| Oct 23, 2026 | I received the Translational Innovation Award at the 6th Annual Conference of the Korean Life Scientist Association of Maryland (KLAM) in Baltimore, MD. |
| Oct 08, 2026 | I attended the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS 2026) in Raleigh, NC, where I presented two first-author papers on non-contact ultrasound/photoacoustic surgical guidance and a photoacoustic beacon for surgical safety (T3A), along with five co-authored papers from our group. |
| May 05, 2026 | I got married to Jane Yoo! 🤵🏻👰🏻 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | I was invited to give a webinar talk at Korean-American Biomedical Engineering Society (KBMES), titled “Photoacoustic retinal stimulation for visual prosthesis”. |
| Oct 24, 2025 | I was invited to give a talk at Georgia Tech Biomedical Photonics Society (BiPS), titled “Photoacoustic retinal stimulation for visual prosthesis”. |
| May 27, 2025 | Gave a seminar talk “Development of biomedical application using non-contact ultrasound” at Kwangwoon University, South Korea. |
| May 04, 2025 | Presented “Remote and dynamically configurable photoacoustic stimulation of retinal ganglion cells for high resolution visual function restoration” as a poster at ARVO 2025. |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Presented “Grating lobe suppression using synthetic optically-tracked sparse aperture focusing for non-contact ultrasound imaging” at UITC 2025! |
| Jan 08, 2025 | Gave a seminar talk “Towards successful translation of non-contact ultrasound in clinical interventions” at DGIST, South Korea. |
| Dec 31, 2024 | Gave a seminar talk “Towards precise, functional, and non-contact clinical intervention via ultrasound” at Dankook University, South Korea. |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Gave a seminar talk “Non-contact ultrasound-based clinical intervention in the future” at Sogang University, South Korea. |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Started a new position as a postdoctoral fellow! I am participating in the ARPA-H and SURPASS projects. |
| Jul 30, 2024 | I defended my Ph.D. thesis! 🎉🎉🎉 |
| May 06, 2024 | My work on photoacoustic retinal prosthesis was honored with the Robertson Translational Research grant at ARVO 2024! |
| Jun 20, 2023 | Received the Siemens Best Paper Award: Runner-up at IPCAI 2023. |