Principal Investigator

Dr. Park seung-min

Dr. Seung-min Park is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology and an Assistant Professor by Courtesy in the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He previously served as an Instructor in the Department of Urology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in Public Health in 2023 for developing the Stanford Smart Toilet, which integrates technologies like urinalysis dipstick tests and a computer vision system for stool analysis. Dr. Park earned his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University in 2008 and completed postdoctoral training in Bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley. During this period, he was also a visiting scholar at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, reflecting his commitment to global health. His research at Stanford focused on cancer diagnostics using nanotechnology.

Employments

Dec. 2024 - present: Assistant Professor by Courtesy, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Nov. 2023 - present: Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Aug. 2021 - Oct. 2023: Instructor, Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Apr. 2021 - Jul. 2021: Senior Research Scientist, Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Aug. 2017 - Mar. 2021:Senior Research Scientist, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
Aug. 2014 - Jul. 2017: Instructor, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.
May 2012 - Jul. 2014: Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.
May 2010 - Apr. 2012: Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States.
Feb. 2008 - Apr. 2010: Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.

Education

Aug. 2002 - May 2008: Doctor of Philosophy, Applied Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
Mar. 1997 - Feb. 2002: Bachelor of Science, Physics Major in Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Teaching (2024)

BG2142: Biological Thermodynamics.
BG4103: Biomedical Project Design and Management.
BG4104: Machine Learning and Optimization for Bioengineer.

Teaching (~2023)

Introduction to Micro- & Nano-Biotechnology: BioMEMS, Laney College & UC Berkeley Summer Class (2014)
Introduction to Micro- & Nano-Biotechnology: BioMEMS, Laney College & UC Berkeley Summer Class (2013)

Office: 62 Nanyang Drive, N1.3-B2-08, Singapore, 637459.
Lab: 62 Nanyang Drive, N1.3-B3-15, Singapore, 637459.
Email: park.seungmin - @ - ntu dot edu dot sg

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