people

Members of the Biomedical Optics Laboratory at KAIST.

Principal Investigator

YongKeun (Paul) Park

YongKeun (Paul) Park

Endowed Chair Professor, Department of Physics, KAIST
Director, Virtual 3D Biology Center, KAIST
Optica Fellow, SPIE Fellow, NAEK Member, YKAST Member
Cofounder and CEO, Tomocube
Cofounder and Advisor, TheWaveTalk

O +82.42.350.2514  |  E yk.park at kaist.ac.kr  |  CV

Postdoctoral Associates

WeiSun Park

WeiSun Park

weisunp at kaist.ac.kr

Since Fall 2017

Geon Kim

Geon Kim

gyugkei at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2023

Hervé Hugonnet

Hervé Hugonnet

grougrou at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2024

ChungHa Lee

ChungHa Lee

chunghalee at kaist.ac.kr

Since Fall 2024

Graduate Students

Dohyeon Lee

Dohyeon Lee

dleh428 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2021

Juyeon Park

Juyeon Park

jooyunpark95 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2021

Juheon Lee

Juheon Lee

louis127 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Fall 2021

Chulmin Oh

Chulmin Oh

chisquare at kaist.ac.kr

Since Fall 2022

Minwook Kim

Minwook Kim

brian10kim22 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2024

Jupyo Hong

Jupyo Hong

hongjupyo00 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2024

Jimin Cho

Jimin Cho

a01077271401 at gmail.com

Since Fall 2024

Sehyeon Lee

Sehyeon Lee

sehyun_2 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2025

MinSu Kim

MinSu Kim

svc0320 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2025

Siwon Jeong

Siwon Jeong

tl3600 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2025

Sangmin Lee

Sangmin Lee

hjklgfds4455 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2025

Yung Kang

Yung Kang

irene142857 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Fall 2025

Seungbaek Lim

Seungbaek Lim

lsb1671 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2026

Chanhee Park

Chanhee Park

parking at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2026

Hajin Kim

Hajin Kim

hajingrace1224 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Spring 2026

Taejung Moon

Taejung Moon

rmadka999 at kaist.ac.kr

Since Fall 2026

Undergraduate Students

Kyuree Kim

Kyuree Kim

kyureeosity at g.eulji.ac.kr

Samuel Dawit Assefa

Samuel Dawit Assefa

samuelassefa at kaist.ac.kr

Arian Ahmed

Arian Ahmed

arian.ahmed at kaist.ac.kr

Geonwoo Lee

Geonwoo Lee

mxphy1 at kaist.ac.kr

Donggeon Lee

Donggeon Lee

lapudream at kaist.ac.kr

Hyunseo Han

Hyunseo Han

hanemula at kaist.ac.kr

Mamo Abel Demlie

Mamo Abel Demlie

abelmamo at kaist.ac.kr

Administrative Staff

  • Hyun-Ju Park — Administrative Assistant · hyunju90 at kaist.ac.kr

Alumni

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Research Professors

  • HyunJoo Park (2013 Spring – 2015 Spring · KB Investment, Korea)

  • Eun Seok Choi (2021 Fall – 2022 Winter · Areumteunteun Orthopedic Clinic, Korea)

Postdoctoral Associates

  • Sanjit Debnath — 2011 Spring – 2012 Spring · Visiting Scientist, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), India

  • Youngchan Kim — 2011 Summer – 2013 Summer · Lecturer in Quantum Biology, University of Surrey, UK

  • Jaeduck Jang — 2011 Fall – 2013 Spring · Senior Researcher, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Korea

  • Chungil Ha — 2013 Spring – 2014 Spring · Postdoc, Department of Physics, UNIST, Korea

  • Jonghee Yoon — 2014 Spring – 2016 Spring · Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Ajou University, Korea

  • YoonSeok Baek — 2014 Summer – 2021 Summer · Researcher, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris

  • Seungwoo Shin — 2014 Summer – 2022 Spring · Group Leader (from 2027), Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS), Germany

  • KyeoReh Lee — 2018 Spring – 2024 Spring · Research Staff, Department of Physics, Yale University, USA

Graduate Students

  • Jung Hoon Park — 2011 Spring – 2014 Spring · Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Bio-Optics Lab), UNIST, Korea

  • GwangSik Park — 2015 Summer – 2016 Winter · Samsung Electronics, Korea

  • Kyoohyun Kim — 2011 Summer – 2017 Spring · Head, Core Microscopy Facility, Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Germany

  • Hyeonseung Yu — 2011 Summer – 2017 Spring · Professor, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

  • JunTaek Oh — 2016 Summer – 2018 Spring · Samsung Electronics, Korea

  • Jaehwang Jeong — 2012 Summer – 2018 Spring · Samsung Electronics, Korea

  • Jongchan Park — 2013 Summer – 2019 Spring · Staff Research Scientist, UCLA, USA

  • SangYun Lee — 2013 Summer – 2019 Summer · Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Korea

  • Taean Chang — 2018 Spring – 2020 Spring

  • Moosung Lee — 2016 Fall – 2023 Spring · Postdoc, University of Stuttgart, Germany

  • Jeonghun Oh — 2018 Spring – 2024 Spring · Samsung Electronics, Korea

  • Chansuk Park — 2017 Spring – 2024 Spring · Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Korea

  • Jeapil Jo — 2022 Spring – 2024 Spring · Samsung Electronics, Korea

  • Youngmoon Cho — 2021 Fall – 2022 Summer

  • Mahn Jae Lee — 2019 Spring – 2024 Fall · Professor, Biochemistry, Chungnam National University Hospital (CNUH), Korea

  • Tal Lifshitz — 2023 Fall – 2026 Summer · Ph.D. student, Biophysics, Cornell University, USA

Research Assistants

  • Donghun Ryu — Ph.D. Candidate, EECS, MIT, USA

  • Hansol Yoon — Ph.D. Candidate, ECE, Georgia Tech, USA

Undergraduate Students

  • Sangyeon Cho — Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, Rice University, USA

  • YoungJu Jo — Assistant Professor, EECS, UC Berkeley, USA

  • Minho Choe — Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, UNIST, Korea

  • Seo Eun Lee — Eli Lilly and Company, USA

  • Others — Seong Ha Park, Joonseok Hur, KyungDuk Kim, Jinyeop Song, Ariel J. Lee, SeungYoon Han, Dao Khoi, Heesoo Byun, Soomin Kim, Yunhun Jang, Hye-Ok Yoon, Jeeun Lee, Gyu Young Chang, Ji Han Heo, Seolhui Jeon, Sanghyun Kim, Shinhwa Lee, JaeHyeon Park, Su-A Yang, Gwang-su Kim, In-Hyuck Choi, Doyeon Kim, Gyuwon Lee, Haechan Kwak, Chanwoo Song, Yeongjin Yu, Jaehyu Shim, Hayeon Cho, Young Seo Kim, Abbas Abbasli, HyunJun Han, Kaleb Mesfin Asfaw, Benedict Reve Delmo, Biruk Zewdu, Yoonjae Chung, Minseok Lee, Jinyoung Kim, Siraj Yahyazade