Chulmin Joo, Ph. D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Yonsei University

Affiliated Faculty, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Email : cjoo@yonsei.ac.kr

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2007
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2003
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 1998

Professional Experience

Scientific Advisor, Small Machines, Co., Ltd., 2019 –
Scientific Advisor, Noul, Co., Ltd. 2020 –
Scientific Advisor, CellReturn, Co. 2020 –
Lead Engineer, GE Global Research, 2007-2011

Honors & Awards

Fumio Okano Best Paper Award, SPIE 3D Imaging, Visualization, and Display, 2025
Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence, Yonsei University, 2025
Fellow, Optical Society of Korea, 2023
Senior Membership, Optica, 2022
Top 10 Technology in Yonsei Engineering, 2020
Robert and Maude Gledden Senior Visiting Fellowship, The University of Western Australia, 2019
Institute of Advanced Science Visiting Fellowship, The University of Western Australia, 2018
Top 10 Technology in Yonsei Engineering, 2017, 2020
Outstanding Lecturer Award, Yonsei University, 2015
Selected & included in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2011 – 2015
Inventor Award, GE Global Research 2009, 2010
$50K Hatsopoulos Innovation Award, MIT 2005
Wellman Graduate Fellowship, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital 2004-2007

Editorial Activities

Associate Editor, Advanced Imaging, 2024 – present
Editorial Board Member, JMST Advances, 2018 – present
Academic Editorial Board Member, PLoS ONE, 2017 – present

Academic and Professional Activities

Technical Program Committee, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, 2021 – present
General Chair, OSA Imaging Systems and Applications, 2021
Program Committee, European Conferences on Biomedical Optics, Emerging Technologies for Cell and Tissue Characterization, 2021
Program Chair, OSA Imaging Systems and Applications, 2020
Program Committee, OSA Imaging and Applied Optics, 2016 – 2020
Subcommittee Chair, CLEO Biophotonics and Optofluidics, 2013 – 2015
Program Committee, CLEO Biophotonics and Optofluidics, 2012 – 2015
General Secretary, Optical Society of Korea, 2020
General Secretary, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering, 2020-present
Program Committee, Korean Society of Medical & Biological Engineering, 2021