PUblications

1. Song, Z., Kwon, T., Lee, J., Won, D. D., Lee, B. J., Choi, H. S., Liao, J. C., Park, W. G., Sonu, I., Rogalla, S., Rosen, M. J., Hu, D. L., Kuang, J. Z., Wong, S. H., Jun, B. H., Kim, S., Park, S.-m.* AI-driven defecation analysis by smart healthcare toilet: exploring biometric patterns and eu-tenesmus. Advanced Science, 2503247 (2025). Impact Factor: 14.3.

2. Kim, W., Lee, J. S., Choi, Y.-S., Yoo, K., Kim, M., Ham, K., Shin, M., Kim, H.-M., Pham, X.-H., Yang, C.-H., Lee, S. H., Rho, W.-Y., Park, S.-m., Kang, H., Jeong, D. H., Kim, J., Chang, H., Kim, D.-E., Jun, B.-H. Synthesis of porous Au shell coated silica nanoparticles (SiO2 Au@AuPS) under mild condition for photothermal therapy and chemotherapy of cancer cells. ACS Applied Nano Materials, Accepted (2025). Impact Factor: 5.3.

3. Park, S.-m.*, Hong, S., Joo, A.K., Kim, S., Lepech, M.* DigitalMe in smart cities. Innovation, 5 (5), 100678 (2024). Impact Factor: 33.2. 

4. Kim, Y.J., Rho, W.Y., Park, S.-m.*, Jun, B.H.*, Optical nanomaterial-based detection of biomarkers in liquid biopsy. Journal of Hematology & Oncology 17 (1), 10 (2024). Impact Factor: 29.5.

5. Park, S.-m*. Contrasting aspects of human excreta. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 21 (4), p217 (2024). Impact Factor: 45.9.

6. Kim, N., Kim, Y.-H., Jo, G., Yoo, J., Park, S.-m., Jun, B.-H., Yeo, W.-S. Efficient analysis of small molecules via laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LDI–TOF MS) using gold nanoshells with nanogaps. Nanomaterials 14 (1), 25 (2023). Impact Factor: 4.4.

7. Kim, J., Shin, M.S., Shin, J., Kim, H.M., Pham, X.H., Park, S.-m., Kim, D.E., Kim, Y.J., Jun, B.H. Recent trends in lateral flow immunoassay with optical nanoparticles, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24 (11), 9600 (2023). Impact Factor: 4.9.

8. Sanders, L.M., Scott, R.T., Yang, J.H., Qutub, A.A., Martin, H.G., Berrios, D.C., Hastings, J.J.A., Rask, J., Mackintosh, G., Hoarfrost, A.L., Chalk, S., Kalantari, J., Khezeli, K., Antonsen, E.L., Babdor, J., Barker, R., Baranzini, S.E., Beheshti, A., Delgado-Aparicio, G.M., Glicksberg, B.S., Greene, C.S., Haendel, M., Hamid, A.A., Heller, P., Jamieson, D., Jarvis, K.J., Komarova, S.V., Komorowski, M., Kothiyal, P., Mahabal, A., Manor, U., Mason, C.E., Matar, M., Mias, G.I., Miller, J., Myers Jr, J.G., Nelson, C., Oribello, J., Park, S.-m., Parsons-Wingerter, P., Prabhu, R.K., Reynolds, R.J., Saravia-Butler, A., Saria, S., Sawyer, A., Singh, N.K., Snyder, M., Soboczenski, F., Soman, K., Theriot, C.A., Van Valen, D., Venkateswaran, K., Warren, L., Worthey, L., Zitnik, M., Costes, S.V.  Biological research and self-driving labs in deep space supported by artificial intelligence. Nature Machine Intelligence 5, 208–219 (2023). Impact Factor: 18.8.

