Hongkun Park

Hongkun Park (born 1967 in Seoul) is a professor of chemistry and of physics at Harvard University. He received his B.S. in chemistry at Seoul National University in 1990, and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at Stanford University in 1996 under Richard Zare. From 1996 to 1999 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under A. Paul Alivisatos and Paul McEuen.

His current research focuses on optoelectronics and plasmonics using nanostructures, nano-bio interfacing, and neuro-electronic devices.

Academic and Professional Awards

• 2008 National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
• 2004 Fellow, The World Technology Network
• 2003 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
• 2003 Ho-Am Prize in Science
• 2003 Visiting Miller Research Professorship, The Adolph C. and Mary Sprague Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California, Berkeley
• 2002 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
• 2001 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship for Science and Engineering
• 2001 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
• 1999 Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award
• 1999 Research Innovation Award from the Research Corporation

External links

• Park Lab Homepage at Harvard University
• Article discussing Park's neurobiology work
• Hongkun Park named a 2008 NIH Director's Pioneer Award recipient