Journal of Tissue Science and Engineering

Gilson Khang

Gilson Khang
Department of PolymerNano Science and Technology
Chonbuk National University, Korea

Biography

Dr. Gilson Khang was born in 1960 in South Korea (57 years old), where he obtained his degrees at the Inha Univ (B.S. and M.S.). In 1987, he joined the Dr Hai Bang Lee’s Biomaterials Lab at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT, Deajeon, Korea). He was studying for Ph.D. degree at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Univ of Iowa (Iowa City, IA, USA) from 1991~1995 under the guidance of Prof Joon B. Park. For 11 years (1987~1998) at KRICT, he worked on the development of drug delivery systems, the contact lens, blood bag, blood-compatible vascular graft, urinary catheter and tissue engineered cartilage, bone and spinal cord. His academic career started at the Department of PolymerNano Science and Technology at Chonbuk National University (CBNU, Assistant Professor, 1998-2004; Associate Professor, 2004-2009) and then tenured by Full Professor in 2009. He was planning and steering over 10 big grants from 1998 to present for the Korean Government, for example, Development of Drug Delivery System for Anticancer Drug (2MUSD/yr for 5 years, Korean Ministry of Intellectual and Economy), Stem Cell Research Center (10MUSD/yr for 10 years, Korea Ministry of Education, Science & Technology), Muscloskeletal Bioorgan Center (1MUSD/yr for 9 years, Korea Ministry of Health & Welfare) and so on. From 2006 to 2011, he was the PI of BK-21 (Brain Korea 21 Project) and WCU (World Class University, 3MUD/yr for 5 years) Program at CBNU supported by KMEST. He was Chair Professor in the Department of BIN Fusion Technology of WCU program of CBNU. Dr. Khang is member of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Society for Biomaterials and American Association of Pharmaceutical Science and so on. He was the one of Founder Members of Asian Tissue Engineering Society (ATES) and one of Founder Members of TERMIS-AP Chapter. Prof. Khang was General Secretary and Treasurer for 2005~2009 of TERMIS-AP Chapter and now served as a council member for TERMIS-AP. Recently, he serves TERMIS-AP Continental Chair as 2015~2017, TERMIS Global President-Elect (2016~2108) & executive board member for TERMIS Global. Very recently, he is trying to expand TERMIS-AP chapter to West/Middle East Asia and established iTERMS (Iran TERMS) and gulfTERMS. Also, he elected the Founding Fellow for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (FTERM) on 2012 (0.5% of total member of TERMIS). From 2004 to 2009, he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (IF: 1.0) as well as serves the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Tissue Regeneration. He is or has been member of the Editorial Board of many scientific journals (e.g. J Tissue Eng Regen Med, Stem Cell & Development, Inter J Stem Cell, Tissue Eng, Therapeutic Delivery, World J Stem Cell, Regenerative Research, Macromolecular Research, Regenerative Therapy, Frontiers of Bioengineering and Biotechnology and Biomaterials Research). He has co-authored or edited 10 books. He has published ~550 original research papers, and ~200 editorials, reviews or chapters in books. His papers were cited >6,000 times. (h-index >38) His major scientific contribution has been to appreciate and analyze the importance of natural/synthetic hybrid scaffold to reduce the host inflammation reaction as well as the commercialization for tissue engineered products as cartilage, bone, retinal pigment epithelium, cornea endothelium, etc. His international collaboration network is really worldwide and tight over 7 countries and 15 Universities. He is engaging the Visiting Professor of Tsinghua Univ, Peking Univ, Zhejiang Univ, China and Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine, USA.

Research Interest

drug delivery systems, the contact lens, blood bag, blood-compatible vascular graft, urinary catheter and tissue engineered cartilage, bone and spinal cord