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 has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran. She is working on electrochemical-based micro-biosensors for early detection of diseases. Her interests include developing biosensors, microfluidic devices and organs on a chip. Zahra joined Dr. Shin’s lab since May 2019. She is collaborating with Mara Nanotech Korea, Inc. for developing cardiac biosensors at this moment.
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.
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.
Undergraduate Students
Irán Alessandra Chaparro Rodríguez
Irán Alessandra Chaparro Rodríguez is a senior student of biotechnology engineering at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Chihuahua Campus, currently conducting research at Dr. Su Ryon Shin’s laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Her interests include molecular biology, genetic engineering and tissue engineering with applications in human health. Throughout her studies, Alessandra has contributed to different projects involving recombinant protein production, expression system design, bioreactor development and developing innovative biotechnological solutions for medical and environmental challenges. She is committed to using science to solve real-world problems and aims to contribute to the advancement of healthcare technologies.
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Brittany Alejandra Garibay Corral
Brittany Alejandra Garibay Corral is a senior Biotechnology Engineering student at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Chihuahua, currently conducting research at Dr. Su Ryon Shin’s laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Her interests lie in bioengineering, genetic engineering, molecular biology, synthetic biology and tissue engineering, with a strong focus on applications in human health. Throughout her academic training, Brittany has actively participated in projects such as the synthesis and evaluation of nanocarriers for targeted delivery, development of bacterial biofactories for recombinant protein production, bioreactor optimization, and the design of functional biosystems. Her current work centers on bioprinting, 3D printing, biomaterials, cell culture, tissue decellularization, histological staining, and confocal microscopy, among other techniques aimed at developing innovative solutions in regenerative medicine.
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Roberto Carlos Medecigo Lozada
Roberto Carlos Medecigo Lozada is a senior Nanotechnology Engineering student at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey. He joined Dr. Su Ryon Shin’s lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School in February 2025 under the mentorship of postdoctoral fellow Zahra Rezaei. His current work focuses on electrochemical biosensing and microfluidic systems with applications in the biomedical field. He has had experience in the synthesis and characterization of biomaterials and micro and nanofabrication processes.