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Artificial Vision & Neural Engineering

Principal Investigator

임매순 , Maesoon Im, Ph.D.

Principal Research Scientist, Brain Science Institute, KIST
Associate Professor, Div. of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, University of Science & Technology

Adjunct Professor, KHU-KIST Dept. of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University

  • Education

    1. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Daejeon, South Korea (Mar 2003 – Aug 2009)

      B.S. magna cum laude in Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea (Mar 1999 – Feb 2003)

  • Research career

    1. Visiting Scientist, Department of Visual Information Processing (Host: Dr. Marre), Institut de la Vision (INSERM), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France (Dec 2023 - Feb 2024)

      Adjunct Professor, KHU-KIST Department of Converging Science and Technology, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea (Mar 2023 – Present)

      Associate Professor, Division of Bio-Medical Science & Technology, University of Science & Technology, Seoul, South Korea (Mar 2020 – Present)

      Principal Research Scientist, Brain Science Institute, KIST(Korea Institute of Science and Technology), Seoul, South Korea (Mar 2022 – Present)

      Senior Research Scientist, Brain Science Institute, KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology), Seoul, South Korea (Aug 2018-Feb 2022)

      Assistant Scientist, Department of Ophthalmology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA (Nov 2015 – Jul 2018)
      Featured in “Vision & Visionaries” of Henry Ford Health System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlRIlMkp1co

      Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA (Aug 2016 – Jul 2018)

      Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University College of Engineering, Detroit, Michigan, USA (Nov 2016 – Jul 2018)

      Research Fellow, Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Nov 2011 – Oct 2015)

      Research Associate, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Jan 2015 – Sep 2015)

      Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (Jun 2010 – Oct 2011)

      Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea (Sep 2009 – May 2010)

  • Research activities

    1. 한국연구재단 국책연구본부 뇌공학분야 전문위원 (2022-2024)

      한국망막학회 정회원 (비전문의 초빙), 시과학이사 (2024-2025)

      한국뇌신경과학회 정회원, 대의원 (2024-2025)

      한국분자세포생물학회 정회원

      대한의용생체공학회 정회원

      대한전자공학회 정회원, 협동이사 (2022-2024)

      마이크로나노시스템학회 정회원, 윤리위원회 간사 (2019),학술/교육위원회 이사 (2020, 2021) 및 간사 (2022), 부총무이사 (2023), 총무이사 (2024)

      한국반도체학술대회 MEMS and Sensors Systems Division 분과위원 (2021-2023)

      한국인지과학회 정회원, 학술이사 (2024)

      Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

      Member of MRS (Materials Research Society)

      Member of ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology)

      Member of SfN (Society for Neuroscience)

      Technical Program Committee in IEEE MEMS 2025 (Sep 2024 – Jan 2025)

      Invited External Examiner of PhD Thesis, Institut de la Vision (INSERM), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France (2024)

      Invited External Examiner of PhD Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2021)

      Invited External Examiner of PhD Thesis, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia(2018)

      Invited External Reviewer for Individual Research Grants of the Science and Engineering Research Council, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore (2017)

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