9. Scott, R.T., Sanders, L.M., Antonsen, E.L., Hastings, J.J.A., Park, S.-m., Mackintosh, G., Reynolds, R.J., Hoarfrost, A.L., Sawyer, A., Greene, C.S., Glicksberg, B.S., Theriot, C.A., Berrios, D.C., Miller, J., Babdor, J., Barker, R., Baranzini, S.E., Beheshti, A., Chalk, S., Delgado-Aparicio, G.M., Haendel, M., Hamid, A.A., Heller, P., Jamieson, D., Jarvis, K.J., Kalantari, J., Khezeli, K., Komarova, S.V., Komorowski, M., Kothiyal, P., Mahabal, A., Manor, U., Martin, H.G., Mason, C.E., Matar, M., Mias, G.I., Myers Jr, J.G., Nelson, C., Oribello, J., Parsons-Wingerter, P., Prabhu, R.K., Qutub, A.A., Rask, J., Saravia-Butler, A., Saria, S., Singh, N.K., Snyder, M., Soboczenski, F., Soman, K., Van Valen, D., Venkateswaran, K., Warren, L., Worthey, L., Yang, J.H., Zitnik, M., Costes, S.V. Biomonitoring and precision health in deep space supported by artificial intelligence. Nature Machine Intelligence 5, 196–207 (2023). Impact Factor: 18.8.

10. Ge, T.J., Rahimzadeh, V.N., Mintz, K., Park, W.G., Martinez-Martin, N., Liao, J.C., Park, S.-m.* Passive monitoring by smart toilets for precision health. Science Translational Medicine 15, eabk3489 (2023). Impact Factor: 15.8.

11. Park, S.-m., Jun, B.H. Synthesis and applications of optical materials. Nanomaterials 13 (2) 297 (2023). Impact Factor: 4.4.

12. Ham, K.M., Kim, M., Bock, S., Kim, J., Kim, W., Jung, H. S., An, J., Song, H., Kim, J.W., Kim, H.M., Rho, W.Y., Lee, S. H., Park, S.-m., Kim, D.E., Jun, B.H. Highly bright silica-coated InP/ZnS quantum dot-embedded silica nanoparticles as biocompatible nanoprobes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 (18) 10977 (2022). Impact Factor: 4.9.

13. Ge, T.J., Chan, C.T., Lee, B.J. Liao, J.C., Park, S.-m.*, Smart toilets for monitoring COVID-19 surges: passive diagnostics and public health. npj Digital Medicine 5, 39 (2022). Impact Factor: 12.4.

14. Bock, S., Kim, H.M., Kim, J., An, J., Choi, Y.S., Pham, X.H., Jo, A., Ham, K.M., Song, H., Kim, J.W., Hahm, E., Rho, W.Y., Lee, S.H., Park, S.-m., Lee, S., Jeong, D.H., Lee, H.Y., Jun, B.H. Lateral flow immunoassay with quantum-dot-embedded silica nanoparticles for prostate-specific antigen detection. Nanomaterials 12 (1) 33 (2022). Impact Factor: 4.4.

15. Yu, J.H., Steinberg, I., Davis, R.M., Malkovskiy, A.V., Zlitni, A., Radzyminski, R.K., Jung, K.O., Chung, D.T., Curet, L.D., D’Souza, A.L., Chang, E., Rosenberg, J., Campbell, J., Frostig, H., Park, S.-m, Pratx, G., Levin, C., Gambhir, S.S. Noninvasive and highly multiplexed five-color tumor imaging of multicore near-infrared resonant surface-enhanced Raman nanoparticles in vivo. ACS Nano 15 (12) 19956-19969 (2021). Impact Factor: 15.8.

16. Park, S.-m.*, Ge, T.J., Won, D.D. Lee, J.K., Liao, J.C. Digital biomarkers in human excreta. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 18, 521–522 (2021). Impact Factor: 45.9.

