Employment
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS)
Wellman Center for photomedicine (WCP)
Advisor: Prof. Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun
Instructor 2023 -
ECOR FMD Fellow 2022
Bullock-Wellman Fellow 2021
Post-doc Research Fellow 2019-2020
Education
MIT and Harvard Medical School (HMS)
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (HST) (09/2014 – 06/2019)
Ph.D. in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) (GPA 4.9/5.0)
Thesis title: 'Self-assembly of lead-halide-perovskite laser particles'
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun (Wellman Center for Photomedicine, MGH and HMS)
Thesis committee: Prof. Moungi Bawendi (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2023, Department of Chemistry, MIT), Prof. Marin Soljacic (Department of Physics, MIT), Prof. Hakho Lee (Center for Systems Biology, MGH and HMS)
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS)
Wellman Center for photomedicine (WCP)
Advisor: Prof. Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun
Instructor 2023 -
ECOR FMD Fellow 2022
Bullock-Wellman Fellow 2021
Post-doc Research Fellow 2019-2020
Education
MIT and Harvard Medical School (HMS)
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology (HST) (09/2014 – 06/2019)
Ph.D. in Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP) (GPA 4.9/5.0)
Thesis title: 'Self-assembly of lead-halide-perovskite laser particles'
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Seok-Hyun (Andy) Yun (Wellman Center for Photomedicine, MGH and HMS)
Thesis committee: Prof. Moungi Bawendi (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2023, Department of Chemistry, MIT), Prof. Marin Soljacic (Department of Physics, MIT), Prof. Hakho Lee (Center for Systems Biology, MGH and HMS)
KAIST
B.S. Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude (GPA 4.15/4.3) (02/2008 – 08/2014)
Advisor: Prof. YongKeun (Paul) Park (Department of Physics, KAIST) and Prof. Hyotcherl Ihee (Department of Chemistry, KAIST)
*Paused 23 months for military service as a firefighter (03/2012 – 02/2014)
Grant and Fellowship
2022, EyeFind Research Grant for human eye study (w/ Dr. Maria Vinas-Pena), The ARVO Foundation for Eye Research, and the Eye Bank Association of America ($5,000)
2022, MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) Fund for Medical Discovery (FMD) Fundamental Research Fellowship Award (Direct cost $83,000), MGH and HMS
2021, Bullock-Wellman Postdoctoral Fellowship (Direct Cost $60,000), MGH and HMS
Award
2022, OPTICA Ambassador, Optica (formerly known as Optical Society of Ameria (OSA))
2022, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Best Oral Presentation Awards, The 21st Annual New England Science Symposium (NESS)
2022, MGH ECOR Celebration of Science Poster of Distinction Finalist
2021, People's Choice Best Poster Award, Wellman Science Retreat 2021, MGH and HMS
2019, The Best Poster Presentation Award, 2019 Material Research Society (MRS) Fall meeting - Session 'Plasmonics, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces'
2019, Face of the year, Samsung Scholarship
2018, The Best Mentor Award, Harvard-MIT Summer Institute for biomedical optics at MGH
2018, The Best Poster Presentation Award, Gordon Research Conference on Lasers in Micro, Nano and Bio Systems
2017, Martha L. Gray Prize for Excellence in Research, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
2014, HST fellowship, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
2014, Caltech, Rosen Bioengineering Distinguished Scholar Award, declined ($10,000)
2013, Samsung Scholarship for graduate studies ($250,000)
2012, Talent Medal of Korea (대한민국인재상), The President of Republic of Korea
2011, Dean’s list, Department of Chemistry, KAIST
2010, KAIST Undergraduate Research Program, Grandprix
Certificate
2022, Faculty of Science (FAS) Science Mentoring Certificate, Harvard University
2016, Biophysics Certificate Program, MIT
Appointment
Academic society service: OPTICA Nanophotonics (ON) technical group
Journal reviewer: Nanophotonics, Scientific Reports, Optics Express, Optics Letters , Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO), IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
B.S. Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude (GPA 4.15/4.3) (02/2008 – 08/2014)
Advisor: Prof. YongKeun (Paul) Park (Department of Physics, KAIST) and Prof. Hyotcherl Ihee (Department of Chemistry, KAIST)
*Paused 23 months for military service as a firefighter (03/2012 – 02/2014)
Grant and Fellowship
2022, EyeFind Research Grant for human eye study (w/ Dr. Maria Vinas-Pena), The ARVO Foundation for Eye Research, and the Eye Bank Association of America ($5,000)
2022, MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) Fund for Medical Discovery (FMD) Fundamental Research Fellowship Award (Direct cost $83,000), MGH and HMS
2021, Bullock-Wellman Postdoctoral Fellowship (Direct Cost $60,000), MGH and HMS
Award
2022, OPTICA Ambassador, Optica (formerly known as Optical Society of Ameria (OSA))
2022, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Best Oral Presentation Awards, The 21st Annual New England Science Symposium (NESS)
2022, MGH ECOR Celebration of Science Poster of Distinction Finalist
2021, People's Choice Best Poster Award, Wellman Science Retreat 2021, MGH and HMS
2019, The Best Poster Presentation Award, 2019 Material Research Society (MRS) Fall meeting - Session 'Plasmonics, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces'
2019, Face of the year, Samsung Scholarship
2018, The Best Mentor Award, Harvard-MIT Summer Institute for biomedical optics at MGH
2018, The Best Poster Presentation Award, Gordon Research Conference on Lasers in Micro, Nano and Bio Systems
2017, Martha L. Gray Prize for Excellence in Research, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
2014, HST fellowship, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
2014, Caltech, Rosen Bioengineering Distinguished Scholar Award, declined ($10,000)
2013, Samsung Scholarship for graduate studies ($250,000)
2012, Talent Medal of Korea (대한민국인재상), The President of Republic of Korea
2011, Dean’s list, Department of Chemistry, KAIST
2010, KAIST Undergraduate Research Program, Grandprix
Certificate
2022, Faculty of Science (FAS) Science Mentoring Certificate, Harvard University
2016, Biophysics Certificate Program, MIT
Appointment
Academic society service: OPTICA Nanophotonics (ON) technical group
Journal reviewer: Nanophotonics, Scientific Reports, Optics Express, Optics Letters , Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO), IEEE Photonics Technology Letters