, community engagement, and STEM participation. She is committed to applying technology and innovation to create meaningful, human-centered solutions.