Sungyun Yang
Sungyun Yang is a PhD candidate in chemical engineering whose multidisciplinary research aims to develop innovative new approaches in pharmacokinetic modeling, materials science, and micro-robotics for biomedical applications. As a MathWorks Fellow, Sungyun will expand his work in several areas, including MATLAB-based simulations of physiological glucoregulatory systems to develop novel insulin therapeutics and designing colloidal-scale microrobots and microscopic sensors for deployment in confined fluidic environments such as microfluidics or circulatory systems. His current objectives include expanding the glucoregulatory system model from human models to other animal model species and enhancing the model with extended hepatic functions to capture complex dynamics, such as the mixed signaling of glucagon and insulin, and glycogen dynamics. Sungyun’s work is yielding novel insights and applications in multiple areas, from the development of novel 2D materials to new directions in diabetes treatment to highly original design strategies in colloidal-scale microrobots. In addition, the methods and tools Sungyun is creating to support his work hold great promise to advance research more broadly in chemical engineering, materials science, and biological engineering.