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

  • 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

  • Jiafu (Jenny) Zeng

    LAB MANAGER

    Former Technician in Brain & Cognitive Science, MIT

    Former Technician in Neural Computation Unit, OIST

    MS major in Dental Surgery, Anhui Medical University

  • 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

  • Lorenzo F Ochoa

    POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

    PhD, Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch

  • Seo Woo Choi

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

    PhD, Chemical Engineering, MIT

    MSCEP, Chemical Engineering, MIT

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

  • Yuxuan Tian

    POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE

    PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

  • Xinyi Gu

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in EECS, MIT

    BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Arizona

  • Nicholas Townsend Haas

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University

  • 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

  • Mackenzie Riley

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD student in Chemistry, MIT

    BS, Chemistry + Biological Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Sareum Kim

    GRADUATE STUDENT

    PhD Student, Chemical Engineering, MIT MSCEP Student, Chemical Engineering, MIT

    BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Madeline Hon

    GRADUATE STUDENT

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

  • Jada Li

    UROP RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

    MIT, Major: Computation & Cognition

  • Daniz Sattarli

    UROP RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

    MIT, Major: Chemical Engineering

Alumni

  • 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