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Kwanghun Chung is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and a core faculty member of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES). He is also a core member of the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and an associate member of the Broad Institute. After receiving his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Seoul National University in 2005, he pursued a Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology under the mentorship of Dr. Hang Lu. His doctoral work focused on developing automated integrated microsystems for high-throughput imaging and cell microsurgery across a broad range of living systems. After graduation in 2009, he conducted postdoctoral research in Karl Deisseroth's lab at Stanford University, where he invented the novel technique known as CLARITY, which allows for large-scale structural and molecular analysis of intact biological samples. In 2013, Dr. Chung joined MIT, where he leads an interdisciplinary team dedicated to developing and applying novel methods for the comprehensive understanding of large-scale complex biological systems. His lab's technologies, such as SWITCH, MAP, SHIELD, and ELAST, facilitate rapid, scalable 3D imaging and phenotyping in both animal models and human clinical samples. He is also a co-founder of LifeCanvas Technologies, which focuses on commercializing these innovations and their widespread adoption. Chung has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2019 and NIH New Innovator Award in 2016.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Leading an interdisciplinary team developing and applying novel methods for the understanding of large-scale complex biological systems.