Inseong Jo
Research Experience
Feb 2021 - Present
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Paul Pascal Research Center
University of Bordeaux
Bordeaux, France
Sep 2020 - Jan 2021
School of Chemical Engineering
Sungkwunkwan University
Suwon, South Korea
Postdoctoral Research Associate
May 2015 - Feb 2016
Visiting Graduate Student
Center for Soft Matter Research
New York University
New York, US
Education
Mar 2014 - Aug 2020
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
(Thesis title : DNA-Functionalized Colloids for Self-Assembled Superstructures)
School of Chemical Engineering
Sungkwunkwan University
Suwon, South Korea
Mar 2006 - Feb 2014
B.S. in Engineering
School of Polymer Science and Engineering
Sungkyunkwan University
Suwon, South Korea
Publications
DNA-Coated Microspheres with Base Mismatches for Stepwise Programmed Assembly, In-Seong Jo, Joon Suk Oh, Matthieu Soula, Manhee Lee, Etienne Ducrot, David J. Pine, Gi-Ra Yi, Chemistry of Materials (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00205) (2024)
Effect of Polystyrene Nanoplastics and Their Chemically Loosened Models on Stem Cell Fate, GwangBum Im, Young Geon Kim, In-Seong Jo, Tae Yong Yoo, Sung-Won Kim, Hyun Su Park, Taeghwan Hyeon, Gi-Ra Yi, Suk Ho Bhang, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 430, 128411 (2022)
Self-assembled Colloidal Clusters and Breaking Symmetry, You-Jin Kim, Jaehyun Kim, In-Seong Jo, David J. Pine, Stefano Sacanna, Gi-Ra Yi, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143 (33), 13175-13183 (2021)
DNA Functionalization of Colloidal Particles via Physisorption of Azide-functionalized Amphiphilic Block Copolymers, Jeongbin Moon, In-Seong Jo, Jeong Hoon Yoon, Yeongha Kim, Joon Suk Oh, David J. Pine, Gi-Ra Yi, Soft Matter, 15, 6930-6933 (2019)
DNA-Coated Microspheres and Their Colloidal Superstructures, Jeongbin Moon, In-Seong Jo, Etienne Ducrot, Joon Suk Oh, David J. Pine, Gi-Ra Yi, Macromolecular Research, 26 (12), 1085-1094 (2018)
DNA-Functionalized 100 nm Polymer Nanoparticles from Block Copolymer Micelles, Saerom Lee, Jeong Hoon Yoon, In-Seong Jo, Joon Suk Oh, David J. Pine, Tae Soup Shim, Gi-Ra Yi, Langmuir, 34 (37), 11042-11048 (2018)
Compressible Colloidal Clusters from Pickering Emulsions and their DNA Functionalization, In-Seong Jo, Joon Suk Oh, Shin-Hyun Kim, David J. Pine, Gi-Ra Yi, Chemical Communications, 54 (60), 8328-8331 (2018)
Soft Patchy Micelles, In-Seong Jo, Saerom Lee, Jintao Zhu, Tae Soup Shim, Gi-Ra Yi, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 30, 97-105 (2017)
International Conferences
Non-orthogonal DNA Coatings for Stepwise Programmed Colloidal Assembly, 96th ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium, Denver, United States (07.2022)
High-density DNA-coated Spherical and Snowman-like Janus Colloids, 48th World Polymer Congress IUPAC-MACRO 2020+, Jeju, South Korea (05.2021)
Compressible Colloidal Clusters from Pickering Emulsions and Their DNA Functionalization, APS March Meeting 2019, Boston, United States (03.2019)
DNA-coated Colloidal Clusters from Particle Laden Emulsions, 7th International Colloids Conference, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain (06.2017)
Raspberry-like Particles by Depletion-assisted Parking of Polymer Beads on Reactive Emulsions, 89th ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium, Pittsburgh, United Sates (06.2015)
Patent
In-Seong Jo, Seung-Hyun Kim, Gi-Ra Yi, Method of Forming Raspberry-like Particle using Depletion Forces and the Properties of Raspberry-like Particles. Korea Intellectual Property Office, KR101824775B1, Granted patent (2018).
Lab Skills
Synthesis of nano and micro scaled colloidal particles
Chemical or physical DNA functionalization on colloids
Self-assembly and crystallization using DNA-mediated interaction colloidal particles
Molecular dynamic simulations in Python
Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Transmission electron microscope (TEM), Confocal/Optical microscope,
Dynamic light scattering (DLS), Zeta-potential, Fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS)
Computing
Blender 3D animation editing
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator
Adobe Audition sound editing
Microsoft Office (Words, PowerPoint, Excel)
Apple Keynotes, Numbers, Pages
Apple Final Cut Pro X video editing