Hyun Michel Koo DDS, PhD

Dr. Koo comes to Penn Dental Medicine from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry where he had been part of the faculty since 2001, most recently serving as Associate Professor in the Department of Dentistry, the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and the Center for Oral Biology.

Dr. Koo holds a PhD in Oral Biology (Microbiology, 1999) and an MS in Food Science (Biochemistry, 1996) from State University of Campinas, Brazil, and earned his DDS at State University Sao Paulo, Brazil (1993). In addition, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in oral biology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, 1999-2001, and served as a visiting scientist with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 2011-2012.