Jong-Ki Kim, PhD

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Affiliation(s): 

School of Medicine; Catholic University of Daegu

Areas of Interest: 

Nanomedicine, Brain stimulation, Excitation of heavy atom nanoparticles by physical energy, High-resolution brain imaging technology, Nanotechnology for DDS biomaterials

Biography & Research: 

Dr Kim obtained BS in Astronomy/Physics from Seoul National University in 1982, and a Master in Physics from KAIST/Korea in 1984. He was awarded a PhD in Biophysics from the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA, 1992, followed by spending two years at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Cornell Medical School, New York as a Fellow. Prof Jong-Ki Kim is based at Catholic University of Daegu, School of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Daegu City, Korea, as chairman of biomedical engineering since 1995. In 2012-13, he was visiting professor at UC Berkeley, Bioengineering department. Current research subjects of his laboratory are nanomedicine including drug delivery using nanostructured materials, high-Z nanoradiator proton/heavy ion stimulation therapy in neurodegenerative diseases (AD, PD), atherothrombotic diseases and refractory cancer including malignant glioma. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction transcranial brain imaging is also under developing with collaborating with Japanese scientists. He is serving as committee member in a number of professional scientific societies including Korean Photodynamic Association, Chief Executive committee for biomedical imaging user group in synchrotron radiation of Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, KOMAC (proton) and Raon (heavy ion).