User:Euiheon Chung

Open Positions
There are currently several open positions available in the laboratory. We employ strong multidisciplinary approaches, integrating the fields of engineering, physics, cellular and molecular biology, and physiology. Opportunities exist for (post) graduate students and medical students to work in this exciting area of biomedical optics, and welcome to join our dynamic and diverse research team.

• if you are interested in any of the following opportunities, please email me a CV and a statement of why you would like to do research in my lab.(한국어도 가능)


 * Postdoctoral training: The project requires a motivated, independent researcher to carry out multiple projects in the BiO-scopy lab. The potential candidates are expected to have expertise in one or more of the following areas: optical imaging system design and construction, biomedical instrumentation, or molecular biology or physiology.


 * Graduate training: I take this the most enjoyable and rewarding aspect of being in academic world. We are seeking a number of graduate students who are self-motivated and enthusiastic to pursue their thesis research. Every student is different and I should adjust my guiding style depending on her/his background and level of independency.


 * Undergraduate opportunities: Undergraduate-level research positions are available to assist with the research projects being conducted in the lab. I always like dedicated and diligent volunteers, and if performance is satisfactory, she/he can be hired as a paid assistant.

Euiheon Chung


Assistant professor Graduate-program of Medical System Engineering (GMSE) & School of Mechatronics Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)


 * Biomedical in vivo Opto-scopy Laboratory (BiO-scopy lab)


 * Phone: 	+ 82-62-715-2753, Fax: 	+ 82-62-715-3244
 * Email: 	ogong50 [at] gist.ac.kr


 * Address: Rm. 304, Mechatronics building, Oryong-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-712, Republic of Korea

Education and Training

 * Post-doc  Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School, Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for tumor biology (Mentors: Rakesh K. Jain, PhD and Dai Fukumura, MD PhD), Boston, MA, Mar. 2007 - Jan. 2011


 * PhD  Harvard - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Medical Engineering/Medical Physics (MEMP), PhD qualified in the  Department of Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Peter T. C. So, PhD), Cambridge, MA, Sep. 2001- Feb. 2007


 * MS  Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, Feb. 1998


 * BS  Aerospace Engineering and Minor in Physics, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, Feb. 1996

Research interests
My laboratory is driven to solve current outstanding problems in biomedicine such as cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. The visualization of disease progression and therapeutic monitoring of small animal models is critical for developing therapeutic strategy in clinical medicine. Towards this goal, we establish innovative in vivo optical imaging platforms and methodology by creating functional super-resolution imaging technologies spanning molecular, cellular, tissue-organ, and whole-body scales. Our approach will provide insights into basic biology and translational medicine.

Awards

 * Jun. 2011 Engineering Conferences International (ECI) Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery XII, Travel Fellowship Award, Naples, FL, USA


 * Jun. 2010	Daniel C. Tosteson Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Massachusetts Biomedical Research Corporation (Title: “Improving treatment of brain metastases from HER2-amplified breast cancer”), MA, USA


 * Feb. 2007 		Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association in New England (KSEA-NE): Technical & Young Generation Symposium, Best Poster Award, Harvard University, MA, USA


 * Jul. 2006	Gordon Research Conferences on Lasers in Medicine and Biology: Active Participant Award, Plymouth, NH, USA


 * Mar. 2006      Optical Society of America Biomedical Optics Topical Meetings, Student Poster Award, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA


 * FEb. 2006 	Samsung Electronics Humantech Thesis Prize, Silver Prize, Seoul, South Korea


 * Sep. 2003 	Whitaker Health Sciences Fund Graduate Fellowship, USA


 * Sep. 2001   	Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar (3 years), Rotary Foundation, IL, USA


 * Jul. 1998	Top award in the Air Force Academy Instructor Course at Korea Air Force College, South Korea


 * Feb. 1996   	Graduation with honor (summa cum laude) from KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea

