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
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Min Tunkel
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
MA, Science Writing, Johns Hopkins University
BA, Astronomy, Brown University
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Layla Gonzalez
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
BS, Statistics (Data Analytics), Florida State University
BS, Psychology (Social Psychology), Florida State University
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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
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Jose Vargas Asencio
SENIOR COMPUTATIONS SCIENTIST
PhD, Plant pathology, Cornell University
M.Sc., Genetics and Molecular Biology, Universidad de Costa Rica
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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
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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
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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
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Yuxuan Tian
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
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Mingyu Park
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
PhD, Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
BS, Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
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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
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Nicholas Townsend Haas
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University
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Xinyi Gu
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in EECS, MIT
BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Arizona
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Jisoo Kim
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University
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Gokulnath Ganesan
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT
B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, India Institute of Technology Madras
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Keyu Chen
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
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Sareum Kim
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT MSCEP Student, Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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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
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Gabrielle Bogut
TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE
MPH, Health Policy, Yale School of Public Health
BA, Neuroscience, Boston University
Alumni
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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
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Mackenzie Riley
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in Chemistry, MIT
BS, Chemistry + Biological Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
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Jada Li
UROP RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
MIT, Major: Computations & Cognition
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Seo Woo Choi
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT
MSCEP, Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Srinu Pujari
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD Student in Chemical Engineering, MIT
B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, India Institute of Technology Kharagpur
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Daesun Ahn
RESEARCH TECHNICIAN I
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology (Neurobiology) & Psychology, UC Berkeley
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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
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David Lee
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
BS, Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University
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Dae Hee Yun
PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
M.Eng, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
BS, Biological Engineering, Cornell University
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Chuanxi Victor Zhao
MS, Bioengineering, Northeastern University
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Mississippi
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Slayton Marx
RESEARCH SOFTWARE ENGINEER
BA, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Vermontption
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Mira Moukheiber
MS, Data Science, SUNY at Buffalo
BS, Biomedical Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo
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Juhyuk Park
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National Univeristy
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Webster Guan
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
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Joha Park
POSTDOCTORATE ASSOCIATE
PhD, Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
BS, Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
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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
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Lauren DeLorenzo
PROJECT MANAGER
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
BS, Biological Engineering, Cornell University -

Alex Albanese
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
Current Position: Boston Children’s Hospital
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Julie Washek
RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE
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YoungGyun Park
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT KAIST
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Sung-YonKim
POSTDOCTORATE ASSOCIATE
Associate Professor at Seoul National University
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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
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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
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Lily Wang
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
Current Location: MIT -

Xin Jin
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Westlake University, China
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Nora Peat
VISITING STUDENT
Current Location: ETH Zürich
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Taeyun Ku
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Assistant Professor at KAIST
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Nijesh Upreti
SENIOR RESEARCH SUPPORT ASSOCIATE
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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