Rate My Professor Hyun Koo

Hyun (Michel) Koo is Professor of Orthodontics in the Department of Orthodontics and holds appointments in the Divisions of Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He is also Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Koo serves as Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry, bridging dental medicine, engineering, and computational sciences, and as Program Director of an NIDCR T90/R90 postdoctoral training program in Engineering and Oral-Craniofacial Sciences. His academic background includes a D.D.S. from São Paulo State University, Brazil (1993); an M.S. in Food Engineering from the University of Campinas, Brazil (1996); a Ph.D. in Oral Biology and Pathology from the University of Campinas and University of Rochester Medical Center (1999); postdoctoral training in Oral Biology and Microbiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center (1999-2001); and a visiting fellowship at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH (2011-2012). Koo's career began as an instructor at the University of Campinas and University of Rochester, advancing to Associate Professor (tenured) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (2008-2013) before joining Penn in 2013 as Professor and Director of Biofilm Research in the Levy Center for Oral Health.