- Rm. 229, DESE Building
- 054) 279-9505
- dshwang@postech.ac.kr
- Rm. 229, DESE Building
- 054) 279-9505
- dshwang@postech.ac.kr
Laboratory for Biological, Biomimetic, Environmental Materials (LBEM) focuses on developing biomimetic materials, marine carbon capture technologies, seaweed forest restoration, and antifouling materials through a deep understanding of the structures and functions of marine organisms.
- 2006
- Ph.D., POSTECH (Chemical Engineering)
- 2002
- M.S., POSTECH (Chemical Engineering)
- 2000
- B.S., POSTECH (Chemical Engineering)
Univ. California, Santa Barbara, Otis-Williams Postdoc Fellow in Bioengineering, Materials Research Laboratory (2007-11)
POSTECH Ocean Science & Engineering Institute, Assistance Professor (2010-13)
POSTECH, Div. Environmental Sci. & Engineering, Associate Professor, Professor (2014-presnet)
Anpoly Inc, CTO (2017-2023)
BlueCaBorn, CEO (2023-present)
Otis-Williams Fellowship in Bioengineering from Santa Barbara foundation. (2009)
National Top 100 Science and Technology Achievements (2016, Ministry of Science and ICT)
Government Service Merit Award, Ministry of Science and ICT (2023)
CES Award (2024)
Structurally Colored Sustainable Sea Silk from Atrina pectinata, Advanced Materials, 2502820 (2025)
Sticky organisms create underwater biological adhesives driven by interactions between EGF-and GlcNAc-containing polysaccharides, Nature Communications 16, 233 (2025)
RNA-mediated demixing transition of low-density condensates, Nature Communications 14 , 2425, (2023)
Hydrophobicity of arginine leads to reentrant liquid-liquid phase separation behaviors of arginine-rich proteins, Nature communications 13, 7326, (2022)
Nanochitin and Nanochitosan: Chitin Nanostructure Engineering with Multiscale Properties for Biomedical and Environmental Applications, Advanced Materials, 2203325, (2022)