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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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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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
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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 -

Lorenzo F Ochoa
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
PhD, Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch
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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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Yuxuan Tian
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua 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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Nicholas Townsend Haas
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University
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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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Mackenzie Riley
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD student in Chemistry, MIT
BS, Chemistry + Biological Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
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Sareum Kim
GRADUATE STUDENT
PhD Student, Chemical Engineering, MIT MSCEP Student, Chemical Engineering, MIT
BS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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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
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Daniz Sattarli
UROP RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
MIT, Major: Chemical Engineering
Alumni
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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