17. Huynh, K.H., Hahm, E., Noh, M.S., Lee, J.H., Pham, X.H., Lee, S.H., Kim, J., Rho, W.Y., Chang, H., Kim, D.M., Baek, A., Kim, D.E., Jeong, D.H., Park, S.-m., Jun, B.H. Recent advances in surface-enhanced raman scattering magnetic plasmonic particles for bioapplications. Nanomaterials 11 (5) 1215 (2021). Impact Factor: 4.4.  

18. Lee, H., Sohn, S., Alizadeh, S., Kwon, S., Kim, T.J., Park, S.-m., Soh, H.T., Mani, A., Kim, S.J. Overlimiting current in nonuniform arrays of microchannels: recirculating flow and anticrystallization. Nano Letters 21 (12) 5438-5446 (2021). Impact Factor: 9.6.

19. Nesvet, J.C., Antilla, K.A., Pancirer, D.S., Lozano, A.X., Preiss, J.S., Ma, W., Fu, A., Park, S.-m., Gambhir, S.S., Fan, A.C., Neal, J.W., Padda, S.K., Das, M., Li, T., Wakelee, H.A., Wang, S.X. Giant Magnetoresistive nanosensor analysis of circulating tumor DNA epidermal growth factor receptor mutations for diagnosis and therapy response monitoring. Clinical Chemistry, 67 (3) 532-542 (2021). Impact Factor: 7.1.

20. Pham, X.H., Park, S.-m., Ham, K.M., Kyeong, S., Son, B.S., Kim, J., Hahm, E., Kim, Y.H., Bock, S., Kim, W., Jung, S., Oh, S., Lee, S.H., Hwang, D.W., Jun, B.H. Synthesis and application of silica-coated quantum dots in biomedicine. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (18) 10116 (2021). Impact Factor: 4.9.

21. Kim, H.M., Kim, J., Bock, S., An, J., Choi, Y.S., Pham, X.H., Cha, M.G., Seong, B., Kim, W., Kim, Y.H., Song, H., Kim, J.W., Park, S.-m., Lee, S.H., Rho, W.Y., Lee, S., Jeong, D.H., Lee, H.Y., Jun, B.H. Silver-assembled silica nanoparticles in lateral flow immunoassay for visual inspection of prostate-specific antigen . Sensors 21 (12) 4099 (2021). Impact Factor: 3.4.

22. Pham, X.H., Park. S.-m., Jun, B.H. Metal nano/microparticles for bioapplications. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (9) 4543 (2021). Impact Factor: 4.9.

23. Achterberg, F.B., Sibinga Mulder, B.G., Meijer, R.P.J., Bonsing, B.A., Hartgrink, H.H., Mieog, J.S.D., Zlitni, A., Park, S.-m., Farina Sarasqueta, A., Vahrmeijer, A.L., Swijnenburg, R.J. Real-time surgical margin assessment using ICG-fluorescence during laparoscopic and robot-assisted resections of colorectal liver metastases. Annals of Translational Medicine 8 (21) 1448 (2020). Impact Factor: 3.616.

24. Park, S.-m., Won, D.D., Lee, B.J., Escobedo, D., Esteva, A., Aalipour, A., Ge, T.J., Kim, J.H., Suh, S., Choi, E.H., Lozano, A.X., Yao, C., Bodapati, S., Achterberg, F.B., Kim, J., Park, H., Choi, Y., Kim, W.J., Yu, J.H., Bhatt, A.M., Lee, J.K., Spitler, R., Wang, S.X., Gambhir, S.S. A mountable toilet system for personalized health monitoring via the analysis of excreta. Nature Biomedical Engineering 4, 624–635 (2020). Impact Factor: 26.8.

    • Ranked #7 among all published articles in 2020 by Altmetric Attention Score: 9510

    • Picked up by 185 news stories from 145 outlets including Reuters, Gizmodo, CNET, etc.

    • The most read article in Nature Biomedical Engineering 2020.

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    • Introduced in a News and Views at Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, “A smart toilet for personalized health monitoring”.

