Dr. Myeongsu Seong's CV
Education
Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education (Pass with Merit), University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, August 2024
Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering (specialized in biophotonics), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Republic of Korea, August 2018
Advisor: Dr. Jae Gwan Kim
Received Excellent Research Award from GIST due to academic excellenceM.S. in Medical System Engineering, GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, August 2014
Advisor: Dr. Jae Gwan KimB.S. in Medical Engineering, Jungwon University, Goesan, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea, August 2012
Graduate one semester earlier due to academic excellence
Work experience
- Assistant Professor (August 2023 - present)
- Academy of AI and Advanced Technology, XJTLU, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Associate Professor (校聘副教授, December 2020 - June 2023)
- Research Center for Intelligent Information Technology, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, China
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow (October 2018 - September 2020)
- University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Advisor: Dr. Sung-Liang Chen
- University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Visiting Scholar (July 2015 - December 2015)
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, US
Advisor: Dr. Guoqiang Yu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, US
- Professional Research Personnel (February 2015 - February 2018)
- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, GIST, Gwangju, Korea
Worked as a research personnel to substitute mandatory military service in Korea, only selected people or people at special institutions are eligible to serve in this type of military service.
- Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, GIST, Gwangju, Korea
- Research Assistant (September 2012 - August 2018)
- GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Worked as a research assistant during master’s and Ph.D. courses at Biophotonics Laboratory (led by Dr. Jae Gwan Kim), Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, GIST.
- GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Languages
- Korean (native)
- English (advanced)
- Mandarin Chinese (between mid-intermediate and upper-intermediate)
- Cantonese (beginner)
Grants (as principal investigator)
- Collaborative research project (Ruijin–XJTLU Intelligent Medicine Institute), Medical-Engineering Interdisciplinary Research Grant, 2026.07 – 2027.06, 50,000 RMB, Co-principal investigator
- University internal project (XJTLU), FOSA2506035, Postgraduate Research Fellowship (PGRS), 2026.03 – 2029.02, 297,000 RMB, 3-year tuition fee of a PhD student, Principal investigator
- University internal project (XJTLU), SURF-2025-0143 and SURF-2025-0144, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF, supervised four undergraduate students), 10 weeks, 2025.06 – 2025.08, 6,000 RMB, completed, Principal investigator
- University internal project (XJTLU), FOSA2406037, Postgraduate Research Fellowship (PGRS), 2024.09 – 2027.08, 297,000 RMB, 3-year tuition fee of a PhD student, Principal investigator
- University internal project (XJTLU), SURF-2024-0378, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF, supervised four undergraduate students), 10 weeks, 2024.06 – 2024.08, 6,000 RMB, completed, Principal investigator
- University internal project (XJTLU), RDF-23-01-119, Research Development Fund, 2024.01 – 2026.12, 100,000 RMB, ongoing, Principal investigator
- Provincial project, BK20220603, Jiangsu Young Scientist Fund (江苏省基础研究计划自然科学基金-青年基金项目), 2022.07 – 2025.06, 200,000 RMB, completed, Principal investigator
- National project, NRF-2015H1A2A1032268, Development of an optical hemodynamic measurement system and monitoring acute and chronic brain diseases using the developed system (Global Ph.D. Fellowship), 2015.03 – 2018.02 (worked on the project: 2015.03 – 2018.02), approximately 540,000 RMB (90,000,000 Korean Won), completed, Principal investigator
Awards/Distinctions
- Jiangsu Foreign Expert Workshop (江苏省外国专家工作室, provincial-level platform project (省级科研平台项目), secured it as the leader (领衔外国专家) of foreign scholars at the Research Center for Intelligent Information Technology, Nantong University), started from 2022.12 and left it in 2023.06
