Prof. Sang-Hyun Oh
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Sanford P. Bordeau Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Graduate Faculty, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Stanford University
B.S. in Physics, KAIST, Korea
Honors & Awards
Distinguished McKnight University Professor (2019)
Sanford P. Bordeau Endowed Chair (2016)
DARPA Young Faculty Award (2011)
Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award (2011)
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2011)
U. of Minnesota Initiative for Renewable Energy and Environments (IREE) Early Career Award (2010)
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF) Doctoral New Investigator Award (2009)
3M Faculty Award (2008)
Prof. Nathan Wittenberg
Assistant Professor (Research) of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota (2013-present)
Research Associate, U. of Minnesota ECE (2012-2013)
Postdoc, U. of Minnesota, ECE (2009-2012)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Lehigh University
Dr. Hyungsoon Im
Ph.D. in ECE, U. of Minnesota (August 2011)
B.S. & M.S. in Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Korea.
Current position: Harvard Medical School
Dr. Timothy Johnson
Ph.D. in ECE, University of Minnesota (2014 May)
B.S. in Physics, Bethel University
Honors & Awards
NIH Biotechnology Training Grant (2010-2013)
UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2013-2014)
Current Position: Seagate Technology
Laboratory of
Nanostructures and Biosensing
Dr. Luke Jordan
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (2015), U. Minnesota
B.S. in Biology, Goshen College
Honors & Awards
3M Science and Technology Fellowship (2009-2013)
Dr. Antoine Lesuffleur
(postdoc from 2006 Nov. - 2010 June)
Current position: Product Development Manager, Corning Inc. New York.
March 25, 2011
Dr. Xiaoshu Chen
Ph.D. in ECE (2015), University of Minnesota
M.S. in Optical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China
B.S. in Optical Information Sci., Sun Yat-sen University, China
Honors & Awards
3M Science and Technology Fellowship (2010-2014)
UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2014-2015)
Discussion leader, Gordon Research Seminar on Plasmonics (2014)
Current position: Lam Research Corporation
Ph.D. candidates
Lab Alumni
NSF REU Students
Benjamin Heppner (Bethel University, 2015)
Luke Ness (Bethel University, 2014)
Stephen Olson (Bethel University, 2012); Graduate student, U. Minnesota
Lauren Otto (Bethel University, 2011); PhD candidate, U. Minnesota
Dmitriy Zhukov (U. of Texas, Austin, 2011); U. of Texas, Austin
Benjamin Treml (U. of Wisconsin, Madison, 2010)
Axel Palmstrøm (UC Santa Barbara, 2009); PhD candidate, Stanford
Justine Yoon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2008)
Joshua Phelps (Villanova University, 2007); PhD candidate, Cornell
Andrew Lange (Northwestern University, 2006)
Collin Meierbachtol (Gustavus College, 2006)
Dr. Shailabh Kumar
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (2015 December)
B. Tech (Honours) & M. Tech in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Honors & Awards
UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2014-2015)
Current Position: Postdoc at Stanford University
Postdoctoral Researchers
Prof. Nathan Lindquist
(Ph.D. & postdoc from 2007 Jan. - 2011 Aug.)
Current position: Professor of Physics, Bethel University
Farewell party for Nate and Hyungsoon, Aug. 9, 2011
Dr. Avijit Barik
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering
B. Tech (Honours) in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Honors & Awards
UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (2015-2016)
Current position: Intel
Daehan Yoo, PhD
Ph.D. in ECE, University of Minnesota (2016 Sept.)
M.E. in Advanced Materials Engineering, Korea University
B.E. in Material Science & Engineering, Korea University
Dr. Si-Hoon (Sean) Lee
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, U. Minnesota (August 2012)
M.S. in Material Science, Seoul National University, Korea
B.S. in Mechanical Eng., Pusan National University, Korea
Honors & Awards
Samsung Fellowship
Current position: Samsung Electronics, Korea
Prof. Seon Namgung
Ph.D. in Physics, Seoul National University
B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University
Current position: Assistant Professor of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Korea
Stephen Olson
M.S. student in ECE (2015)
B.S. in Physics, Bethel University
Honors & Awards
NSF International REU Japan
NSF NNIN Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Current position: 3M
@French Park, Sept. 7, 2013
Dr. Hyeong-Ryeol Park
Ph.D. in Physics, Seoul National University
Current position: Chungbuk National University
Dr. Jonah Shaver (postdoc, 2013-2015)
Ph.D. in Physics, Rice University
Current position: 3M
Dr. Yong Sang Ryu
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea
Current position: KIST
Dr. Sudhir Cherukulappurath
Postdoc, ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques
Ph.D. in Physics, Université d’Angers, France
Current position: Assistant Professor of Physics, Goa University, India
Dr. Jincy Jose
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Current position: 3M
Daniel Mohr
M.S. in ECE
B.S. in Physics & B.A. in Mathematics, Bethel University
Honors & Awards
NIH Biotechnology Training Fellowship
Current position: Seagate Technology
Christopher Ertsgaard
Ph.D. candidate in ECE (2015 Sept. ~)
B.S. in Physics, Bethel University
Honors & Awards
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Dr. Milan Vala
Ph.D. in Quantum Optics and Optoelectronics
M.S. in Optics and Optoelectronics
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Current position: Institute of Photonics and Electronics (UFE) Prague, Czech Republic
Visiting Professor
Prof. Hojin Lee
School of Electronic Engineering
Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea
Prof. Min-Suk Kwon
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
UNIST, Ulsan, Korea
Prof. Yongwook Lee
Department of Electrical Engineering
Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea
Prof. Heonsu Jeon
Department of Physics
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
In-Ho Lee, PhD
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University
Dr. Dongheok Shin
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University
Postdoc 2017
Current position: Yonsei University
Prof. Han-Kyu Choi
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Korea University
B.S. in Chemistry, Korea University
Postdoc: 2017-2019
Current position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Kunsan National University, Korea
Research Associates
Anoop Damodaran, PhD
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B. Tech/M. Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Peter Christenson
Ph.D. candidate in ECE (2018 Sept. ~)
B.S. in Physics, Bethel University
Honors & Awards
ECE Departmental Fellowship
Daniel Upcraft
Ph.D. candidate in ECE (2019 Sept. ~)
B.S. in Physics and Electrical Engineering (double major), Bethel University
Honors & Awards
ECE Departmental Fellowship
Joshua Kolbow
Ph.D. candidate in ECE (2019 Sept. ~)
B.S. in Physics, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
Honors & Awards
ECE Departmental Fellowship
Dr. Daniel Klemme
Ph.D. in ECE (2013 Sept. ~ 2019 Feb.)
B.S. in Physics, Bethel University
Honors & Awards
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Current position: Seagate Technology
September 2019
Subhodip Saha
Ph.D. candidate in Physics (2019 May ~)
Integrated MSc in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (2013-2018)
Dong Jun Lee
Ph.D. candidate in ECE (2019 Sept. ~)
M.S. in Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Seoul National University
B.Sc. in Biochemistry, Imperial College London
Honors & Awards
ECE Departmental Fellowship