Seok-Hyun "Andy" Yun

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Andy Yun
윤석현; 尹錫賢
Born
Seok-Hyun Yun

(1969-12-29) December 29, 1969 (age 54)
NationalityKorean
Known forPioneer of bio-laser
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Photonics, Biomedical Engineering, Photomedicine
Institutions
Websitewww.intelon.org

Seok-Hyun "Andy" Yun (born December 29, 1969) is a scientist and technologist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was born and raised in South Korea and received his B.S. (1991), M.S., and Ph.D. (1997) in Physics from KAIST in Korea. His dissertation research in fiber optics led to a venture-funded startup[which?] in San Jose, CA, where he was a founding member and manager. He joined the Wellman Center for Photomedicine (Dermatology) at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 2003 and is as of January 2017 a Professor, MGH Research Scholar, and the Director of the Harvard-MIT Summer Institute for Biomedical Optics. He is a recipient of the 2016 NIH Director's Pioneer Award.

Yun's research has centered on the integration of light and life sciences.[1] His work contributed to the emergence of swept-source optical coherence tomography (optical frequency domain imaging).[2] His work led to the invention of "biological" lasers[3][4][5] and living lasers[6]— lasers that are made of biological materials or biocompatible forms such that they can be implemented and made implantable and/or injectable into biological systems.[7][8] His research also contributed to the development of Brillouin microscopy[9] and various implantable optical devices.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yun, SH; Kwok, SJJ (2017). "Light in Diagnosis, Therapy and Surgery". Nature Biomedical Engineering. 1: 0008. doi:10.1038/s41551-016-0008. PMC 5476943. PMID 28649464.
  2. ^ Yun, SH; et al. (2006). "Comprehensive volumetric optical microscopy in vivo". Nature Medicine. 12 (12): 1429–1433. doi:10.1038/nm1450. PMC 2709216. PMID 17115049.
  3. ^ Gather, MC; Yun, SH (2011). "Single-cell biological lasers". Nature Photonics. 5 (7): 406–410. Bibcode:2011NaPho...5..406G. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.99.
  4. ^ Fan, X; Yun, SH (2014). "The potential of optofluidic biolasers". Nature Methods. 11 (2): 141–147. doi:10.1038/nmeth.2805. PMC 4162132. PMID 24481219.
  5. ^ Humar, M; Yun, SH (2015). "Intracellular Microlasers". Nature Photonics. 9 (9): 572–576. Bibcode:2015NaPho...9..572H. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2015.129. PMC 4583142. PMID 26417383.
  6. ^ Guinness World Records 2013. Guinness World Records. 11 September 2012. p. 369. ISBN 978-1904994879.
  7. ^ Palmer, Jason (June 13, 2011). "Laser is produced by a living cell". BBC News. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  8. ^ Malte C. Gather & Seok Hyun Yun (June 12, 2011). "Single-cell biological lasers". Nature Photonics. 5 (7): 406–410. Bibcode:2011NaPho...5..406G. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.99. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  9. ^ Scarcelli, G; Yun, SH (2008). "Confocal Brillouin microscopy for three-dimensional mechanical imaging". Nature Photonics. 2 (1): 39–43. Bibcode:2008NaPho...2...39S. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.250. PMC 2757783. PMID 19812712.
  10. ^ Choi, M; et al. (2013). "Light-guiding hydrogels for cell-based sensing and optogenetic synthesis in vivo". Nature Photonics. 7 (12): 987–994. Bibcode:2013NaPho...7..987C. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2013.278. PMC 4207089. PMID 25346777.