Dr. Euiheon Chung is a professor in the biomedical science and engineering department at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) and the director of the Gliopathic Pain Research Center (GPRC). His research aims to create translational neurophotonic technologies to satisfy unmet clinical needs based on biomedical engineering approaches. With functional optical imaging and neuromodulation, Dr. Chung’s current research focuses on neurovascular diseases and neuropathic pain.
EDUCATION
Post-doc (Mar. 2007 - Jan. 2011) Boston MA, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for tumor biology (Mentors: Rakesh K. Jain, PhD & Dai Fukumura, MD PhD)
PhD (Sep. 2001- Feb. 2007) Cambridge MA Harvard - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Medical Engineering/Medical Physics (MEMP) program (Advisor: Peter T. C. So, PhD)
MS (Feb. 1998) Daejeon KOREA, Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology(KAIST)
BS (Feb. 1996) Daejeon KOREA, Aerospace Engineering and Minor in Physics, Summa Cum Laude, KAIST
WORK EXPERIENCE
Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering (BMSE) & School of Mechanical Engineering Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) Biomedical in vivo Opto-scopy Laboratory (BiO-scopy lab)
Affiliation: Biomedical Science and Engineering; Adjunct Faculty, AI Graduate School, GIST
Visiting professor, Chonnam National University Hospital (since Nov. 2016)
4/07– 4/09 Nanopoint Inc. (Live cell imaging solution company), Honolulu, HI
Technical Consultant: - Advised the development of high-resolution imaging system for life science - Helped the company build standing-wave total internal reflection microscope based on the following papers. (Chung E. et al., Optics Letters, 2006 and Chung E. et al., Biophysical Journal, 2007).
6/06- 3/07 Cambridge Devices (a medical devices startup), Cambridge, MA, Intern Engineer and Technical Consultant:- Built, characterized prototype polarization-based imaging devices for skin cancer margin detection to guide surgeons during excisional biopsies of squamous/ basal cell carcinoma and melanoma - Performed preclinical experiments with human skin cancer specimens from New England Medical Center
Win 1994 Daewoo Heavy Industry, Aerospace Division, Changwon, Korea. Intern, Remotely Piloted Vehicle group for Korean Domestic Airplane Design Project
HONORS_AWARDS
2018 LG Younam Overseas Research Faculty
3/2016 Marquis Who's Who in the World - 33rd Edition
9/2013 Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) : Northwest Regional Conference on Bio-Nano, Information-Communication, and Energy-Transportation (BN-IC-ET), USA Best Paper Award, Seattle, WA, USA
6/2011 Engineering Conferences International (ECI) Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery XII, XII, Travel Fellowship Award, Naples, FL, USA
6/2010 Massachusetts Biomedical Research Corporation Daniel C. Tosteson Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Boston, MA, USA - Selected as one of the six top-ranked applicants out of 148 Title: “Improving treatment of brain metastases from HER2-amplified breast cancer”
2/2007 Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association in New England (KSEA-NE): Technical & Young Generation Symposium, Best Poster Award, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
7/2006 Gordon Research Conferences on Lasers in Medicine and Biology
Active Participant Award, Plymouth, NH, USA
3/2006 Optical Society of America Biomedical Optics Topical Meetings
Student Poster Award, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA - ranked in the top 3 presentations in the related category with National Science Foundation Award
2/2006 Samsung Electronics Humantech Thesis Prize, Silver Prize, Seoul, Korea
3/2005 Whitaker Health Sciences Fund Graduate Fellowship
1/2004 Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar
- As an ambassador of Korea, gave lectures on Korean cultures at local Rotary clubs & attended Rotary conferences for mutual understanding with other Rotarians
7/1998 Top award in the Air Force Academy Instructor Course at Korea Air Force College
2/1996 Summa cum laude from KAIST
TEACHING
Spr 2011 Research Project Development I,II (MD635, MD638) graduate course at GIST
Fall 2012 Lectures on proposal and development of research ideas for medical diagnosis and treatment
Fall 2011 Biomedical Optical Imaging (MD644) graduate course at GIST - Lectures on advanced topics of optical imaging in biology and medicine
Spr 2012 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (MD506) graduate course at GIST
Spr 2011 Lectures on the introductory topics on biomedical engineering
Sep 2008-2010 Steele Laboratory’s Methods in Biomedical Engineering Course, Boston, MA “Multi-photon laser scanning microscopy: basic principles & advanced applications” - Demonstrated in vivo tumor vessel permeability measurement, intravital and multiphoton imaging, and gave lectures to postdocs and graduate students
Sum 2006 Global Enterprise in Micro-Mechanics and Molecular Medicine (GEM4) at MIT - Laboratory TA on cytoskeletal mechanics with Maxine Jonas and Yang-Hyo Kim
Spr 2005 MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cambridge, MA - Laboratory TA of a semester course ” System Dynamics and Control” for ME junior and sophomore students - Prepared laboratory class lectures and hands-on experiment platforms and graded lab and reports every week
7/1998 Korea Air Force Academy, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Korea, - 6/2001 Full-Time Instructor and Korea Air Force officer
Curriculum Courses (3 hours per week for 16 weeks for each class)
- Lectured Air Force cadets on engineering courses over 6 semesters,
Extracurricular Courses (4 hours per week for 8 weeks for each class)
Win 2001 “Making and Flying Radio Control Gliders” - Developed & taught intensive hands-on class to build and operate RC gliders
Sum 2000 “Leadership Training Program”- Lectured on teaching methods & led discussion classes on problem-solving skills
Win 2000 “Happy Meditation” - Designed to help improve interpersonal relationships & mental health through meditation
Sum1999 “Meditation for Improving Concentration”- Created to combine physical Qi Kung exercise and mental meditation,
Medical and Clinical Experience
03 – 06 Harvard Medical School HST Core Curriculum- Human Pathology/ Quantitative Physiology/ Cellular and Molecular Immunology/ Molecular Biology and Genetics/ Laboratory in Molecular and Cellular Sciences/ Introduction to Clinical Medicine (I, II)
Win 2005 VA Boston Hospital (Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital) Cardiology team (full time six week clerkship)- Served as a full-time member of ward team and participated in longitudinal patient care
Sum 2005 VA Boston Hospital General Medicine team (full time six week clerkship) - Developed skills in patient interviewing, physical examination, clinical decision-making and patient care