- Young Foreign Talent Plan of National Foreign Expert Project (国家外国专家项目中“外国青年人才计划”), Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of China (中国科学技术部), supported till 2022.12
- Excellent Research Presentation Award (as a second author), Optical Society of Korea Summer Meeting, Republic of Korea, 2018.08
- Excellent Research Award (awarded for research excellence during the Ph.D. study, only one student in the department), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, 2018.08
- Best Presentation Award, The 3rd IEEE EMBS International Summer School of Neural Engineering held by the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2017.08
- IT Innovative Idea Award (2016 Qualcomm-GIST Innovation Award), School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Supported by Qualcomm Korea), Republic of Korea, 2016.12
- iMSE (Institute of Medical System Engineering) Scholarship (Only three students in the department based on academic performance), Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, 2016.12
- Global Ph.D. Fellowship (One of the most prestigious fellowships for Ph.D. students with high potential in Korea, only applicable once in a lifetime), KRW 90,000,000 (around 540,000 RMB), National Research Foundation of Korea, Republic of Korea, 2015.03 - 2018.02
- Outstanding Research Award (Conference Presentation), The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering, Republic of Korea, 2014.05
- Best Research Award (as a second author), Optical Society of Korea Summer Meeting, Republic of Korea, 2013.07
- Government Supported Full Tuition Fee Waiver, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea, 2012.09 - 2018.08
- Scholarships Awarded Six Times for Excellent Academic Achievements, Jungwon University, Republic of Korea, 2009.03 - 2012.08
Services and Membership
Journal Editorship
Editorial board memeber, Scientific Reports, August 2026 – present
Review provided for journals
- 2026
Journal of Physics: Photonics (x1); IEEE Transactions on Instumentation and Measurement (x1) - 2025
AIP Advances (x1); Spectroscopy Journal (x1); Optics Letters (x1); International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications (x1); Sensors (x1) - 2024
Computers in Biology and Medicine (x1); IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and Biology (x1); Applied physics Letters (x1); APL Photonics (x2); IEEE Access (x4); Sensors (x2); Biosensors (x2); Photonics (x2); BMC Research Notes (x1); Scientific Reports (x1) - 2023
Journal of Biomedical Optics (x2); Journal of Biophotonics (x1); APL Photonics (x1) - 2022
APL Photonics (x1) - 2020
Neurophotonics (x1)
Technical program committee member
- 10th Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, October 18, 2024 – October 20, 2024
- International Conference on Smart Computing, IoT and Machine Learning 2024, July 25, 2024 – July 27, 2024
Review provided for conferences
- 2025 4th International Conference On Multidisciplinary Applications of Information Technology (reviewed one manuscript) August 25, 2025 – August 26, 2025
- International Conference on Smart Computing, IoT and Machine Learning 2025 (reviewed one manuscript, June 3, 2025 – June 4, 2025)
- The 2nd International Conference on Optical Communication and Optical Information Processing (reviewed one manuscript), December 20, 2024 – December 22, 2024
- 10th Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering (Reviewed three manuscripts), October 18, 2024 – 20 October, 2024
- International Conference on Smart Computing, IoT and Machine Learning 2024 (reviewed five manuscripts), June 6, 2024 – June 7, 2024
- 10th International Conference on Smart Computing and Communication 2024 (reviewed two manuscripts), July 25, 2024 – July 27, 2024
Membership
- Member (MIET), Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2025 – present
- Member, IEEE, 2025 – present
- Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA), Advance HE, 2024 – present
- Member, Optical Society of Korea, 2024 – present
External examiner for Ph.D dissertation
- Youngjoo Lee at GIST (November 21, 2023); Minhee Kim at GIST (November 18, 2024); Yoonho Oh at GIST (November 27, 2024); Nourelhuda Ali Yousif Mohamed at GIST (May 19, 2025); Manal Mustafa Mohamedali Mohamed at GIST (May 19, 2025); Semere Araya Asefa at Yonsei University (June 9, 2025); Dong-Hyuk Choi at GIST (November 26, 2025); Sangmin Shim at Yonsei University (December 02, 2025)