Sung Hoon Kang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics at Harvard University and M.S. and B.S. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT and Seoul National University, respectively. Sung Hoon has been investigating bioinspired solutions to address the current challenges in engineering materials and mechanical systems with applications including safety, healthcare, sensing, and energy. His research has been supported by AFOSR, NSF, NIH, ARO, ONR, State of Maryland, and private foundations.

Throughout his career, Sung Hoon has co-authored 54 peer-reviewed papers, has given ~150 presentations (including ~80 invited talks), and has six patents and three pending patents. His honors include 2021, 2020 Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2020 Johns Hopkins University Catalyst Award, 2019 Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering Research Lab Excellence Award, Invitee for 2019 China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, FY 2018 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Program Award, Alumnus of 2016 National Academy of Engineering US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, and 2011 Materials Research Society Graduate Students Gold Award.

He serves research community in various roles, including editorial board member, journal reviewer, proposal reviewer, technical committee member, and conference organizer. He served as an editorial board member of Scientific Reports and a guest editor of February 2016 issue of Materials Research Society Bulletin. Currently, he serves as an early career researcher board member of Multifunctional Materials and an editorial board member of Sensor. He also serves as a reviewer for journals including Nature, Science, Advanced Materials, Science Advances, Science Robotics, Advanced Functional Materials, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ACS Materials & Interfaces, Nanoscale, Additive Manufacturing, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Extreme Mechanics Letters, Soft Matter, Smart Materials and Structures, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, and Advanced Materials Technologies and funding agencies/programs including National Science Foundation, Army Research Office, American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, Fonds de recherche du Quebec, Dutch Research Council, and Agency for Science, Technology and Research. He has been co-organizing ~35 symposia on bioinspired materials, 3D printing, and mechanical metamaterials at international conferences.

He is a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Physical Society (APS), Materials Research Society (MRS), and Society of Engineering Science (SES). He served as the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, and Editor of ASME Technical Committee on Mechanics of Soft Materials.