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Hongkun Park

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Hongkun Park (Korean: 박홍근; born 1967 in Seoul) is Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Harvard University. He received his BS in chemistry at Seoul National University in 1990, and his PhD 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.

Hongkun Park
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materSeoul National University (B.S. 1990)
Stanford University (PhD 1996)
Postdoctoral fellow Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Known forNanoscience, quantum optoplasmonics, nano-bio interfacing
AwardsHo-am Prize in Science (2003)
Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2003–2008)
NIH Director's Pioneer Award (2008–2013)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Chemical Biology, Physics
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral advisorRichard N. Zare
Other academic advisorsA. Paul Alivisatos, Paul L. McEuen
Notable studentsAmy Prieto
Nathalie de Leon
Korean name
Hangul
박홍근
Revised RomanizationBak Honggun
McCune–ReischauerPak Hongkŭn

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

Academic and professional awards edit

Representative publications edit

  • "Nanomechanical oscillations in a single-C60 transistor", H. Park, J. Park, A. K. L. Lim, E. H. Anderson, A. P. A livisatos, and P. L. McEuen, Nature 407, 57–60 (2000)
  • "Fabry-Perot interference in a nanotube electron waveguide", W. Liang, M. Bockrath, D. Bozovic, J. H. Hafner, M. Tinkham, and H. Park, Nature 411, 665–669 (2001)
  • "Nanowire nanosensors for highly sensitive and selective detection of biological and chemical species", Y. Cui, Q. Wei, H. Park, and C. M. Lieber, Science 293, 1289–1292 (2001)
  • "Resonant electron scattering by defects in single-walled carbon nanotubes", M. Bockrath, W. Liang, D. Bozovic, J. H. Hafner, C. M. Lieber, M. Tinkham, and H. Park, Science 291, 283–285 (2001)
  • "Kondo resonance in a single-molecule transistor", W. Liang, M. P. Shores, M. Bockrath, J. R. Long, and H. Park, Nature 417, 725–729 (2002)
  • "Single-walled carbon nanotube electronics", P. L. McEuen, M. Fuhrer, and H. Park, IEEE Trans. Nanotech. 1, 78–85 (2002)
  • "Shell filling and exchange coupling in metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes", W. Liang, M. Bockrath, and H. Park, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 126801 (2002)
  • "Synthesis of single-crystalline perovskite nanowires composed of barium titanate and strontium titanate", J. J. Urban, W. S. Yun, Q. Gu, and H. Park, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 1186–1187 (2002)
  • "Ferroelectric phase transitions in individual single-crystalline BaTiO3 nanowrires", J. E. Spanier, A. M. Kolpak, J. J. Urban, I. Grinberg, W. S. Yun, L. Ouyang, A. M. Rappe and H. Park, Nano Lett. 6, 735 – 739 (2006)
  • "Generation of single optical plasmons in metallic nanowires coupled to quantum dots", A. V. Akimov, A. Mukherjee, C. L. Yu, D. E. Chang, A. S. Zibrov, P. R. Hemmer, H. Park and M. D. Lukin, Nature 450, 402–406 (2007)
  • "Near field electrical detection of optical plasmons and single plasmon sources", A. L. Falk, F. H. L. Koppens, C. Yu, K. Kang, N. P. de Leon Snapp, A. V. Akimov, M-H. Jo, M. D. Lukin, H. Park, Nature Phys. 5, 475–479 (2009)
  • "Vertical silicon nanowires as a universal platform for delivering biomolecules into living cells", A. Shalek, J. T. Robinson, E. S. Karp, J. S. Lee, D-R. Ahn, M-H. Yoon, A. Sutton, M. Jorgolli, R. S. Gertner, T. S. Gujral, G. MacBeath, E. G. Yang, H. Park, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107, 1870–1875 (2010)
  • "Vertical nanowire electrode arrays as a scalable platform for intracellular interfacing to neuronal circuits", J. T. Robinson, M. Jorgolli, A. K. Shalek, M.-H. Yoon, R. S. Gertner, H. Park, Nature Nanotech. 7, 180–184 (2012)
  • "Single-cell transcriptomics reveals bimodality in expression and splicing in immune cells," A. K. Shalek, R. Satija, X. Adiconis, R. S. Gertner, J. T. Gaublomme, R. Raychowdhury, S. Schwartz, N. Yosef, C. Malboeuf, A. Gnirke, A. Goren, N. Hacohen, J. Z. Levin, H. Park, A. Regev Nature 498, 236-240 (2013)
  • "Dynamic regulatory network controlling Th17 cell differentiation", N. Yosef, A. K. Shalek, J. T. Gaublomme, H. Jin, Y. Lee, A Awasthi, C. Wu, K. Karwacz, S. Xiao, M. Jorgolli, D. Gennert, R. Satija, A. Shakya, D. Y. Lu, J. T. Trombetta, M. Pillai, P. J. Ratcliffe, M. L. Coleman, M. Bix, D. Tantin, H. Park, V. K. Kuchroo, A. Regev, Nature 496, 461-468 (2013)
  • "Nanometer-scale thermometry in a living cell," G. Kucsko, P. C. Maurer, N. Y. Yao, M. Kubo, H. J. Noh, P. K. Lo, H. Park, M. D. Lukin Nature 500, 54-59 (2013)
  • "Magnetic resonance detection of individual proton spins using quantum reporters," A. O. Sushkov, I. Lovchinsky, N. Chisholm, R. L. Walsworth, H. Park, M. D. Lukin Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 197601 (2014)
  • "Visible-frequency hyperbolic metasurface," A. A. High, R. C. Devlin, A. Dibos, M. Polking, D. S. Wild, J. Perczel, N. P. de Leon, M. D. Lukin, H. Park Nature 522, 192-196 (2015)
  • "Single-cell genomics unveils critical regulators of Th17 cell pathogenicity," J. T. Gaublomme, N. Yosef, Y. Lee, R. S. Gertner, L. V. Yang, P. P. Pandolfi, T. Mak, R. Satija, A. K. Shalek, V. K. Kuchroo, H. Park, A. Regev Cell 163, 1400-1412 (2015)
  • "Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of an atomically thin material using a single-spin qubit," I. Lovchinsky, J. D. Sanchez-Yamagishi, E. Urbach, S. Choi, S. Fang, T. Andersen, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. Bylinskii, E. Kaxiras, P. Kim, H. Park, M. D. Lukin Science 355, 503-507 (2017)
  • "CMOS nanoelectrode array for all-electrical intracellular electrophysiological imaging," J. Abbott, T. Ye, L. Qin, M. Jorgolli, R. S. Gertner, D. Ham, H. Park Nature Nanotech. 12, 460-466 (2017)
  • "Probing dark excitons in atomically thin semiconductors via near-field coupling to surface plasmon polaritons," Y. Zhou, G. Scuri, D. Wild, A. High, A. Dibos, L. Jauregui, C. Shu, K. de Greve, K. Pistunova, A. Joe, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M. D. Lukin, H. Park Nature Nanotech. 12, 856-860 (2017)

External links edit

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