Seungwoo Shin, Ph.D.
I am a postdoctoral researcher in Dogic Lab at UCSB, working with Prof. Zvonimir Dogic. Prior to joining UCSB, I earned my Ph.D. at KAIST in 2020 (advisor: Prof. YongKeun (Paul) Park). My research aims to elucidate the physical principles underlying diverse biological phenomena. To achieve this goal, I am developing novel methods using 3D tomography and light-matter interactions and applying them to biological active systems.
DEGREE & EDUCATION
Ph.D. & M.S. in Physics Mar 2014 – Aug 2020
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea
(advisor: YongKeun (Paul) Park)
B.S. in Physics Feb 2009 – Feb 2014
KAIST, Republic of Korea
HONORS & AWARDS
Emerging Scientist Award in Optics and Quantum Electronics, Korean Physical Society, 2024
Post-Doctoral Overseas Training, National Research Foundation of Korea, 2023, (awarded, declined)
HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Human Frontier Science Program Organization, 2023-2026
Investigator Award 2021, KAIST INSTITUTES, 2021
KAIX fellowship (Post-doc), KAIST, 2021
G-CORE Research Project Grant for Postdoc, Industry Liaison Center grant funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT of Republic of Korea, 2021-2022
Outstanding Dissertation Award, Jung H. Shin Scholarship Foundation, 2021
Pre-doctoral Fellow of Physics at KAIST, Dept. of Physics, KAIST, 2018
Presidential Science Scholarship, Korea Student Aid Foundation, 2009-2014
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral researcher May 2022 – Present
Department of Physics, University of California Santa Barbara (PI: Prof. Zvonimir Dogic)
Postdoctoral researcher Sep 2020 – May 2022
Department of Physics, KAIST (PI: Prof. YongKeun (Paul) Park)
Visiting researcher Nov 2017 – Dec 2017
Laser Biomedical Research Center, G. R. Harrison Spectroscopy Lab (PI: Prof. Peter So), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Polarization-dependent imaging technique
Graduate research student Jul 2014 – Aug 2020
BioMedical Optics Lab (BMOL, PI: Prof. YongKeun (Paul) Park), KAIST
Quantitative phase imaging techniques
Optical diffraction tomography
Single-point digital optical phase conjugation
Dielectric tensor tomography
Undergraduate Research Participation program Dec 2012 – May 2013
Gas Discharge Physics Lab (PI: Prof. Wonho Choe), KAIST
Measurement of plasma bullet potential in atmospheric pressure jet plasmas
Undergraduate researcher May 2012 – Aug 2013
Low temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (PI: Prof. Jhinhwan Lee), KAIST
Gas Discharge Physics Lab (PI: Prof. Wonho Choe), KAIST
Research and Education program Mar 2006 – Feb 2008
Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy Observatory (PI: Dr. Young-Beom Jeon), Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Searching for variable stars with Period-Luminosity Relationship