Research fellow

Minki Park

Incoming Graduate Research Student in Radiology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School

Incoming Researcher, Shriners Children’s Boston

Academic & Professional Experience

• Graduate Student, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2023 - Present) 

Education

• B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University  

Minki Park is a graduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University. His research focuses on drug delivery systems, including mRNA-loaded lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), MRI contrast agents, and ultrasound-responsive nanodroplets. He has worked on the synthesis and formulation of ionizable lipids and nanoparticles, as well as their physicochemical characterization and in vitro evaluation. He has also developed cyclodextrin-based gadolinium contrast agents for MRI and studied their synthesis, purification, and metal chelation. In another project, he investigated perfluoropentane nanodroplets for ultrasound-triggered doxorubicin delivery, evaluating their acoustic response and delivery performance in vitro and in vivo. His experience spans organic synthesis, nanoparticle formulation, and biological assessment.

Eom T, Park JH, Pyun JY, Park M, et al. “The Role of Acoustic Parameters in Droplet Vaporization of Perfluoropentane Nanodroplets for In Vivo Applications.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2025;17(26):37562–37576. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c05638.

Jeon S, Teoh JY, Park E, Eom T, Park M, et al. “Nanogel-Modified SPR Sensors Enable Specific Biomarker Detection in Complex Media through Minimum Response Analysis.” ACS Sensors. 2026;11(7):5490–5498. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.5c04301