She earned her B.S. in Pharmacy and M.S. in Microbial Chemistry at Seoul National University, and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics at Purdue. She received post-doctoral training at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and returned to Purdue to join the faculty. Her research focuses on nanoparticle surface engineering for drug delivery to solid tumors, inhalable drug/gene delivery for cystic fibrosis therapy, and functional biomaterials based on carbohydrates. Dr. Yeo has published 63 peer-reviewed papers and 8 book chapters, and received the NSF CAREER award, New Investigator Awards from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, and American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.