Sunwoo Baek

205, Baekbeom-ro, Mapo-gu

Mapo Pentraus 101 Dong 1901 Ho,
South Korea (ROK) 04194
+82) 10-4520-2611
​jasmine4081@gmail.com

EDUCATION

The Hudson School, NJ Sep 2017 – Present

Central Christian Academy, CT Jan 2017- May 2017
EF Academy, NY ​ ​Sep 2016 – Dec 2016

AWARDS / HONORS

Bronze,​ KSEF International Awards December 2020

Excellent Youth Scholars Award​, Korea Scholar's Conference for Youth (KSCY) September 2020
Gold Medal​, World Invention Creativity Olympics (WICO) August 2020
Magna Cum Laude​, National Latin Exam of 2020 April 2020
Gold Medal​, International Genetically Engineered Machine (IGEM) Competition November 2019
National Mayor’s Award​, 4th Youth Creative Convergence Essay Competition August 2019
Ambassador’s Award​, Diplomatic International Forum of Seoul (DIFOS) August 2019
Final Round​, High School Mock Trial January 2019
Woodwind Solo 1st Place​, NEACS Fine Art competition in Williston, Vt March 2017

CERTIFICATES
PH125.2x: Data Science: Visualization December 2020
PH125.1x: Data Science: R Basics (HarvardX) December 2020
DEV276x: Learn to Program in Java edX Certificate (Microsoft) August 2019
Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 3: the Brain edX Certificate (HarvardX) July 2019
Anatomy: Cardiovascular, Urinary, and Respiratory System edX Certificate (MichiganX) July 2019
CPR Training Certificate (South Korea) June 2019
CPR/AED/First Aid Course Certificate (Emergency First Response, USA) June 2018

VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Donation for Elderly People ​April 2020 - October 2020
● Baked bread to donate
● Donated a loaf of bread per person to elderly people who are limited to go out due to COVID-19.

Dementia Prevention Promotion Campaign ​ July 2019 - August 2019

● Got education about Dementia from Ministry of Health and Welfare
● Did Dementia Prevention Promotion Campaign on the streets for elderly people
● Checked Dementia with official dementia checking program app on the phone to elderly people and offered
dementia prevention pamphlet and gave nail-polishing service

Screening Activities Using Dementia Application ​ June 2019 - July 2019

 ● Got training how to check dementia for elderly people with official Dementia application
● Checked elderly people’s condition of Dementia by using dementia application

Medical Services for Foreign Workers in South Korea ​ June 2019

● Assisted to call patients to get treatment
● Assisted receptionist desk to arrange patients’ chart

CPR Training and Campaign ​ June 2019

● Got training about CPR and how to use AED machine
● Promoted the importance of train for CPR training in social network services

Bluecross Medical Volunteers Community ​ December 2018

● Decorated and sent the shoes to children in Laos

Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital ​July, August and December 2018-2019
● Filed all the documents and arranged slides
● Organized medicine containers
● Helped with book rental and collection
● Organized the book shelves
● Assisted nurses

Supporting Hoboken Shelter, New Jersey, United States December 2017

● Interpreted and guided for foreign guests

Volunteering on Valhalla Ambulance Corporation New York, United States November 2016
● Got education of emergency medical services
● Got education of ambulance equipments as well as life-saving techniques

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Research Paper, siRNA directed silencing of TFAM decreased the number of cancer colonies in gastric
cancer cells September 2020
● Researched and examined the effect of TFAM on cancer colony formation in MKN45 and SNU-NCC-19.
● Got reward of Korea Scholar's Conference for Youth (KSCY)
● Did lab experiment (agarose electrophoresis, PCR, cell maintenance)
● Organized the existing research papers related to the topic

Research Paper, Down-regulation of CD44 Inhibits Wnt/β-catenin Mediated Cancer Cell Migration and
Invasion in Gastric Cancer ​March 2020
● Composed topic of research paper
● Organized the existing research papers related to the topic
● Examined and analyzed the experiments (agarose electrophoresis, PCR, cell maintenance)
● Published on Journal Emerging Investigators (JEI) of Harvard University

Founder & President, Pre-med Club​ March 2019 - Present

● Hosted dissection experiments
● Had team seminars of biological issues
 ● Analysis of new trend of biology

Reporter, Gangnam Post English Newspaper ​July 2019 - Present

● Wrote articles in both english and korean

President, Math Club September, 2017- Present

● Tutoring math for middle schoolers
● Prepared math competition
● Did math problem solving

Science Reporter, The Hudson School Newspaper ​ September 2019 - 2020

● Wrote articles about current scientific issues

Intern, JTBC Live Show “Political Journalists' Meeting" ​ July 2019 - August 2019
● Printed the scenarios, arranged the schedule
● Assisted Music director

Player, Basketball Team Nov 2017 - February 2018

● Played for power forward

Player, Soccer Team September 2018 - Present

● Played for midfield center position
● Supported new junior players
● Assisted coach and captain

Trainee, CPR Training Course, South Korea ​ June 2019

● Got education of CPR training, and the usage of AED machine

Trainee, Primary & Secondary Care - CPR/AED/First Aid - Adult, USA ​ June 2018
● Completed an Emergency First Response course that followed current guidelines for emergency patient
care

Member, Mock Trial Club ​October 2019 - Present

● Attended New Jersey Mock Trial Competition
● Organized competition with team members
● Met attorneys
● Played a role as a plaintiff
Presenter, School Orientation for International Students​ March 2019
● Made a speech of presentation of the school of experience as an international student
● Answered questions from international students and parents

Presenter, 18th Diplomatic International Forum of Seoul (DIFOS) ​July 2019

● Gave a presentation about “Long-term low-carbon development strategy in 2050 / Current status of carbon
pricing in both countries”
● Guided Egyptian ambassador at the event
● Introduced Egyptian ambassador to the public and presided over the presentation
Intern, Embassy of Ecuador and Mexico​ August 2019
● Made a chart of all the universities in college
● Arranged the universities’ charts by majors with master’s degree/ doctorate’s degree/ combined degree

Intern, Embassy of Mexico ​ August 2019

● Assisted consular of embassy of Mexico
● Arranged documents of visa and passports
● Attached visa to passports
● Printed copies of visa, passport, and documents

Advisor, Collaboration Team Member, International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition
May 2020- November 2020/ March 2019- Present
● Lab experiment
● Conducted skype meetings with Cornell iGEM Team.
● Held a meeting with the NCKU_Tainan Team.
● Hosted Korea iGEM Meetup- collaborated with Team SIS_Korea, and Team KOREA.
● Conducted Postcard Project with Team Dusseldorf
● Conducted a public survey by street campaign