Prof. Hongki Kang
E-mail: hongki.kang@snu.ac.kr
Prof. Hongki Kang
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering at Seoul National University College of Medicine
Prof. Hongki Kang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the College of Medicine at Seoul National University (SNU) in South Korea. He has previously worked on Semiconductor Devices (e.g. Transistors, Sensors), Microfabrication processes & Additive Manufacturing (e.g. Printing), and Bioelectronics & Neural Engineering (Brain-Machine Interface, Neuromodulation).
He received his BS in Electrical Engineering from KAIST in 2008, and MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010 and 2013, respectively. During his graduate studies, he primarily focused on Semiconductor devices and micro-fabrication processes including printing for flexible electronics. Since then, he expanded his research areas towards Neural engineering & Biomedical engineering during the postdoc. Before joining SNU, he served as both Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST).
Please look at the schedule for his availability to make an appointment.
When free, he likes to travel, enjoys foods and coffee from all over the world, watches sports, plays tennis, and plays guitar.
Education
PhD 2013 University of California, Berkeley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Advisor: Prof. Vivek Subramanian)
MS 2010 University of California, Berkeley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Advisor: Prof. Vivek Subramanian)
BS 2008 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Electrical Engineering (Advisor: Prof. Yang-Kyu Choi)
Professional Experiences
2024 – Now Associate Professor SNU College of Medicine, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
2024 – Now Adjunct Professor Interdisciplinary Program in Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU)
2024 – Now Adjunct Professor Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), Department of Biomedical Engineering
2024 – Now Adjunct Professor SNU Medical Research Center, Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
2023 – 2024 Department Chair DGIST, Dept. of Semiconductor Engineering
2023 – 2024 Associate Professor DGIST, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2019 – 2023 Assistant Professor DGIST, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2015 – 2019 Postdoc KAIST, Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering (PI: Prof. Yoonkey Nam)
2014 – 2015 Postdoc Columbia University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (PI: Prof. Ken Shepard)
2012 Technical Co-op IBM Semiconductor Research and Development Center (SRDC)
Honors and Awards
2023 Academic award (학술상), 2023 Korea Flexible & Printed Electronics (KFPE) Fall Meeting
2023 Excellence in Teaching Award (우수교육상) for best teacher among the entire university faculty (DGIST)
2021 우수발표상 (김은주 외 6인), 2021년 한국실내환경학회 연차학술대회 특별세션 부문, “미생물 유래 대사물질의 현장형 및 실시간 검출 시스템 개발”
2018 Best poster presentation award, SMIT2018-IBEC 2018 Joint Conference, Seoul, Korea (SMIT, Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy; IBEC, International Biomedical Engineering Conference)
2004 Scholarship of the 2nd Presidential Science Scholarship from Korea Science and Engineering Foundation, by South Korean President Roh, Moo-hyun