Hongje Jang is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Kwangwoon University in the Republic of Korea. During his postdoctoral research in laser dynamics systems in nanomaterials at the Georgia Institute of Technology, he worked on real-time in vitro autophagy tracking platforms. His current research at KWU focuses on the design and synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles by controlling their size, morphology, and compositions. In particular, he is interested in the precise physicochemical property control of nanosystems.