국립 부경대학교

부경대 대학중점연구소, 국내외 우수 연구기관 진출 ‘눈길’

- ‘해양바이오닉스융합기술센터’…교육부 대학중점연구소 사업 첫해 성과로 ‘주목’

△ 국내외 연구기관 진출 연구진들. 위 왼쪽부터 허성영, 김은비, 김민성, 오건우, 아래 왼쪽부터 트란 반 남, 김혜진, 트루옹 반 지아.

해양바이오, 바이오메디컬 분야 대학중점연구소인 국립부경대학교 해양바이오닉스융합기술센터(센터장 정원교·의공학과 교수) 연구진들이 사업 첫해 국내외 우수 연구기관에 대거 진출해 눈길을 끈다.

부경대 해양바이오닉스융합기술센터는 소속 연구원 7명이 최근 국내외 해양, 바이오, 메디컬 분야 우수 연구기관에 잇달아 채용됐다고 2월 3일 밝혔다.

이번 성과는 센터가 대학의 연구거점을 구축하기 위해 이공 분야 대학부설연구소를 지원하는 교육부 대형 국책사업인 대학중점연구소지원사업에 지난해 선정된 이후 첫해 만에 거둔 우수한 성과로 주목받고 있다.

센터의 허성영 박사(지도교수 정원교)가 한국해양과학기술원(KIOST) 제주특성화연구소에 채용된 것을 비롯, 김은비 연구원(지도교수 김현우)이 국립수산과학원(NIFS) 자원환경식품부, 김민성 연구원(지도교수 정원교)이 한국건설생활환경시험연구원(KCL) 보건본부, 오건우 박사(지도교수 정원교)가 국립해양생물자원관(MABIK) 해양바이오산업화본부 천연물자원실에 채용됐다.

이와 함께 트란 반 남 연구원(지도교수 강현욱)이 베트남 Institute of Mechanical Engineering, 김혜진·트루옹 반 지아 연구원(지도교수 강현욱)이 국내 스마트 헬스케어 기업 TeCure 연구소에 각각 채용이 확정돼 오는 3월부터 근무한다.

이들은 센터의 지원을 받아 해양, 바이오, 메디컬 분야 논문 발표를 비롯해 각종 학술대회 수상, 특허 등록, 연구과제 수주 등 탁월한 연구성과들을 인정받았다.

한편 부경대 해양바이오닉스융합기술센터는 지난해 대학중점연구소지원사업에 선정, 2030년까지 정부와 대학, 부산시로부터 82.5억 원을 지원받아 국가 첨단 해양신산업을 선도하는 해양융복합 바이오메디컬 기술 개발과 연구, 전문인력 양성에 힘쓰고 있다. <부경투데이>

△ 해양바이오닉스융합기술센터 연구원 단체 기념촬영 사진.

PKNU's Key Research Institutes for Universities, ranked on the list of excellent research institutes locally and abroad

- 'Marine Integrated Bionics technology research Center' got spotlights … with the first year results of the Ministry of Education's project, 'Key Research Institute for Universities'

Researchers from Pukyong National University's Marine Integrated Bionics Technology Research Center (Prof. Jung Won-Kyo, Director · Dept. of Biomedical Engineering), the Key Research Institute for Universities in the field of marine bio and biomedical fields, are attracting public attention by advancing into excellent research institutes both at home and abroad in the first year of the project.

Pukyong National University's Marine Integrated Bionics Technology Research Center officially announced on February 3 that seven researchers have been recently hired at excellent research institutes in the marine, bio, and medical fields at home and abroad.

This achievement is attracting attention as the excellent achievement achieved in the first year since the center was selected for the Key Research Institute for Universities support project last year, a large-scale national project of the Ministry of Education that supports university-affiliated research institutes in the science and engineering fields to establish a research base for universities.

Including Dr. Heo Seong-Young (Advisory Prof. Jung Won-Kyo) of the center was hired by the Jeju Specialized Research Institute (KIO-Dream hall) of the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), Researcher Kim Eun-Bi (Advisory Prof. Kim Hyeon-Woo) was hired by the Ministry of Resources, Environment and Food of the National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), researcher Kim Min-Seong (Advisory Prof. Jung Won-Kyo) was hired by the Health Headquarters of the Korea Institute of Construction and Living Environment (KCL), and Dr. Oh Gun-Woo (Advisory Prof. Jung Won-Kyo) was hired by the Marine Biotechnology Research Division of the National Marine Diversity Institute of Korea (MABIK).

At the same time, researcher Van Tran Nam (Advisory Prof. Kang Hyun-Wook) will be hired at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering in Vietnam, and Kim Hye-Jin and Van Gia Truong (Advisory Prof. Kang Hyun-Wook) will be employed at TeCure Research Center, a domestic smart healthcare company.

With the support of the Center, they gained recognition for their outstanding research achievements, such as publishing papers in the marine, bio, and medical fields, winning various academic conferences, registering patents, and winning research projects.

Meanwhile, Pukyong National University's Marine Integrated Bionics Technology Research Center was selected as the Key Research Institute for Universities project last year, and will receive 8.25 billion won in support from the government, universities and Busan city government by 2030, and aims to develop and research marine convergence biomedical technology that leads the nation's new high-tech marine industry, and to nurture professional manpower. <Pukyong Today>