Hye-Won Kang

Hye-Won Kang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Her research focuses on stochastic modeling of biochemical systems, particularly in understanding complex biological processes such as enzyme clustering, microRNA signaling pathways in lung cancer and COPD, and multiscale reaction-diffusion systems. She holds a Visiting Research Fellowship from Merton College, University of Oxford.

Her work integrates mathematical analysis, simulation, and experimental data to address challenges in systems biology. Key research areas include:

• Multiscale approximations for stochastic chemical networks
• Stochastic analysis of reaction-diffusion processes
• Modeling enzyme kinetics in metabolic diseases
• Gene regulatory networks and pattern formation

Recent contributions include studies on glucosome condensate formation (2024), chemical systems with limit cycles (2023), and the role of microRNAs in lung cancer (2013). Her research has been published in high-impact journals such as Physical Biology, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, and SIAM Multiscale Modeling and Simulation.

She has advised PhD student Luan Chip Nguyen and has taught advanced courses in mathematical biology, statistics, and differential equations at UMBC since 2013.