Kwanghun (KC) Chung

Principal Investigator

Department of Chemical Engineering
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES)
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Phone: 617-452-2263
Email: khchung@mit.edu

43 Vassar St, 46-6263
Cambridge, MA 02139

Our Lab

  • Min Tunkel

    ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

    MA, Science Writing, Johns Hopkins University

    BA, Astronomy, Brown University

  • Layla Gonzalez

    ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

    BS, Statistics (Data Analytics), Florida State University

    BS, Psychology (Social Psychology), Florida State University

  • Clover Su

    RESEARCH SCIENTIST

    Former postdoctoral research fellow at Martinos Center, MGH/Harvard Medical School

    PhD, Biophysics/Materials Engineering, Boston University

    BA, Physics/Neuroscience, Boston University

  • Jose Vargas Asencio

    SENIOR COMPUTATIONS SCIENTIST

    PhD, Plant pathology, Cornell University

    M.Sc., Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidad de Costa Rica

  • Sehong Min

    RESEARCH SCIENTIST

    Former postdoctoral associate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

    PhD, Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University

    MS, Life Science, Sogang University

    BS, Life Science, Sogang University

  • Jiafu (Jenny) Zeng

    LAB MANAGER

    Former Technician in Brain & Cognitive Science, MIT

    Former Technician in Neural Computation Unit, OIST

    MS, Dental Surgery, Anhui Medical University

  • Lorenzo F Ochoa

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    PhD, Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch

    PhD, Neuroscienze e biomedicina, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italia

    BS, Cellulare and molecular biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso

    BS, Biomedical sciences, University of Texas at El Paso

  • Yuxuan Tian

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

    PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

  • Mingyu Park

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

    PhD, Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

    BS, Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

  • Ian Curtin

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

    PhD, Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    MSc, Molecular Cell Biology with Bioinnovation, University College Cork

    BEng (Hons), Biomedical Engineering, Munster Technological University

  • Nicholas Townsend Haas

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University

  • Xinyi Gu

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in EECS, MIT

    BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Arizona

  • Jisoo Kim

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University

  • Gokulnath Ganesan

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT

    B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, India Institute of Technology Madras

  • Keyu Chen

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

  • Sareum Kim

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT MSCEP Student, Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Seobin Park

    VISITING GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

    BS, Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

  • Gabrielle Bogut

    TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE

    MPH, Health Policy, Yale School of Public Health

    BA, Neuroscience, Boston University

Alumni

  • Shaoyu (Sebastian) Lin

    RESEARCH SCIENTIST

    PhD, Development, Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Southern California

    MS, Cell Biology, Nankai University
    BE, Biochemical Engineering, Tianjin University

  • Madeline Hon

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    MEng Student in EECS, MIT
    BS, Computer Science and Molecular Biology, MIT

  • Daniz Sattarli

    UROP RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

    MIT, Major: Chemical Engineering

  • Mackenzie Riley

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Chemistry, MIT

    BS, Chemistry + Biological Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Jada Li

    UROP RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

    MIT, Major: Computations & Cognition

  • Seo Woo Choi

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

    PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT

    MSCEP, Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Srinu Pujari

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD Student in Chemical Engineering, MIT

    B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, India Institute of Technology Kharagpur

  • Daesun Ahn

    RESEARCH TECHNICIAN I

    BA, Molecular and Cell Biology (Neurobiology) & Psychology, UC Berkeley

  • Minyoung Evelyn Kim

    PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
    MS, Computer Science, Stanford University
    BS, Computer Science, SungKyunKwan University

  • Suwan Jeon

    VISITING STUDENT

    BS, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University

  • David Lee

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

    PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

    BS, Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University

  • Dae Hee Yun

    PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT

    M.Eng, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University

    BS, Biological Engineering, Cornell University

  • Chuanxi Victor Zhao

    MS, Bioengineering, Northeastern University

    BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Mississippi

  • Slayton Marx

    RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    BA, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Vermontption

  • Mira Moukheiber

    MS, Data Science, SUNY at Buffalo

    BS, Biomedical Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo

  • Juhyuk Park

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National Univeristy

  • Webster Guan

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

  • Joha Park

    POSTDOCTORATE ASSOCIATE

    PhD, Biological Sciences, Seoul National University

    BS, Biological Sciences, Seoul National University

  • Kit-Yi Yam

    Ph.D., Neuroscience, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands M.S., Biomedical Sciences - Neuroscience, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.

    B.S., Biomedical Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

  • Lauren DeLorenzo

    PROJECT MANAGER

    MS, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
    BS, Biological Engineering, Cornell University

  • Alex Albanese

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

    Current Position: Boston Children’s Hospital

  • Julie Washek

    RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE

  • YoungGyun Park

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT KAIST

  • Sung-YonKim

    POSTDOCTORATE ASSOCIATE

    Associate Professor at Seoul National University

  • Chang Ho Sohn

    POSTDOCTORATE FELLOW
    Assistant Professor at Yonsei University

  • Justin Swaney

    PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT
    Current Location: Fulcrum Therapeutics

  • Lee Kamentsky

    RESEARCH ENGINEER

    MS, Bioinformatics, Brandeis University
    BS, Physics, MIT

  • Nick Evans

    RESEARCH ENGINEER

    BS, Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Ji Wang

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    PhD, Mechanical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    BE, Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University

  • Nick DiNapoli

    TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I

    BS, Engineering Physics, Cornell University

  • Lily Wang

    UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
    Current Location: MIT

  • Xin Jin

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

    Current Position: Assistant Professor, Westlake University, China

  • Nora Peat

    VISITING STUDENT

    Current Location: ETH Zürich

  • Taeyun Ku

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    Assistant Professor at KAIST

  • Nijesh Upreti

    SENIOR RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE

  • Vamsi Mangena

    PhD in Health, Sciences and Technology, MIT
    BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas

  • Allison Christiansen

    ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II

    MA, English Literature, University of Massachusetts, Boston
    BA, English and History, University of Massachusetts, Boston

  • Caitlin Burke

    ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

    BA, English (Professional Writing and Technical Communication), University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certificate, Bridgewater State University