Hyeon Yu Kim

Assistant Professor,  Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Affiliated Faculty,  Bioengineering

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Mechanobiology, tissue engineering, cardiovascular diseases, stem cells, organoids, 3D printing

Education

  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
  • SM, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 2012

Research Overview

Mechanobiology, tissue engineering, cardiovascular diseases, stem cells, organoids, 3D printing

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Selected Publications

  • Kim, H., Kamm, R.D., Vunjak-Novakovic, G., Wu, J.C. Progress in multicellular human cardiac organoids for clinical applications. Cell Stem Cell (2022).
  • Kim, H., Osaki, T., Kamm, R.D., Asada, H.H., Multiscale engineered human skeletal muscles with perfusable vasculature and microvascular network recapitulating the fluid compartments. Biofabrication (2022).
  • Kim, H., Osaki, T., Kamm, R.D., Asada, H.H., Tri-culture of spatially organizing human skeletal muscle cells, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts enhances contractile force and vascular perfusion of skeletal muscle tissues. The FASEB Journal (2022).
  • Kim, H., Wang, M., Paik, D., Endothelial-myocardial angiocrine signaling in heart development. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (2021).
  • Thomas, D., Kim, H., Lopez N., Wu, J.C., Fabrication of 3D cardiac microtissue arrays using human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes, cardiac fibroblasts, and endothelial cells. JoVE (2021).

Undergraduate

Jan 14, 2025

Spring 2025 AJC Merit Research Scholars

Several engineering and science students mentored by COE faculty are recipients of Northeastern’s AJC Merit Research Scholarship, which will fund a co-op in the laboratory of a Northeastern University STEM faculty member.

Hyeon Yu Kim

Faculty

Dec 19, 2023

New Faculty Spotlight: Hyeon Yu Kim

Hyeon Yu Kim joins the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department in January 2024 as an Assistant Professor.

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