Members

[Principal Investigator]

Prof. YongKeun (Paul) Park
yk.park at kaist.ac.kr | +82-42-350-2514
YongKeun (Paul) Park is Endowed Chair Professor of Physics at KAIST. He earned a Ph.D. in Medical Science and Medical Engineering from Harvard-MIT Health Science and Technology. Dr. Park’s area of research is optics, holography, and biophysics. He has published +160 peer-reviewed papers with +11K citations, including 4 Nat Photon, 4 Nat Comm, 4 PRL, 6 PNAS papers. He is a Fellow of Optical Society of America (OSA) and Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). He received Medals of Honor in Science and Technology (President of South Korea) and JinkiHong Creative Award. Two start-up companies with +60 employees have been created from his research (Tomocube, The.Wave.Talk).

CV can be downloaded here

[Administrative assistant]

Hyun-Ju Park hyunju90 at kaist.ac.kr | +82-42-350-7166

[Postdoctoral associates]

KyeoReh Lee | Since 2018 Spring | Scholar Google

WeiSun Park | weisunp at kaist.ac.kr | Since 2017 Fall

Geon Kim | gyugkei at kaist.ac.kr| Since 2023 Spring |

Hervé Hugonnet | grougrou at kaist.ac.kr | Since 2024 Spring

[Graduate students]

ChungHa Lee | chunghalee at kaist.ac.kr | Since 2018 Fall

Mahn Jae Lee | mjleegsmse at kaist.ac.kr | Since 2019 Spring

Dohyeon Lee | dleh428 at kaist.ac.kr | Since 2021 Spring

Juyeon Park | jooyunpark95 at kaist.ac.kr | Since 2021 Spring

Juheon Lee | louis127@kaist.ac.kr | Since 2021 Fall

Chulmin Oh | femin1024@kaist.ac.kr | Since 2022 Spring

Tal Lifshitz | talif@kaist.ac.kr | Since 2023 Fall

Minwook Kim | brian10kim22@kaist.ac.kr | Since 2024 Fall

Jupyo Hong | hongjupyo00@kaist.ac.kr | Since 2024 Fall

[Undergraduate students]

Yoonjae Chung | nature_cyj@kaist.ac.kr

HyunJun Han | jjjunhh20@kaist.ac.kr

Kaleb Mesfin Asfaw | kalebmes06@kaist.ac.kr

Delmo/Benedict Reve/ | bendelmo5201@kaist.ac.kr

Minseok Lee | danielms.lee@kaist.ac.kr

[Group Photos]

2024 Spring, 생물물리분과학술대회 @ Busan     

2023 Spring, strawberry party @ KAIST     

2022 Spring, strawberry party @ KAIST     

2019 Spring, strawberry party @ KAIST     

2018 Spring, strawberry party @ KAIST      

2017 Spring, strawberry party @ KAIST      

2016 Spring, strawberry party @ KAIST         

2015 Spring, strawberry party @ KAIST      

2013 SPIE Nano-Bio Sensing, Imaging & Spectroscopy conference @ Jeju ICC

2013 Spring, strawberry party

[Alumni]

[Research Professor]
Dr. HyunJoo Park 2013 Spring ~ 2015 Spring | skdurl20 at kaist.ac.kr or hyunjoo.park at gmail.com

Eun Seok Choi | stoneos98@gmail.com | 2021 Fall ~ 2022 Winter | Website

[Postdoctoral Associate]
Dr. Sanjit Debnath 2011 Spring ~ 2012 Spring | debnath.sanjit at gmail.com
Visiting Scientist, Raja Ramanna Centre For Advanced Technology (RRCAT), India
Dr. Youngchan Kim 2011 Summer ~ 2013 Summer | youngchan.kim at surrey.ac.uk
Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Surrey, UK
Dr. Jaeduck Jang 2011 Fall ~ 2013 Spring | duck80 at kaist.ac.kr
Senior Researcher, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Korea
Dr. Chungil Ha 2013 Spring ~ 2014 Spring | cihaha at gmail.com
Dr. Jonghee Yoon 2014 Spring ~ 2016 Spring | jyoon48@ajou.ac.kr
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Ajou University

Dr. YoonSeok Baek 2014 Summer ~ 2021 Summer | Scholar Google
Laboratoire Kastler Brossel

Dr.Seungwoo Shin | 2014 Summer ~ 2022 Spring | Scholar Google | Website

Youngmoon Cho | 2021 Fall ~ 2022 Summer

[Graduate Student]

Dr. Jung Hoon Park 2011 Spring ~ 2014 Spring | jh.park at unist.ac.kr
Professor, Bio-Optics Lab. UNIST, Korea
GwangSik Park 2015 Summer ~ 2016 Winter | secularbird at kaist.ac.kr
Samsung Electronics, Inc., Korea
Dr. Kyoohyun Kim 2011 Summer ~2017 Spring | kkh2580 at kaist.ac.kr
Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Lab Cellular Machines (Guck Lab), Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Dr. Hyeonseung Yu 2011 Summer ~ 2017 Spring | hs.yu at kaist.ac.kr
Start-up in Silicon Valley, USA
JunTaek Oh 2016 Summer ~ 2018 Spring | juntaek.oh at kaist.ac.kr
Samsung Electronics, Inc., Korea
Dr. Jaehwang Jeong 2012 Summer ~ 2018 Spring | jeongjh513 at kaist.ac.kr
Samsung Electronics, Inc., Korea
Dr. Jongchan Park 2013 Summer ~ 2019 Spring| jongchanpark at kaist.ac.kr|Postdoctoral Research Associate, iOptics Laboratory, UCLA
Dr. SangYun Lee 2013 Summer ~ 2019 Summer| prism at kaist.ac.kr
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology | Scholar Google
Taean Chang | 2018 Spring ~ 2020 Spring | Taean at kaist.ac.kr|

