Jeong-Yeol Yoon

Biography

Jeong-Yeol Yoon received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul (South Korea) in 1992, 1994 and 1999, respectively, under the guidance of Professor Woo-Sik Kim, in collaboration with Professor Jung-Hyun Kim, where he worked primarily on polymer colloids. He received his second Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles in 2004, working on lab-on-a-chip and biomaterials, under the guidance of Professor Robin L. Garrell. He joined Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering faculty in August 2004 and holds joint appointment in School of Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Engineering and BIO5 Institute at The University of Arizona. He is currently directing Biosensors Lab. Dr. Yoon is a member of IBE, ASABE and SPIE, and was Councilor-at-Large for IBE for 2010 and 2011 calendar years. He has recently been elected as President of IBE, and will serve as President Elect in 2014, President in 2015, and Immediate Past President in 2016. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Biological Engineering (IBE), Associate Editor for ASABE Journals; Editorial Board Member for Resource Magazine (ASABE).

Degrees

• Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering
• University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Proteins at Aqueous Interfaces: Adsorption, Cohesion and Microfluidic Applications

Awards

• Authors Service Award
• Springer Nature, Spring 2025
• Editorial Contribution Award
• Springer Nature, Spring 2025
• Researcher of the Year Award
• University of Arizona College of Engineering, Spring 2025
• Analyst HOT Articles 2022
• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Fall 2022
• Honorable Mention, 2022 Create the Future Design Contest
• SAE Media Group, United Kingdom, Fall 2022
• Papers in Forefront
• Springer Nature, Fall 2022
• 2021 SLAS Technology Readers Choice Award
• SLAS (Society of Laboratory Automation and Screening), Winter 2021
• Award for Excellence at the Student Interface
• The University of Arizona College of Engineering, Spring 2021
• ACS Press Release
• American Chemical Society (ACS), Fall 2019
• Book Performance Report - Top 25% Most Downloaded Springer Books in 2018
• Springer, Summer 2019
• Highly Cited Author
• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Summer 2019
• Top 25 Most Downloaded IEEE Sensors Journal Papers
• IEEE, Summer 2019
• Keynote Speech
• Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB), Fall 2017
• Presidential Citation
• Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE), Spring 2017
• Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE), Spring 2012
• Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE), Spring 2010
• Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE), Spring 2009
• ASABE Superior Paper Award
• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Summer 2014