Minkyu Kim

Minkyu Kim is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona in Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and BIO5. He earned his Ph.D. (2011) in Mechanical engineering and Materials Science from Duke University. During his Ph.D., he worked in the Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy group led by Prof. Marszalek. He was a postdoc at MIT from 2012 to 2016, and worked in the Bioinspired and Biofunctional Polymers group led by Prof. Olsen. Dr. Kim has diverse research experiences in the areas of biopolymer nanomechanics, (bio)polymer physics and self-assembly, biomolecular engineering and soft materials. His research interests focus on design, synthesis, and multiscale characterization of biopolymer-based functional materials for human health and defense applications.