{"id":206124,"date":"2025-09-17T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/?post_type=job-post&#038;p=206124"},"modified":"2026-05-05T01:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:51:23","slug":"recruiting-undergraduate-research-students-biomedical-optics-lab-pi-prof-yongkeun-park-physics-department","status":"publish","type":"job-post","link":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/jobs\/recruiting-undergraduate-research-students-biomedical-optics-lab-pi-prof-yongkeun-park-physics-department\/","title":{"rendered":"[Recruiting undergraduate research students] Biomedical Optics Lab (PI: Prof. YongKeun Park, Physics Department)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Biomedical Optics Lab (PI: Prof. YongKeun Park, Physics Department) is currently recruiting undergraduate research students. Selected students will work on holography-based measurement and control and AI-powered bioimaging. Each student will lead an independent project with the goal of publishing a first-author paper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bmokaist.wordpress.com\/publications\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bmokaist.wordpress.com\/publications\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/times.kaist.ac.kr\/news\/articleView.html?idxno=22429\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/times.kaist.ac.kr\/news\/articleView.html?idxno=22429<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Number of Positions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 students will be selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Duration<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Start: immediately upon selection<\/li>\n<li>Commitment: at least 18 months (24 months recommended)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Eligibility<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Able to dedicate\u00a0<strong>\u226510 hours\/week<\/strong>during semesters<\/li>\n<li>Preferred (not required) background:\u00a0<strong>Optics<\/strong>, basic programming (<strong>MATLAB, Python<\/strong>),\u00a0<strong>Cell Biology<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Machine\/Deep Learning<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Application &amp; Inquiry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submit\u00a0<strong>(1)<\/strong>an English CV and\u00a0<strong>(2)<\/strong>\u00a0a\u00a0<strong>1-page statement<\/strong>\u00a0(research interests, relevant experience, time availability, and earliest start date)<\/li>\n<li>Email:\u00a0<strong>park@kaist.ac.kr<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Deadline:\u00a0<strong>September 19, 2025 (KST)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Email subject:\u00a0<strong>[Undergrad Research Application] Your Name<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Support<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selected undergraduate researchers will receive a monthly stipend of KRW 500,000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>*Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research achievements from previous undergraduate students:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><u>Ariel J. Lee (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0Biomedical Optics Express 1st author and shared 1st author, Minister Award from the Ministry of Science and ICT, URP Grand pix award Annual Biophotonics Conference best poster award,<\/p>\n<p><u>SeungYun Han (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0Biomedical Optics Express shared 1st author<\/p>\n<p><u>Sangyeon Cho (Chemistry),<\/u>\u00a0Sumin Kim (Physics), Trends in Biotechnology cover article, Scientific Reports, 1st author, Korea Young Talent Award<\/p>\n<p><u>Yunhoon Jang (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0URP Excellent award &amp; Optics Express, shared 1st author<\/p>\n<p><u>HyeOk Yoon (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0Journal of Biomedical Optics, shared 1st author<\/p>\n<p><u>Sangyoon Lee (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0URP Excellent award<\/p>\n<p><u>Seong Ha Park (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0URP Excellent award<\/p>\n<p><u>Seo Eun Lee (Biology)<\/u>\u00a0The best paper award from the conference of optical society of Korea, Scientific Reports, co-author<\/p>\n<p><u>YoungJu Jo (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0URP Excellent award &amp; Nature Cell Biology, Optics Express, Scientific Reports, Science Advances author, SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship, Korea Young Talent Award, Samsung Electronics Best Paper Award<\/p>\n<p><u>Joonseok Hur (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0Scientific Reports, 1st author<\/p>\n<p><u>Su-A Yang (Biology),<\/u>\u00a0Cytometry, 1st author, URP Grand award<\/p>\n<p><u>KyungDuk Kim (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0Scientific Reports, Optics Letters under revision (provisional acceptance)<\/p>\n<p><u>Lee Moosung (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0Scientific Reports, 1st author, KSMBE best paper award.<\/p>\n<p><u>Doyeon Kim (Chemistry),<\/u>\u00a0Methods, 1st author<\/p>\n<p><u>Chanwoo Song (Material Science &amp; Engineering),<\/u>\u00a0URP Grand pix award<\/p>\n<p><u>Youngjin Yoo (Physics),<\/u>\u00a0URP Excellent award<\/p>\n<p><u>Jinyeop Song(Physics),<\/u>\u00a0KPS Best presentation award<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>109<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-206124","job-post","type-job-post","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-post\/206124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-post"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job-post"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}