Heeyeong Jang
  • Graduate Student (Ph.D course)
  • MicroSystems and BioMEMS Lab
    Rhodes Hall #919 
  • Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
    University of Cincinnati
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0030
  • Tel: (513) 262-2154
    Fax: (513) 556-7326
  • E-mail: janghy@mail.uc.edu
  • Homepage: http://www.biomems.uc.edu/people/_heeyeong.html
 Biography
  • Heeyeong Jang earned his Mater's degree in Bio-convergence engineering and Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Science and Biomedical Engineeering in Korea University, South Korea. After that, he worked as a research scientist and involved in the product development for sample-to-answer molecular POC device. He joined the Microsystems and BioMEMS Lab at University of Cincinnati in August 2021 and is currently pursuing his Ph.D under the academic guidance of Dr. Chong H. Ahn.

 Education
  • 2021 - Present    Graduate student - University of Cincinnati
  • 2014 - 2017      M.S in Bio-Convergence Engineering - Korea University
  • 2010 - 2014      B.H.Sc in Biomedical Science/B.E in Biomedical Engineering - Korea University

 Working experience
  • 2017 - 2021     Reserach Scientist - MiCo BioMed Co., Ltd.
                 Project involved: Development of Sample-to-answer molecular POC

 Research Interests
  • MDx/IDx POCT device
  • BioMEMS
  • Microfluidics

 Publications
  • Setty, S., Jang, H., Han, J., Park, J. Y., Park, N., Seo, K. S., & Ahn, C. (2025). A new sequential dual flow lab-on-a-chip with a lyophilized one-component chemiluminescence substrate for high-sensitive microchannel lateral flow assay (mLFA). Sensors & Diagnostics.
  • Jang, H., Setty, S., & Ahn, C. (2025). A New Chemiluminescence-Based Rapid Diagnostic Testing Platform with Sequential Dual-Flow Strips for Cardiac Troponin I (cTnI). Analytical Chemistry.
  • Vinitha T. U., Supreeth Setty, Heeyeong Jang, Sthitodhi Ghosh and Chong Ahn, “On-Site Analysis of Cortisol in Saliva based on Microchannel Lateral Flow Assay (mLFA) on Polymer Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC)”, Biomedical Microdevices.
  • Lee, G., Jun, Y., Jang, H., Yoon, J., Lee, J., Hong, M., ... & Lee, S. (2018). Enhanced oxygen permeability in membrane-bottomed concave microwells for the formation of pancreatic islet spheroids. Acta biomaterialia, 65, 185-196.
  • Park, D., Park, J., Jang, H., Cheng, J., Kim, S. H., & Lee, S. H. (2017). Simultaneous microfluidic spinning of multiple strands of submicron fiber for the production of free-standing porous membranes for biological application. Biofabrication, 9(2), 025026.
  • Park, M. G., Jang, H., Lee, S. H., & Lee, C. J. (2017). Flow shear stress enhances the proliferative potential of cultured radial glial cells possibly via an activation of mechanosensitive calcium channel. Experimental neurobiology, 26(2), 71.
  • Yun, Y. J., Ju, J., Lee, J. H., Moon, S. H., Park, S. J., Kim, Y. H., ... & Jun, Y. (2017). Highly elastic graphene‐based electronics toward electronic skin. Advanced Functional Materials, 27(33), 1701513.

 Patents
  • Jang, H., Kim Y., Kim T. (2022). Plunger and module moving solution. KR102435946B1
  • Jang, H., Choi, M., Byun, J., Park, H. (2021). Integrated chip with multiple ultra-high speed extracting and amplifying nucleic acids for point-of-care testing. KR102263837
  • Byun, J., Jang, H., Park, H. (2021). Microchip and method for sealing the same. KR102233058