Suzie Hwang Pun

Washington Research Foundation Professor of Bioengineering
Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering
Director of Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute
Associate Director of RESCU
University of Washington

Contact

Box 355061
Foege Building, N530P
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 685-3488
spun@u.washington.edu

PhD	Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology Minor in Biology Thesis Advisor: Mark E Davis	2000
MS	Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology	1998
BS	Chemical Engineering, Stanford University	1996

Director of Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute, University of Washington	2023-present
Washington Research Foundation Professor of Bioengineering and Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington	2020-present
Robert F. Rushmer Professor of Bioengineering and Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington	2014-2020
Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington	2009-2014
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington	2003-2009
Senior Scientist, Insert Therapeutics	2000-2003

Peter Speiser Award, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of ETH Zurich	2021
Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award	2018
Washington State Academy of Sciences	2018
Faculty Research Award, UW College of Engineering	2017
National Academy of Inventors Fellow	2015
AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador	2015
Outstanding Faculty Teacher/Mentor Award, UW Bioengineering	2015
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow	2015
Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award	2014
Inaugural Biomaterials Science Lectureship	2014
Undergraduate Mentor Award, University of Washington	2008
Junior Faculty Innovator Award, College of Engineering	2008
Distinguished Teacher/Mentor Award, UW Bioengineering	2007
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)	2006
National Science Foundation CAREER Award	2005
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Young Investigator Award	2005
National Hemophilia Foundation Career Development Award	2004
Marian E. Smith Junior Faculty Research Award, University of Washington	2004
MIT Technology Review’s TR100 Award “Top 100 Young Innovators”	2002
Everhart Lectureship Prize, Caltech	2000
Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lectureship Prize, Caltech	1998
Whitaker Foundation Doctoral Fellow	1996
Phi Beta Kappa	1995