Jiwon Woo | CV | Resume

ABOUT

Jiwon Woo
jiwonwoo@mde.harvard.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiwon-woo/

EDUCATION

2021 - 2023 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design + John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And

Applied Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA

Design Engineering (MDE)
Harvard iLab - President's Innovation Challenge

2015 - 2017 University of Pennsylvania, School of Design, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Emerging Design (MFA) - Concentration: Bio Art and Design
Graduated with the Laurence Shprintz MFA Award*
Teaching Assistant*

2006 - 2009 Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA

Computer Sciences and Media Arts (BA)
Exchange student to Seoul National University - Seoul, Korea
Summer Language Program at Waseda University - Tokyo, Japan

Accelerated graduation*

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Fall 2023 ~ New York University, Visiting Assistant Professor

NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Media, Culture, and Communication department

Summer 2022 Ginkgo Bioworks, Design and Marketing Specialist

Designed creative workshops for new clients including P&G and researched for future ESG report

2019 - 2021 University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer

Taught undergraduate and graduate students on ‘Design with Creative Technology’, and ‘Creative Design Research'

2019 - 2021 NOA Brands, Upenn Stuart Weizman School of Design, Consulting Team member

Researched and created a special report on how to implement synthetic biology within the existing infrastructure to increase sustainability as a member of consulting team formed by the University of Pennsylvania
Supervisor - Professor Orkan Telhan

2019 - 2020 Biorealize, Research Designer

Designed UX of main product B.Design and researched biofabrication applications for future industry

2018 MIT Design Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biodesigner, and Project Coordinator

Led and coordinated a team for a collaborative biodesign project with PUMA which was exhibited at Milan Design Week 2018

2015 - 2017 University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Teaching Assistant

Created and delivered teaching materials for ‘Creative Research’ (Orkan Telhan), ‘Biological Design’ (Orkan Telhan), and ‘Art, Design and Digital Culture’ (David Hartt)

Summer 2016 Singapore University of Technology and Design, Summer Intern

Led design projects at the International Design Center in collaboration with MIT
Supervisor - Dr. Ate Poorthuis

AWARDS AND HONORS

Sep 2022 *Finalist | National Inventors Hall of Fame CIC 2022 - Team A-SEP: Virginia, USA

May 2022 *Finalist | Harvard Innovation Lab PIC 2022 - Team A-SEP: Cambridge, USA

Oct 2021 *Finalist | BDC x Google Sprint 2021 - Harvard University Team Rhomb: USA

Sep 2019 *Winner of Prix Ars | Ars Electronica Festival 2019 - Honorary Mention: Linz, Austria

Sep 2018 *London Design Festival 2018 - "Biodesign Here Now" by Open Cell, London, United Kingdom

April 2018 *Milan Design Week 2018 PUMA + MIT Design Lab, Milan, Italy

Biodesign: Living and Breathing the Future of Performance
Project + Exhibition Coordinator

May 2017 Winner of the 2017 *Bio Art and Design Award (BAD Award), Netherlands

The award money of ‎€25,000 will be used to implement the project "Mother's Hands Taste (Son-mat)"
http://www.badaward.nl/
https://www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/news/2017/three-bio-artists-win-the-2017-bio-art-and-design-award.html

Oct 2016 Are We Human?, *3rd Istanbul Design Biennale, Istanbul

Selected as Eligible Entries for Open Call*
http://arewehuman.iksv.org/open-call/

June 2016 *Biodesign Challenge, MoMA, New York, NY

Selected as the representative of the University of Pennsylvania*
http://biodesignchallenge.org/

EXHIBITIONS AND CONFERENCES

Sep 2021 - Jan 2022 *Medical Museion - "The World is in You," University of Copenhagen, Denmark

June 2021 *Bio Design Challenge 2021 - Judge, MoMA New York, USA

June 2020 *Bio Design Challenge 2020 - Judge, MoMA New York, USA

Feb 2020 'Self-salvation 21' - *(Solo-exhibition), POSTSCRIPT, Philadelphia, USA

Oct 2019 *MIT DesForM 2019 - Panelist and speaker, Cambridge, USA

May - Oct 2019 *V&A Victoria and Albert Museum - "FOOD: Bigger than the Plate," London, United Kingdom

June 2019 *Bio Design Challenge 2019 - Panelist and Judge, MoMA New York, USA

Nov 2018 Food Friction at Artez Univerisity - Speaker, Zwolle, Netherlands

Nov 2018 Micro World - Closed conference participation, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sep 2018 *Ars Electronica Festival 2018 - "Error - the Art of Imperfection," Linz, Austria

May 2018 Santo Palato - Holy Palate Korean Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary

May 2017 Time in Dream is Frozen, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania MFA thesis show
Curated by Nato Thompson
http://www.cranearts.com/2017/05/time-in-dreams-is-frozen/

Feb 2017 Passage, FJORD gallery, Philadelphia, PA

http://www.fjordspace.com/

Feb 2017 Emerge, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

http://emerge.asu.edu/

June 2016 Our Biotech Future(s), School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

http://bfafinearts.sva.edu/event/biotech-futures-student-projects-biodesign-challenge/

Apr 2016 BioDesign Studio Exhibition, TECH Museum, San Jose, CA

Permanent Collection*
http://www.thetech.org/biodesignstudio

Apr 2016 Lightening Lecture, ICA, Philadelphia, PA

http://icaphila.org/images/4455/penndesign-lightning

Mar 2016 Infortainment, Addams Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Dec 2015 BYO: 4 Inquiries into Biological Design, Morgan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

https://www.flickr.com/photos/arts_at_penn/sets/72157660356260353

TEACHING AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES

2019 - 2021 University of Pennsylvania - Lecturer

Taught design courses for undergraduate and graduate students: ‘Design with Creative Technology’, and ‘Creative Research’

2018 Ars Electronica, Austria - Workshop Lead (2018)

Coordinated and led the workshop ‘Process of Art and Science - from Strangers to Friends’

2018 MIT Design Lab x Puma - Workshop Lead (2018)

Led biodesign workshop at MIT Design Lab with Puma’s creative research team as one of the coordinator

2017 MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven - Workshop Lead

Coordinated and led a workshop on the relationship among the hand microbiome, fermented foods, and design

2015 - 2017 University of Pennsylvania - Graduate Teaching Assistant

Created and delivered teaching materials for ‘Creative Research’ (Orkan Telhan), ‘Biological Design’ (Orkan Telhan), and ‘Art, Design and Digital Culture’ (David Hartt)

2015 ~ PennAlumni Interview Program