Publications

 * 1) AF Eichler, E. Chung, DP Kodack, JS Loeffler, D. Fukumura, RK Jain, "The biology of brain metastases— translation to new therapies,"  Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, accepted for publication (2011)
 * 2) N. Kojic, A. Huang, E. Chung, M. Ivanovic, N. Filipovic, M. Kojic, D. Tschumperlin, "A 3-D computational model of extracellular mechanotransduction,"  Biophysical Journal, Vol. 99, 3517-3525 (2010)
 * 3) P. Kim, E. Chung, H. Yamashita, KE Hung, A. Mizoguchi, R. Kucherlapati, D. Fukumura, RK. Jain, SH Yun,” In vivo wide-area cellular imaging by side-view endomicroscopy,” Nature Methods, Vol. 7, No. 4, 303-305 (2010) - Featured as the Journal Cover (http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v7/n4/covers/index.html)
 * 4) N. Kojic, E. Chung, AT. Kho, A. Huang, JA. Park, PTC So, D. Tschumperlin, "Transduction of sustained mechanical loading by a basolaterally localized EGFR autocrine loop," FASEB journal, Vol. 24, No. 5, 1604-1615 (2010)
 * 5) W. T. Tang, E. Chung, Y. H. Kim, PTC So, CJR. Sheppard,” Surface plasmon-coupled emission microscopy with a spiral phase plate,” Optics Letters, Vol. 35, 517-519 (2010) - Featured in The Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 5, Issue 5, (2010)
 * 6) E. Chung*, H. Yamashita*, P. Au, BA Tannous, D. Fukumura, RK Jain, “Secreted Gaussia Luciferase as a Biomarker for Monitoring Tumor Progression and Treatment Response of Systemic Metastases,” PLoS ONE, 4(12) e8316, (* equal first authors) (2009)
 * 7) ATN Kumar, E. Chung, SB Raymond, JAJM van de Water, K. Shah, D. Fukumura, RK Jain, BJ Bacskai, DA Boas, “Feasibility of in vivo imaging of fluorescent proteins using lifetime contrast” Optics Letters, Vol. 34, 2066-2068 (2009) - Featured in The Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 4, Issue 9, 2009.
 * 8) E. Chung, Y. Kim, W. T. Tang, C. Sheppard and PTC So, “Wide-field super-resolution fluorescence microscopy with surface Plasmon resonance standing waves,” Optics Letters Vol. 34, 2366-2368 (2009) - Featured in The Virtual Journal for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 20, Issue 9, 2009.
 * 9) N. Kojic, A. Huang, E. Chung, D. Tschumperlin, PTC So, "Quantification of three-dimensional dynamics of intercellular geometry under mechanical loading," Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 16, 12403-12414 (2008) - Featured in The Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 3, Issue 9, 2008.
 * 10) E. Chung, D. Kim, Y. Cui, Y. Kim, PTC So, "2D standing wave total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy: super-resolution imaging of single molecular and biological specimens,” Biophysical Journal, Vol. 93, 1747-57 (2007)
 * 11) W. T. Tang, E. Chung, Y. Kim, PTC So and CJR Sheppard, “Effects of using a metal layer in total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy,” Applied Physics A, Vol. 89, No. 2, 333-335 (2007)
 * 12) W. T. Tang, E. Chung, Y. Kim, PTC So and CJR Sheppard, “Investigation of the Point Spread Function of Surface Plasmon Coupled Emission Microscopy,” Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 8, 4634-4646 (2007) - Featured in The Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 2, Issue 5, 2007.
 * 13) E. Chung, D. Kim and PTC So, "Extended resolution wide-field optical imaging: Objective-launched standing wave total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy,” Optics Letters, Vol. 31, 945-947 (2006) - Featured in The Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 1, Issue 5, 2007.
 * 14) E. Chung and Sejin Kwon, "The Effect of Volume Expansion on the Propagation of Wrinkled Laminal Premixed Flame," Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 146, 85-103 (1999)
 * 15) E. Chung, "The Interaction of Vortex and Premixed Flame," Journal of Korea Air Force Academy, No.44, 229-244 (1999)
 * 16) E. Chung and Sejin Kwon, "The Interaction of Vortex and Premixed Flame with Consideration of Volume Expansion Effect," Journal of Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering (KSME), Vol. 22, 230-243 (1999)

Useful links
For more information, visit Edwin L. Steele laboratory for Tumor biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School