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), GIST, Gwangju, Republic of Korea, August 2018
  Advisor: Dr. Jae Gwan Kim
  Received Excellent Research Award from GIST due to academic excellence

• M.S. in Medical system engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, Republic of Korea, August 2014
  Advisor: Dr. Jae Gwan Kim

• B.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)
  • Department of Mechatronics and Robotics, School of 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
• Visiting Scholar (July 2015 - December 2015)
  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, US
    Advisor: Dr. Guoqiang Yu
• 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.
• 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.

Languages

• Korean (native)
• English (advanced)
• Chinese (between mid-intermediate and upper-intermediate)
• Spanish (beginner)
• Japanese (beginner)

Grants (as 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 - 2026.08, 6,000 RMB, completed, Principal investigator
• University internal project (XJTLU), RDF-23-01-119, Research Development Fund, 36 months, 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), 36 months, 2022.07 - 2025.06, 200,000 RMB, ongoing, 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), 36 months, 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

Review provided for journals

• 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 - 20 October, 2024
• International Conference on Smart Computing, IoT and Machine Learning 2024, July 25, 2024 - July 27, 2024

Review provided for conferences

• 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

• Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA), Advance HE, 2024 – present
• Member, Optical Society of Korea, 2024 – present

External examiner for Ph.D dissertation

• Deep learning-aided spectroscopic approaches for assessment of beef quality and authenticity, Youngjoo Lee, November 21, 2023