Dr. Yun received his Ph.D. degree in physics from KAIST, Korea, in 1997. He was a Chevening Scholar in 1996 and a visiting graduate student in Optoelectronics Research Centre at University of Southampton, UK. His thesis research in fiber optics has led to a $68M-funded startup company, Novera Optics, Inc., in San Jose, CA. In 1999-2003, he worked for this company, which was later acquired by LG-Nortel, as a founding member and engineering manager. In 2003, moving his career from industry to academia and from optical telecommunications to biomedical optics, he joined the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He started his own lab in 2005. Currently, he also holds an affiliated faculty position in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and a visiting professorship at KAIST.

Research Interests

The broad goal of our research is to develop optical techniques and to apply them to significant biomedical problems. Our research spans an entire spectrum from invention and innovation to biological sciences and clinical translation. Our research activities involve close collaborations with academic partners across many disciplines including gastroenterology, immunology, laryngology, oncology, ophthalmology, surgery and transplantation, as well as physics, mechanics, and bio and nano materials.

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