Professor

최명환

Associate Professor

Choi, Myunghwan 최명환

최명환
Research
Neurobiology
We develop light-based tools to understand how taste information is processed from the tongue to the brain, influencing our feeding behavior.
Education/Carrer/Awards
Education
  • - 2006 – 2010 Ph.D. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
  • - 2003 – 2006 B.S. in Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
Career
  • - 2020 – present Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
  • - 2016 – present Associate Editor, Optics Express
  • - 2015 – present Participating faculty, Center for Neuroscience and Imaging Research, IBS
  • - 2015 – 2020 Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University
  • - 2011 – 2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Awards
  • - 2020. 6 Minister of Science and ICT Commendation
  • - 2020. 3. 30 HFSP Young Investigator Award
  • - 2020. 2 .20 OSK Rising Stars 30 Award
Publications
  1. Kim S, Moon H, ..., Choi M*, Kim SG*. Whole-brain mapping of effective connectivity by fMRI with cortex-wide patterned optogenetics. Neuron 2023
  2. Han J, Choi M*. "Comprehensive functional screening of taste sensation in vivo" bioRxiv, 2018.
  3. Jo Y, Kwon J, Kim M, Choi W, Choi M*. Microsphere-based interferometric optical probe. Nature Communications 2018
  4. Kwon J, Kim M, Park H, Kang B, Jo Y, Kim JH, James O, Yun SH, Kim SG, Suh M, Choi M*. Label-free nanoscale optical metrology on myelinated axons in vivo. Nature Communications 2017