Professor

Ki Joo Pahk (박기주)

Associate Professor

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea

Director

Bio-Healthcare Convergence Center, Institute of Convergence Technology

Kyung Hee University

Education

Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, UK (2016)
M.Sc., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, UK (2012)
B.Eng., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, UK (2011)

Experiences

2022.03 to Present, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University
2021.03 to 2022.02, Associate Professor, Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, KIST School, University of Science and Technology
2019.09 to 2022.02, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Bionics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
2016.09 to 2019.08, Technical Research Personnel / Appointed Researcher (military obligation), Biomedical Research Institute, Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Phone: +82-31-201-2572

E-mail: kjpahk@khu.ac.kr

Short Scientific Biography

Prof. Ki Joo Pahk graduated with a BEng (Honours, 2011) and an MSc (Distinction, 2012) in Mechanical Engineering from University College London (UCL), London, UK. He then completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at UCL (2016). From Sept 2016 to Feb 2022, he worked as a Technical Research Personnel (Appointed Researcher) (alternative military service, from Sept 2016 to Aug 2019) and a Senior Research Scientist (Principal Investigator, from Sept 2019 to Feb 2022) at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Republic of Korea. He is now an Associate Professor at Department of Biomedical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea (since Mar 2022) where he leads the Biomedical Ultrasound Engineering Laboratory. He is also Director at Bio-Healthcare Convergence Center, Institute of Convergence Technology, Kyung Hee University.

Prof. Pahk's research interests include biomedical ultrasound, therapeutic ultrasound, ultrasound imaging, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), HIFU-induced mechanical tissue fractionation (boiling histotripsy, pressure-modulated shockwave histotripsy), sono-thrombolysis, tissue decellularisation, bubble dynamics, acoustic cavitation and ultrasonic cell stimulation.

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