    • Introduced in a News and Views in Nature Biomedical Engineering, “A personalized view of excreta”.

25. Lee, S.H., Park, S.-m., Kim, B.N., Kwon, O.S., Rho, W.-Y., Jun, B.-H. Emerging ultrafast nucleic acid amplification technologies for next-generation molecular diagnostics. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 141, 111448 (2019). Impact Factor: 10.7.

26. Aalipour, A., Chuang, H.-Y., Murty, S., D’Souza, A.L., Park, S.-m., Gulati, G.S., Patel, C.B., Beinat, C., Simonetta, F., Martinić, I., Gowrishankar, G., Robinson, E.R., Aalipour, E., Zhian, Z., Gambhir, S.S. Engineered immune cells as highly sensitive cancer diagnostics. Nature Biotechnology 37, 531–539 (2019). Impact Factor: 33.1.

27. Vermesh, O., Aalipour, A., Ge, T.J., Saenz, Y., Guo, Y., Alam, I.S., Park, S.-M., Adelson, C.N., Mitsutake, Y., Vilches-Moure, J., Godoy, E., Bachmann, M.H., Ooi, C.C., Lyons, J.K., Mueller, K., Arami, H., Green, A., Solomon, E.I., Wang, S.X., Gambhir, S.S. An intravascular magnetic wire for the high-throughput retrieval of circulating tumour cells in vivo. Nature Biomedical Engineering 2, 696–705 (2018). Impact Factor: 26.8.

28. Aalipour, A., Dudley, J.C., Park, S.-m., Murty, S., Chabon, J.J., Boyle, E.A., Diehn, M., Gambhir, S.S. Deactivated CRISPR associated protein 9 for minor-allele enrichment in cell-free DNA. Clinical Chemistry 64, 307–316 (2018). Impact Factor: 7.1.

29. Ooi, C.C., Mantalas, G.L., Koh, W., Neff, N.F., Fuchigami, T., Wong, D.J., Wilson, R.J., Park, S.-m., Gambhir, S.S., Quake, S.R., Wang, S.X. High-throughput full-length single-cell mRNA-seq of rare cells. PLoS One 12, e0188510 (2017). Impact Factor: 2.9.

30. Park, S.-m., Aalipour, A., Vermesh, O., Yu, J.H., Gambhir, S.S. Towards clinically translatable in vivo nanodiagnostics. Nature Review Materials 2, 17014 (2017). Impact Factor: 79.8.

31. Leeper, N., Park, S.-m., Smith, B. High-density lipoprotein nanoparticle imaging in atherosclerotic vascular disease. JACC: Basic to Translational Science 2 (1) 98-100 (2017). Impact Factor: 8.4.

32. Park, S. -m., Wong, D.J., Ooi, C.C., Nesvet, J.C., Nair, V.S., Wang, S.X., Gambhir, S.S. Multigene profiling of single circulating tumor cells. Molecular & Cellular Oncology, 4(2)  e1289295 (2016). Impact Factor: 2.6.

33. Park, S.-m., Wong, D.J., Ooi, C.C., Kurtz, D.M., Vermesh, O., Aalipour, A., Suh, S., Pian, K.L., Chabon, J.J., Lee, S.H., Jamali, M., Say, C., Carter, J.N., Lee, L.P., Kuschner, W.G., Schwartz, E.J., Shrager, J.B., Neal, J.W., Wakelee, H.A., Diehn, M., Nair, V.S., Wang, S.X., Gambhir, S.S. Molecular profiling of single circulating tumor cells from lung cancer patients. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, E8379–E8386 (2016). Impact Factor: 9.4.

34. Park, S.-m., Lee, J.Y., Hong, S., Lee, S.H., Lee, H., Suh, S., Pan, Q., Li, K., Wu, A., Mumenthaler, S., Mallick, P., Lee, L. Dual transcript and protein quantification in a massive single cell array. Lab on a Chip 16, 3682–3688 (2016). Impact Factor: 6.1.

