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Professor Joseph Noh's research lab focuses on translational oncology, particularly in gynecologic cancers such as epithelial ovarian and cervical cancer. The lab investigates novel therapeutic strategies, including combination therapies targeting DNA damage response pathways (e.g., PARP and Chk1 inhibitors) in BRCA wild-type ovarian cancer, and evaluates surgical and medical management approaches for ovarian cysts and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. The research emphasizes personalized medicine through biomarker analysis, including BRCA1/2 mutations, and aims to optimize treatment outcomes by refining chemotherapy regimens and conservative management in young patients. The lab integrates clinical data with molecular insights to improve oncologic safety and patient survival.
Professor Lee, Gu Ju's research lab specializes in rehabilitation medicine and musculoskeletal physiology, focusing on neuromuscular recovery and functional restoration following stroke and orthopedic surgery. The lab investigates swallowing function recovery in subacute stroke patients using videofluoroscopic swallowing studies, evaluates the efficacy of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in preventing muscle atrophy after rotator cuff repair, and examines weight-bearing compliance in elderly patients after femoral or pelvic fracture fixation. The research emphasizes evidence-based interventions to optimize patient outcomes through biomechanical assessment and targeted therapeutic strategies.
Professor Bong Shin Lee's research lab focuses on advancing collaborative visualization in remote and synchronous settings, emphasizing human-computer interaction and data-driven teamwork. The lab explores challenges in five core collaborative activities—exploratory data analysis, creative ideation, visualization-rich presentations, joint decision making, and real-time data monitoring—through an interdisciplinary lens. Their work centers on multimodal communication, shared understanding, and the design of interactive systems that support effective collaboration across distances. The lab bridges theory and practice, drawing on insights from visualization, collaborative technologies, and social dynamics.
Professor Jun-kyung Oh's research lab specializes in corporate finance and asset pricing, with a focus on the interplay between financial markets, corporate investment decisions, and investor behavior. The lab investigates how external financial shocks—such as changes in interest rates, credit rating policies, and regulatory constraints—affect firm-level investment, risk-taking, and capital structure. A recurring theme is the identification of causal relationships using rigorous empirical methods, including instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, and regression discontinuity designs. The lab also explores behavioral finance phenomena, such as 'reaching-for-income' in low-rate environments, and the role of investor sentiment in asset pricing.
Professor Soo-Bin Shin's research lab focuses on human-centered intelligent systems, with a strong emphasis on accessibility, human-machine interaction, and smart infrastructure. The lab explores how emerging technologies—such as large multimodal models, dynamic MIMO systems, and smart construction machinery—can be designed to enhance usability, safety, and efficiency in real-world contexts. Research spans from voice-based agents for visually impaired users to adaptive wireless communication frameworks and behavior-driven design for construction equipment operators. The lab integrates cognitive models, statistical signal processing, and human factors to create adaptive, user-responsive systems.
Professor Sung-wook Ko's research lab specializes in spinal and neurosurgical disorders, with a focus on rare and complex spinal pathologies such as extradural arachnoid cysts and congenital spinal anomalies. The lab investigates the anatomical, radiological, and surgical aspects of these conditions, emphasizing innovative surgical approaches like anterior spinal access for cyst removal. It also engages in health economics research, particularly the micro-costing analysis of urological endoscopic procedures in the Korean healthcare context.
Professor Myung-ae Choi’s research lab specializes in post-human urban ecology, exploring the coexistence of humans and non-human animals in contemporary cities through interdisciplinary lenses. The lab investigates urban rewilding, human-wildlife relationships, and the politics of shared urban spaces, emphasizing ecological restoration, animal agency, and ethical coexistence. Using innovative methodologies such as camera traps and sensory-ethical approaches, the lab advances critical geography and environmental politics beyond anthropocentrism.
Professor Eunha Oh's research lab specializes in critical literary theory, postcolonial studies, and feminist epistemologies, with a focus on the political dimensions of literary and autobiographical writing. The lab explores how authors like Sartre and Annie Ernaux use language as a site of resistance, examining the interplay between personal experience, systemic oppression, and collective political action. Central themes include the ethics of testimony, the performative power of language, and the role of literature in confronting historical violence and social silence.
Professor Guk-rae Kim's research lab focuses on interdisciplinary biomedical and clinical engineering research, spanning neuromodulation, regenerative medicine, and precision healthcare. The lab investigates molecular mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s, explores gut microbiome alterations in chronic kidney disease, and develops innovative medical devices and surgical techniques—such as tactile feedback systems and secure T-tube insertion methods. Additionally, the lab examines socio-financial dynamics in corporate governance, particularly within Korean business groups, linking financial behavior to market reactions.
Professor Minji Yu's research lab specializes in natural product chemistry and phytopathology, focusing on the discovery and structural elucidation of bioactive compounds from microbial and plant sources, particularly meroterpenoids and phenolic metabolites. The lab investigates the chemical diversity of actinomycetes and medicinal plants such as *Lycium* and *Alcea* species, linking metabolite profiles to biological activities like hepatoprotection. Additionally, the lab conducts ecological and taxonomic studies on rust fungi (*Puccinia* spp.) infecting various host plants, especially in East Asia, contributing to plant disease surveillance and biodiversity assessment.
