Eun Ji Chung

Chung earned a B.A. in molecular biology with honors from Scripps College in 2006 under advisor Emily Wiley.^[1] She received a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University in 2011.^[1] Guillermo Ameer was her doctoral advisor.^[1] She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago under Matthew Tirrell.^[1]

Chung is an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.^[2] Chung's research focuses on nanotechnology and biomaterials for biomedical applications. Chung has been recognized nationally for her work and received the NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award and the NIH Director's New Innovator Award. She was elected a fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society in 2023 and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2025.^[2][3]