Professor

Ki-Hun Jeong, PhD

His previous research interests during PhD and postdoctoral studies at UC Berkeley were the design, microfabrication, and measurement of biophotonic MEMS for biomedical applications such as biomimetic advanced photonic devices, nanomechanical biophysical sensors, nanogap based dielectric spectroscopic biosensors, and MEMS endoscopes. In particular, his main achievement on biomimetic advanced photonic systems was published in Science in 2006, entitled as “Biologically Inspired Artificial Compound Eyes”. This work received huge attentions from over 40 international/Korean News media. This work provides a new paradigm for developing wide field-of-view imaging or motion detection in surveillance detectors, mini-robots, and miniaturized imaging systems such as endoscopes, digital cameras or mobile phones.

His current research interests at KAIST include nanophotonics and Optical MEMS that can be inspired from biology and also utilized for advanced biological science or biomedical applications. After he joined at KAIST as an assistant professor, his academic backgrounds on photonic design, diverse micro/nanofabrication, and photonic measurements have been modified and stimulated to focus on the following three specific topics among broad biophotonic areas, also aligned with the personal academic strength as well as the long term objectives of the department of bio and brain engineering at KAIST

Staff

Hyeon-Chul Park

Graduate Students (PhD Course), Email: hcpark3 (at) kaist.ac.kr

I'm intereseted in the MEMS based microdevices. My research topic is the development of comb drive with lens for scanning applications. Miniaturization of the module will contribute to the THz, OCT imaging and other biomedical approaches.  

 

 

 

 

 

Jae-Jun Kim

Graduate Students (PhD Course), Email: j.j.kim@kaist.ac.kr

My current research topic is bio-inspired illumination system for lighting and display applications. I am particularly interested in studying lens used in light emitting diode (LED) based back-light-unit (BLU). I hope to study bioluminescence that has optimized illumination condition

Sang-Gil Park

Graduate Students (PhD Course), Email: sgpark86 (at) kaist.ac.kr

Biosensing & Bioimaging is the most important way to analyse biological activity.There are many demands for a high-sensitive, high-resolution and biocompatibile method. Plasmonics have received much attention thanks to their extraordinary phenomenon, especially on nanometer-sized metallic structures. I'm interested in their optical characteristics and how to control these properties. And my current focus is development of applications of localized surface plasmon resonance for high-sensitive, high-resolution and biocompatible bio-sensing and bio-imaging.

  

Min-Hee Kang

Graduate Students (MS Course), Email: minikang (at) kaist.ac.kr

The LSPR sensor measures resonance wavelength shifts in extinction spectra due to biochemical interactions that are amplified by metallic nanostructures. My research focuses on applying these phenomenon to develop of a LSPR based label-free optical biosensor using metal nanoparticle arrays. LSPR is related to the electromagnetic field enhancement that leads to surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS).I am also interested in design and modeling of SERS substrates and fabrication of it.

 

 

Young-Seop Lee

Graduate Students (MS Course), Email: yseoplee (at) kaist.ac.kr

Bio-inspired engineering system and BMI(Brain Machine Interface) have a big potential, but there are not many deep research about that. I’m interested in bio-inspired engineering system and BMI related optics system. I hope to develop the optics system based on bioluminescence and BMI system using optics.

 

 

 

Minsuk Lee

Graduate Students (MS Course), Email: minsuklee (at) kaist.ac.kr

Micro endoscopy is a endoscopy which has resolution of a microscopy. It has better advantage of  diagnosis than normal endoscopy, and I am interested in developing improving micro endoscopy using MEMS technology.     

Moonsung Park

Graduate Students (MS Course), Email:  mspark613 (at) kaist.ac.kr

I'm interested in plasmonic application is bio-detection. Especially, my current research topic is detection of SERS signal of biomaterials in a single living cell.   

Seungbum Yang

Graduate Students (MS Course), Email:   stefano (at) kaist.ac.kr

I'm interested in MEMS applications. My current research topic is imaging based on the photoacoustic effect.

Jae-beom Kim

Graduate Students (MS Course), Email:   jbkim12 (at) kaist.ac.kr

I'm interested in plasmonic nano lithopragphy system.

My current reaearch topic is digital lithography system using plasmonic lens for high-resolution

Cheol Song, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Email: feloveyou (at) kaist.ac.kr

I was very interested in bio-medical instruments including optical coherence tomography and confocal laser scanning microscopy, and etc. Design and construction of those kinds of optical systems were my main research. However, since I participated in Jeong's group, I am about to be interested in biomimetic engineering based on MEMS technology and neurophysiology, as well as opto-mechatronics field mentioned previously.  In addition, I will focus on the miniaturized optical system in the short term

 

Jeonghwan Lee

Graduate Students (MS Course), Email: jhmail@kaist.ac.kr

I am interested in the development and improvement of devieces used for THz imaging. My current work is aimed at creating two-dimentional scanning system for THz endoscope.