Professor Min-Soo Choi's research lab focuses on population health disparities, with a particular emphasis on the interplay between regional socioeconomic factors, healthcare access, and chronic disease outcomes in South Korea. The lab investigates how structural determinants—such as regional decline, healthcare system utilization, and social determinants of health—influence health outcomes, including cancer mortality, avoidable hospitalizations, and chronic disease management. Using longitudinal and spatial epidemiological methods, the lab aims to inform targeted public health policies for vulnerable and aging populations in rural and declining regions.
Professor Sung Mindong's research lab specializes in critical care medicine and pulmonary diseases, with a strong focus on respiratory critical care, interstitial lung diseases, and biomarker-driven risk stratification in intensive care settings. The lab investigates the impact of infectious diseases like COVID-19 on healthcare systems and mortality, explores genetic and clinical features of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Asian populations, and evaluates novel diagnostic techniques such as oversheathed cryobiopsy for peripheral lung lesions. A central theme is the use of biomarkers—particularly NLR and NT-proBNP—to predict outcomes in lung transplant and critical illness populations.
Professor Kyung-Hyun Jeon's research lab specializes in complex cardiovascular interventions and rare cardiac pathologies, with a focus on diagnostic challenges and management strategies for rare cardiac masses, foreign bodies, and post-surgical complications. The lab emphasizes multimodal imaging, interventional cardiology, and surgical decision-making in complex congenital and acquired heart diseases. Their work bridges clinical cardiology, interventional radiology, and cardiac surgery, particularly in high-risk or unusual cases such as endovascular retrieval of intracardiac foreign bodies and rare malignant tumors like myxofibrosarcoma.
Professor Gae-Hyun Park's research lab specializes in advanced catalytic materials and sustainable energy technologies, with a focus on environmental remediation and green chemistry. The lab investigates innovative catalytic processes such as CO-SCR (carbon monoxide-selective catalytic reduction) using zeolite-based materials to replace conventional NH₃-SCR systems, aiming to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from industrial and automotive sources. Additionally, the lab explores plant physiological processes, particularly chlorophyll-protein complex dynamics and plastid membrane protein regulation during greening, with applications in agricultural biotechnology and stress tolerance. The lab also contributes to photonics and optical materials, developing high-precision optical elements through laser scanning of dichromated gelatin photoplates, emphasizing control of stress-induced deformation in photonic structures.
Professor Kang-Min Yi's research lab specializes in advanced liquid crystal materials and alignment technologies for next-generation display devices. The lab focuses on developing novel surface treatments—such as ion beam irradiation and UV exposure—on polyimide and organic hybrid overcoat layers to achieve precise control over liquid crystal pre-tilt angles and alignment quality. Their work emphasizes optimizing electro-optical performance, including transmittance-voltage characteristics and response time, for twisted nematic (TN) liquid crystal displays. The lab also employs atomic force microscopy (AFM) to correlate surface morphology with liquid crystal behavior at the nanoscale.
Professor Denton Chad’s research lab focuses on the intersections of nationalism, propaganda, and cultural memory in 20th-century Europe, with a particular emphasis on Franco-German relations, wartime economic policies, and the role of cultural production under authoritarian regimes. The lab investigates how material resources—such as metals and cultural artifacts—were mobilized for war, and how humor, literature, and tourism were weaponized or repurposed for political and ideological ends. Key research directions include the history of forced requisitions, the politics of cultural resistance and collaboration, and the construction of national identity through literature and media during and after World War II.
Professor Tony Dahao Qian’s research focuses on the intersection of law, literature, and statecraft in imperial China and East Asia, with a particular emphasis on literary judgments (pan) from the Tang dynasty, legal education, and the cultural dimensions of justice. His work explores how rhetorical and moral reasoning shaped legal decision-making and bureaucratic selection, while also examining the transmission of legal ideas through literature and translation. He investigates the role of narrative and popular legal culture in shaping perceptions of crime, punishment, and mercy across historical periods.
Professor Jong Yul Jeong's research lab specializes in clinical and translational studies focusing on rare and complex musculoskeletal and metabolic disorders. The lab investigates the intersection of rheumatology, endocrinology, and musculoskeletal pathology, with particular emphasis on autoimmune and inflammatory myopathies such as focal myositis, as well as metabolic bone diseases linked to calcium and vitamin D metabolism. Their work bridges clinical observation with pathophysiological insight, often reporting novel clinical phenotypes and contributing to the understanding of systemic disease associations.
Professor Hye Won Moon's research spans marine biology and environmental science, with a focus on deep-sea corals, particularly antipatharians (black corals), in Korean marine ecosystems. Her work emphasizes taxonomic identification, morphological characterization, and ecological distribution of these corals, contributing to the understanding of biodiversity in coastal and marine environments. She also investigates the historical and cultural narratives embedded in literature, particularly in the context of trauma and memory in Northern Irish society.
Professor Jungmin Nam's research lab focuses on urban interface spaces in low-rise residential areas, exploring how architectural and urban design strategies can enhance pedestrian experience and urban connectivity. The lab investigates key concepts such as diversity, layering, and fine-grained spatial segmentation to transform underutilized street-level environments into vibrant, socially engaging spaces. Through comparative studies of Seoul and Tokyo, the lab examines the morphological and perceptual qualities of building frontages and their role in fostering urban porosity and community interaction.
