Prof. Dr. Gilson Khang

Dr. Gilson Khang was born in 1960 in Korea (South), where he obtained his degrees at the Inha University (B.S. and M.S.). In 1987, he joined the Biomaterials Lab (PI: Dr Hai Bang Lee) at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT, Deajeon Korea). He studied for a Ph.D. degree at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA, USA) from 1991–1995. For 11 years (1987–1998), he worked on the development of contact lenses, blood bags, blood-compatible vascular grafts, urinary catheters, tissue engineered cartilage, bone, and the spinal cord at KRICT. His academic career started at the Department of PolymerNano Science and Technology at Chonbuk National University (Assistant Professor, 1998–2004; Associate Professor, 2004–2009), and then he was tenured as a Full Professor in 2009.