Author Biographies

Van Du Nguyen is a research professor at the Chonnam National University (CNU), Republic of Korea. He achieved his Master of Science degree from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2009, and earned his Ph.D. from the School of Mechanical Engineering at the CNU in 2018. He was a research assistant at the FMS/PM Laboratory, KAIST (2007–2009), and a researcher of the Robot Research Initiative at the CNU (2014–2018). Afterward, he became a postdoctoral researcher of the Robot Research Initiative in 2018. His research interests include the development of micro/nano robots for various biomedical applications and targeted drug delivery systems using liposomes/extracellular vesicles.
Jong-Oh Park received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, in 1978, his M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, in 1981, and his Ph.D. degree in robotics from Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany, in 1987. He was a guest researcher within the Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung, Germany from 1982 to 1987, and a principal researcher of the Korean Institute of Science and Technology from 1987 to 2005. He was a full-time professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering and he is currently the director of the Korean Institute of Medical Microrobotics, Gwangju, South Korea. His research interests include biomedical microrobots, medical robots, and service robotics.
Eunpyo Choi received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea in 2008, 2010, and 2015. He was a senior postdoctoral fellow within the Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, WA, USA. He is currently a professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea. His research interests include BioMEMS and micro/nanorobots for medical applications.
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