Moosung Lee | 2016 Fall ~ 2023 Spring | Scholar Google |Curriculum Vitae

Jeonghun Oh 2018 Spring ~ 2024 Spring |

Chansuk Park 2017 Spring ~ 2024 Spring

Jeapil Jo 2022 Spring ~ 2024 Spring

[Research Assistant]

Donghun Ryu ~ 2021 summer | donghun.ryu29@gmail.com 
Electronic Engineering & Computer Science, MIT

Hansol Yoon ~ 2022 Fall | hsyoon@tomocube.com

[Undergraduate Student]

Heesoo Byun 2010 Fall | king1120 at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, Ultra Low Temperature Laboratory, Physics, KAIST 
Soomin Kim 2011 Spring ~ 2012 Spring | lovesky813 at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, Scalable Graphics/Geometric Algorithm Lab., CS, KAIST
Yunhun Jang 2011 Spring ~ 2012 Spring | yhoon2011 at gmail.com
M.S. Candidate, Brain Reverse Engineering and Imaging Lab., EE, KAIST
Hye-Ok Yoon 2011 Spring ~ 2012 Spring | yho0313 at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, H.Y. Hwang group, Applied Physics, Stanford University
Jeeun Lee 2011 Spring ~ 2012 Fall | jeeun.lee at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, KAIST
Sangyeon Cho 2011 Spring ~ 2014 Summer | kaisy08 at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, The Bio-Optics Lab, Havard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology
Gyu Young Chang 2011 Winter ~ 2012 Winter | peter0414 at gmail.com
Undergraduate, Harvard University
Ji Han Heo 2012 Spring ~ 2013 Summer | janihyo at kaist.ac.kr
School of Medicine, Seoul National University
YoungJu Jo 2012 Spring ~ 2018 Summer | astralatom at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Physics, Deisseroth Lab, Stanford University
Mahn Jae Lee 2012 Fall ~ 2013 Spring | manjae818 at kaist.ac.kr
School of Medicine, Kyunghee University
Seong Ha Park 2013 Spring ~ 2013 Fall | wchild at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D.Candidate, Wang Lab., Physics, Cornell University
Seolhui Jeon 2013 Spring ~ 2013 Fall | seol1213 at kaist.ac.kr
Sanghyun Kim 2013 Spring ~ 2013 Fall | harry_ksh at kaist.ac.kr
Seo Eun Lee 2013 Spring ~ 2014 Summer | seoeun11 at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D.Candidate, Columbia University
Shinhwa Lee 2013 Winter ~ 2014 Spring | shloveve at kaist.ac.kr
Minho Choe 2014 Spring ~ 2015 Summer | kernel at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, Quantum & Nanobio Photonics Lab., Physics, KAIST
Joonseok Hur 2014 Spring ~ 2015 Summer | hjs9157 at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, Vuletic Group, Physics, MIT
JaeHyeon Park 2014 Summer ~ 2015 Summer | alchemiclove at kaist.ac.kr
KyungDuk Kim 2014 Summer ~ 2016 Spring | kugduk at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University
Su-A Yang 2014 Fall ~ 2016 Fall | yangsua at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, Biology, KAIST
Gwang-su Kim 2015 Spring ~ 2016 Fall | kgspiano at kaist.ac.kr
Ph.D. Candidate, KAIST
In-Hyuck Choi 2016 Summer ~ 2017 Spring | boyson2 at kaist.ac.kr
Physics Department, KAIST
Doyeon Kim 2016 Summer ~ 2017 Spring | faith286 at kaist.ac.kr
Chemistry Department, KAIST
Gyuwon Lee 2017 Winter ~ 2018 Sping | gwl0711 at gmail.com
Electrical Engineering Department, KAIST
Haechan Kwak 2018 Spring ~ 2018 Spring | gocks7894 at kaist.ac.kr
Chemistry Department, KAIST
Chanwoo Song 2017 Spring  | okcksdn10 at kaist.ac.kr
MSE, KAIST
Yeongjin Yu |u.yeongjin at kaist.ac.kr
Jaehyu Shim | jaehue97 ar kaist.ac.kr
Dao Khoi |daophuongkhoi96 at kaist.ac.kr
Tomocube
Hayeon Cho |pioneerchy at kaist.ac.kr |
SeungYoon Han | aranghan at kaist.ac.kr |
Applied Physics, YALE
Young Seo Kim | ykim717@kaist.ac.kr
GSMSE, KAIST
Jinyeop Song | yeopjin ar kaist.ac.kr
Physics Department, MIT
Ariel J. Lee ~ 2021 Spring | ariel.j.lee@gmail.com
Electronic Engineering & Computer Science, MIT

Abbas Abbasli ~ 2022 Winter | abbas_at_kaist.ac.kr