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sunwoob2@illinois.edu | (217)-898-6367
EDUCATION
AWARDS / HONORS
Excellent Youth Scholars Award, Korea Scholar's Conference for Youth (KSCY) September 2020
Gold Medal, International Genetically Engineered Machine (IGEM) Competition November 2019
National Mayor’s Award, 4th Youth Creative Convergence Essay Competition August 2019
SKILLS
Advanced: Java, C
RELEVANT COURSES
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Mentor, Reaching and Educating America’s Chemists of Tomorrow (REACT) September 2022-Present
● Help highschool students to engage in computer science and teach introductory coding projects
● Created a website pertaining to Positive Pre-Meds; resolved any technical difficulties that arise during
● Advanced in finding volunteer and research opportunities with the assistance of my mentor
WORK EXPERIENCES
RESEARCH
Research Paper, siRNA directed silencing of TFAM decreased the number of cancer colonies in gastric cancer
● Researched and examined the effect of TFAM on cancer colony formation in MKN45 and SNU-NCC-19.
Research Paper, Down-regulation of CD44 Inhibits Wnt/β-catenin Mediated Cancer Cell Migration and
● Examined and analyzed the experiments (agarose electrophoresis, PCR, cell maintenance)