Applied Physics Letters 2012; 100: 041101-041104. (Cover Article)

Curriculum Vitae

Seung Ho, Choi Purdue University Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering 206 S. Martin Jischke Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032 PUID: 00240-57891 Email: choi184@purdue.edu Links for Papers: http://chltmdghlove.nayana.com/

Education

PhD student in Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, 2010.8 – present

MS in Interdisciplinary Program of Bioengineering, Seoul National University, 2009.2

BS in Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, 2006.8

Professional Experience

2010.8–present Graduate Research Assistant, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering / Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

2009.3–2010.7 Visiting Researcher, Department of Biomedical Engineering / Kyung Hee University, Youngin, South Korea

2007.3–2009.2 Graduate Research Assistant, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science / Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

2007.3–2007.6 Teaching Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering / Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

2007.3–2007.6 Course Completion of Animal Experiment, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources / Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

2007.3–2007.6 Fabrication Equipment Researcher, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center / Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

2006.1–2006.3 Medical Instrument Engineer, Samsung Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

2003.1–2005.3 Medic, Korean Army Medical Center, Busan, South Korea

Honors

2011.8 Abbott Fellowship, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

2010.8 Ross Fellowship, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

2006.8 Merit Based Highest Honors and Fellowship, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea

2006.2 Merit Based High Honors and Fellowship, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea

2005.8 Merit Based Highest Honors and Fellowship, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea

Activities as Referee

Referee for Optics Letters

Peer-reviewed SCI(E) Journal Publication

11. Nak-Hyeon Kim, Kyung Min Byun, Seung Ho Choi, and Young L. Kim, “Surface enhancement of local plasmon fields by dielectric nanogratings”, Optics Express, submitted.

10. Seung Ho Choi and Young L. Kim, “Random lasing mode alterations by single-nanoparticle perturbations”, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 100, pp. 041101-041104, 2012. (Cover Article)

9. Seong Min Jang, Donghyun Kim, Seung Ho Choi, Kyung Min Byun, and Sung June Kim, “Enhancement of localized surface plasmon resonance detection by incorporating metal-dielectric double-layered subwavelength gratings”, Applied Optics, vol. 50(18), pp. 2846-2854, 2011.

8. Seung Ho Choi, Sung June Kim, Chang-Hwan Im, Shin Ae Kim, and Daejoong Kim, "Quantitative model for the change of optical resonance in neural activity detection systems based on surface plasmon resonance", Optics & Laser Technology, vol. 43, pp. 938-948, 2011.

7. Seung Ho Choi, Young L. Kim, and Kyung Min Byun, "Graphene-on-silver substrates for sensitive surface plasmon resonance imaging biosensors", Optics Express, vol. 19(2), pp. 458-466, 2011.

6. Qinghai Song, Zhengbin Xu, Seung Ho Choi, Xumin Sun, S Xiao, O Akkus, and Young L. Kim, "Detection of nanoscale structural changes in bone using random lasers", Biomedical Optics Express, vol. 1(5), pp. 1401-1407, 2010.

5. Seung Ho Choi and Kyung Min Byun, “Investigation on an application of silver substrates for a sensitive surface plasmon resonance imaging detection”, Journal of Optical Society of America A, vol. 27, pp. 2229-2236, 2010.

4. Seung Ho Choi, “Fast and robust extraction of human skin optical and morphological properties using hybrid stochastic-deterministic algorithm: Monte-carlo simulation study”, Lasers in Medical Science, vol. 25, pp. 733-741, 2010.

3. Seung Ho Choi, Sung June Kim, and Kyung Min Byun, “Characteristics of light emission from surface plasmons based on silver diffraction gratings”, Optics Communications, vol. 283, pp. 2961-2966, 2010.

2. Seung Ho Choi, Sung June Kim, and Kyung Min Byun, “Design study for transmission improvement of resonant surface plasmons using dielectric diffraction gratings”, Applied Optics, vol. 48, pp. 2924-2931, 2009.

1. Seung Ho Choi, Chang-Hwan Im, and Byungjo Jung, “Improvement of inverse fitting algorithm of visible reflectance spectrum to extract skin parameters,” Hankook Kwanghak Hoeji, vol. 18, pp. 179-184, 2007.

Conference Publication

6. Seung Ho Choi, Zhengbin Xu, and Young L. Kim, “From random lasing to ultrasensitive spectroscopy”, BIOMED, Miami, FL, USA, April 29-May 2, 2012.

5. Seung Ho Choi and Young L. Kim, “Lasing modes in disordered media for single-nanoparticle quantitation: a new approach for biosensing”, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 21-26, 2012.

4. Seong Min Jang, Donghyun Kim, Seung Ho Choi, Sung June Kim, and Kyung Min Byun, “Enhanced localized surface plasmon resonance detection based on metal-dielectric double-layered nanowires”, The Korean Society of Medical & Biological Engineering Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, November 13, 2009.

3. Seung Ho Choi and Sung June Kim, “Development of geometry-based finite element model for subretinal electrical stimulation”, The Korean Society of Medical & Biological Engineering Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, November 9, 2007.

2. Eui Tae Kim, Seung Ho Choi, and Sung June Kim, “3-D pillar structured retinal electrode array of local point-of-stimulation technology for emerging higher resolution information transmission”, The Korean Society of Medical & Biological Engineering Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, November 9, 2007.

1. Seung Ho Choi, Chang-Hwan Im, and Byungjo Jung, “Improvement of fitting method for visible reflectance spectrum to extract skin optical properties”, Optical Society of Korea Annual Meeting, Kwangju, Korea, February 8-9, 2007.

Conference Oral-Presentation

2. Seung Ho Choi and Young L. Kim, “Lasing modes in disordered media for single-nanoparticle quantitation: a new approach for biosensing”, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 21, 2012.

1. Seung Ho Choi, Chang-Hwan Im, and Byungjo Jung, “Improvement of fitting method for visible reflectance spectrum to extract skin optical properties”, Optical Society of Korea Annual Meeting, Kwangju, Korea, February 8, 2007.

Research Interests

Analytical & Numerical Analysis of Biophysical Phenomena; Mathematical Topology and Differential Geometry; Non-linear Optical; Optical Cloaking with Metamaterials; Micro Fabrication; Extra & Intra Cellular Recording; Molecular Dynamics; Molecular Dynamics Simulation; Partial Differential Equations; Neurons; Low-coherence Enhanced Backscattering of Light; Lasing in Random Media

Skills

Real Numerical Coding Ability: Ab-initio method for the electronic structure using Hartree-Fock Theory, Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory, and Car-Parinello Molecular Dynamics; Numerically solving Partial Differential Equation using Finite Element Method, Finite Difference Method, Finite Volume Method and Finite Difference Time Domain method; Optimization Algorithm (Genetic Algorithm and several Deterministic Searching Methods); Monte-Carlo Method for photon transport

Optical Experiment: Random Laser Spectroscopy, Coherent Backscattering, Surface Plasmon Resonance and Visible Reflectance Spectroscopy

MEMS Fabrication: Extensive experience in Photo Lithography using Aligner (MA6-II) and thin film fabrication

Animal experiment: Rat and Mouse (IV Injection and Simple Suturing)

Computer Languages and Tools: MATLAB, COMSOL, C, C++, LabVIEW, Hyper Mesh, PSpice

Analog and Digital Circuit Design

Measurement: Extensive experience in Scanning Electron Microscope (JEOL6400 and Hitachi S-4800)