Dr. Bokyung Kong received her BS in 2003 from Sogang University (Seoul, Korea), and her MS and PhD in 2006 and 2010 from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), working with Prof. Insung S. Choi. She lectured at the Chemistry Department of Hannam University from 2007 to 2009, and started her postdoc at KAIST since 2009, working with Prof. Sang Bok. Her research interests focus on design of smart surfaces, polymer brushes and nanoparticles for biomedical applications.

Abstract：
     Smart surfaces with special functionality were prepared with stimuli-responsive polymers. Numerous polymerization methods, such as ring-opening metatheis polymerization (ROMP) and atom transfer radical polymeriation (ATRP) were employed to attain surface-tethered  polymer brushes on various substrates, e.g., gold, silicon oxide and glass. Polymer-functionalized surfaces were then applied for cell culture and producing cell micropatterns by selectively switching the morphology of polymer brushes. The development of these novel smart surfaces and their research for medical use will open up new frontiers in the biological and medical fields.

Selected Publications：
[1] Kong. B.; Cho, W. K.; Park, H. J.; Kim, J.; K.Chegal, W.; Choi, J. S.; Choi, I. S.
 Long-Term Stability of Cell Micropatterns on Poly((3-(methacryloylamino)propyl)-dimethyl(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium hydroxide)-Patterned Silicon Surfaces: Comparative Studies with Poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate).
 Biomaterials 2010, 31, 9565-9574.
[2] Kong, B.; Kang, S. M.; Oh, E.; Choi, J. S.; Choi, I. S.
 Osteoconductive Conjugation of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 onto Titanium/Titanium Oxide Surfaces Coated with Non-Biofouling Poly(Poly(ethylene glycol) Methacrylate).
 Colloid Surf. B 2010, 75, 385-389.
[3]  Kong, B.; Choi, J. S.; Jeon, S.; Choi, I. S.
 The Control of Cell Adhesion and Detachment on Thin Films of Thermoresponsive Poly[(N-isopropylacrylamide)-r-((3-(methacryloylamino)propyl)-dimethyl(3-sulfopropyl)ammonium hydroxide)].
 Biomaterials 2009, 30, 5514-5522.
[4]  Kong, B.; Lee, J. K.; Choi, I. S.
 Surface-Initiated, Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Formation of Diblock Copolymer Brushes and Solvent-Dependent Morphological Changes.
 Langmuir 2007, 23, 6761-6765.