Dr. Soojung Hur

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Soojung Claire Hur is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, specializing in microfluidics. She is a fellow at the Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute and an associate researcher at the Johns Hopkins Institute of NanoBioTechnology, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Oncology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her research focuses on developing microfluidic platforms to understand complex fluid dynamics principles and their practical applications. Hur’s work involves studying single-cell mechanics and the correlations between cellular functions and physical phenotypes, utilizing unique microscale hydrodynamic phenomena for high-throughput target cell detection and effective cellular separation. She is actively involved in research funding initiatives and has received several prestigious awards, including the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Career Catalyst Award and the Johns Hopkins Discovery Award. In addition to her research, she serves as an editor for various scientific journals and participates in several professional scientific societies.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

Johns Hopkins University • Baltimore, MD

Joined the Whiting School of Engineering faculty specializing in microfluidics and fluid dynamics.

Awards

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Johns Hopkins Discovery Awards

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Susan G. Komen Foundation’s Career Catalyst Award

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Edward K. Rice Outstanding Doctoral Student Award

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UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science Academic Scholarship

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UCLA Mechanical Aerospace Engineering Department’s Chevron Scholarship

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UCLA Dean’s Special Fellowship

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Johnson Johnson WiSTEM2D Scholars Award

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Johns Hopkins Discovery Award

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School of Engineering Junior Faculty Award

Requirements for Johns Hopkins University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree Inorganic Chemistry with Lab Organic Chemistry with Lab General Biology with Lab
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • CV
  • Personal statement
  • Three letters of recommendation
Specialization Notes

Department of Pathology - PhD in Pathobiology. GRE is not required.