35. Hudak, C.S., Gulyaeva, O., Wang, Y., Park, S.-m., Lee, L., Kang, C., Sul, H.S. Pref-1 marks very early mesenchymal precursors required for adipose tissue development and expansion. Cell Reports 8, 678–687 (2014). Impact Factor: 7.5.

36. Park, S.-m., Sabour, A.F., Son, J.H., Lee, S.H., Lee, L.P. Toward integrated molecular diagnostic system (iMDx): principles and applications. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 61, 1506–1521 (2014). Impact Factor: 4.4.

37. Dimov, I.K., Lu, R., Lee, E.P., Seita, J., Sahoo, D., Park, S.-m., Weissman, I.L., Lee, L.P. Discriminating cellular heterogeneity using microwell-based RNA cytometry. Nature Communications 5, 3451 (2014). Impact Factor: 14.7.

38. Son, J.H., Lee, S.H., Hong, S., Park, S.-m., Lee, J., Dickey, A.M., Lee, L.P. Hemolysis-free blood plasma separation. Lab on a Chip 14, 2287–2292 (2014). Impact Factor: 6.1.

39. Park, S.-m., Huh, Y.S., Szeto, K., Joe, D.J., Kameoka, J., Coates, G.W., Edel, J.B., Erickson, D., Craighead, H.G. Rapid prototyping of nanofluidic systems using size‐reduced electrospun nanofibers for biomolecular analysis. Small 6, 2420–2426 (2010). Impact Factor: 13.0.

40. Park, S.-m., Huh, Y.S., Craighead, H.G., Erickson. D. A method for nanofluidic device prototyping using elastomeric collapse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (37), 15549-15554 (2009). Impact Factor: 9.4.

41. Park, S.-m., Ahn, J.Y., Jo, M., Lee, D., Lis, J.T., Craighead, H.G., Kim, S. Selection and elution of aptamers using nanoporous sol-gel arrays with integrated microheaters. Lab on a Chip 9, 1206–1212 (2009). Impact Factor: 6.1.

42. Park, S.-m., Lee, K.H., Craighead, H.G. On-chip coupling of electrochemical pumps and an SU-8 tip for electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Biomedical Microdevices 10, 891–897 (2008). Impact Factor: 3.0.

43. Aubin, K.L., Huang, J., Park, S.-m., Yang, Y., Kondratovich, M., Craighead, H.G., Ilic, B.R. Microfluidic encapsulated nanoelectromechanical resonators. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B 25, 1171–1176 (2007). Impact Factor: 1.5.

* denotes the corresponding authorship.

Book

1. Park, S.-m., The Throne Revolution: Smart Healthcare Innovation in Toilets (SHIT), Amazon Publishing (2024).

Book Chapters

1. Park, S.-m., The bright and dark sides of K-diagnostics (K-진단의 명과 암), Young Doctors (젊은 의사들), Chapter 3-5, “K-Quarantine Myth: Reflections on the COVID-19 Chronicles (K-방역은 없다)”, (2021).

2. Ooi, C.C., Park, S.-m., Wong, D.J., Gambhir, S.S., Wang, S.X. Circulating Tumor Cells (Humana Press), Chapter 12, "Capture and genetic analysis of circulating tumor cells using a magnetic separation device (magnetic sifter)", 153-162 (2017).

3. Lee, S.H., Park, S.-m., Lee, L.P., Bioelectronic Nose (Springer), Chapter 11, "Optical methods in studies of olfactory system", 191-220 (2014).

Other Publications

1. 박승민, "의사과학자 육성할 인센티브 절실하다[기고]", 문화일보, October 20, 2023.

2. 김병재, 박승민, "미국 산업간 융합통해 변화 중인 헬스케어 기술 개발 및 정책동향", 이달의 신기술, July Issue, 12-20, 한국산업기술기획평가원 (2019).