Plenary speaker
Plenary speaker
Department of Bio and Brain Engineering at KAIST, South Korea
Ki-Hun Jeong, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering at KAIST, South Korea. His research focuses on developing advanced optical technologies for biomedical imaging and sensing, including biologically inspired cameras, microspectrometers for continuous biomonitoring, and nanoplasmonic biosensors. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and conducted postdoctoral research in the EECS Department at UC Berkeley.
Prof. Jeong has authored over 100 SCIE journal articles, with publications in Science, Science Advances, Nature Communications, and ACS Nano. His research has led to multiple patents and successful technology transfers, contributing to the commercialization of biomedical imaging and diagnostic tools. He has also co-founded two startups translating his innovations into practical applications.
An internationally recognized scholar, Prof. Jeong has been invited to speak at leading conferences and institutions worldwide. His interdisciplinary approach to next-generation optical systems and biomedical diagnostics continues to drive innovations in miniaturized imaging, lab-on-a-chip technologies, and point-of-care diagnostics.
Website: https://biophotonics.kaist.ac.kr/
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS), University of California
AI-Driven Nanophotonic Imaging on a CMOS Platform: Precision, Speed and Miniaturization
Saif Islam received his B.Sc. Degree in Physics from Middle East Technical University, an M.S. in Physics from Bilkent University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA in 2001. He worked for JDS Uniphase Corp and HP Labs before joining the University of California- Davis in 2004, where he is a Professor and the Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) at UC Davis. His research focuses on integrating low-dimensional and nanostructured materials into conventional semiconductor integrated circuits and systems for applications in ultrafast optoelectronics, communication, quantum sensing, AI-enabled imaging, and energy harvesting. Dr. Islam authored or co-authored more than 300 scientific papers, organized 37 conferences as a chair/co-chair, and holds 43 patents as an inventor/co-inventor.
Prof. Islam received the NSF CAREER Award, Outstanding Junior, Outstanding Research Faculty Award of UC Davis Engineering, IEEE Professor of the Year, UC Davis Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award and SPIE’s Aden and Marjorie Meinel Technology Achievement Award. He is a fellow of the IEEE, AAAS, Optica, SPIE, and National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Website: https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/islam/
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College of Biomedical Engineering, Rangsit University, Thailand
Artificial Intelligence-Based Surface Plasmon Microscopy Towards Single-Molecule Detection
Professor Dr. Suejit Pechprasarn is a distinguished physicist and engineer with expertise in plasmonic microscopy, Fabry-Pérot interferometry, and thin-film technology. His research has significantly advanced high-resolution imaging, optical sensing, and nanophotonics, particularly in biomedical and materials science applications.
He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Nottingham, UK. He also holds dual B.Eng. degrees: one in Electrical Engineering from Thammasat University, Thailand, and another in Electronic and Computer Engineering (First-Class Honours) from the University of Nottingham, UK. Additionally, he obtained an LLB in Thai Law from Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand.
Currently, he is a Professor in Physics and serves as the Dean of the Graduate School at Rangsit University, overseeing research and academic development. As Head of the Center of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence and Supercomputing, he leads projects integrating AI with high-performance computing for scientific and industrial applications.
Beyond academia, Dr. Pechprasarn is a Distinguished Advisor to the Economic Commission of the House of Representatives in Thailand, providing expertise in AI policy, digital transformation, and technological development. In 2025, he was recognized as the winner of the Study UK Alumni Award in Science and Sustainability, honoring his contributions to AI-driven innovation and sustainable technology development.
Invited speaker
Invited speaker
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Optical Neural Control and Sensing: Soft Optoelectronic Implants for Next-Generation Neural Interfaces
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Department of Applied Physics, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Binary optimization-based photonic applications: from multilayers to digital metasurfaces
Sun-Kyung Kim received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from KAIST in 2000, 2002, and 2006, respectively. From 2006 to 2008, he worked as a Senior Researcher at LG Electronics, followed by a role as Chief Researcher at LG Innotek from 2008 to 2010. He then pursued postdoctoral research in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University from 2010 to 2013. Since 2013, he has been with Kyung Hee University, Korea, where he is currently a Tenured Professor of Applied Physics. His research focuses on high-index-contrast dielectric and metal/dielectric hybrid photonic materials for controlling light absorption, emission, and thermal radiation across the ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and microwave spectra. He is also interested in developing optical materials with exceptional dispersion properties based on metamaterials and surface plasmons.
Website: https://npl.khu.ac.kr/
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Singapore University of Technology and Design
Principal Scientist,
A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Yuki Okamoto received his B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2015, 2017, and 2020, respectively. He joined the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan, in 2020 and is currently a Senior Researcher at the Sensing System Research Center (SSRC) at AIST.
His research interests focus on CMOS-MEMS sensors and actuators utilizing thin-film piezoelectric actuators. Currently, he is engaged in a research project aimed at developing piezoelectric MEMS, with a particular emphasis on MEMS micromirrors.
Website: https://www.aist.go.jp/index_en.html
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School of Engineering, University of Western Australia
Lorenzo Faraone is a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (FIEEE), the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE). He has published more than 300 international journal papers on his research work, and supervised more than 40 PhD student completions. He is currently Head of the Microelectronics Research Group (MRG) at The University of Western Australia (UWA), and Director of the WA Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF). Prior to joining UWA in 1987, he worked primarily in the area of silicon CMOS-based microelectronics and non-volatile memory technology with RCA Labs in Princeton, NJ, USA. Since joining UWA he has worked on compound semiconductor materials and devices, including AlGaN/GaN HEMTs, HgCdTe-based infrared sensor technology and MBE growth, as well as optical MEMS technologies for infrared spectroscopy and imaging applications. His research activities also include mobility spectrum analysis techniques for magneto-transport studies, which allow the transport properties and mobility distributions of individual carriers in multi-layer/multi-carrier semiconductor systems to be determined.
Website: https://www.uwa.edu.au/schools/engineering/microelectronics-research-group
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Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Labs. Rice University. Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Chloe Doiron is an Affiliate Scientist at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Sandia National Laboratories. She earned a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Rice University in 2020. Her research portfolio centers on balancing the trade-offs among materials, design paradigms, and integration strategies to create nanophotonic devices. Her work includes developing novel methods for creating non-Hermitian thermal emitters for thermophotovoltaics, achieving robust pairwise control of polarization and lifetime singularities, identifying and demonstrating new materials for high refractive index all-dielectric metamaterials, and devising new techniques to integrate multiferroic materials into optical devices.
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University of the Witwatersrand (Physics)
After receiving her MSc. in Physics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Angela joined the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) at the National Laser Centre on a Ph.D. studentship in 2008. Her Ph.D. research involved measurement techniques for optical fields carrying orbital angular momentum. She received her Ph.D. in 2012 and subsequently commenced a Postdoctoral Fellowship followed by a Senior Researcher position at the CSIR. After 10 years at the CSIR, Angela joined the University of the Witwatersrand where she is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Physics department and a research group member of the Structured Light Lab. Angela’s particular research interests lie in developing novel generation and diagnostic approaches for structured light over a range of powers and wavelengths. Her research has resulted in 35 peer-reviewed journal articles, more than 35 international conference proceedings and 2 international patent.
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Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan
Kenta Nakazawa received the M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Since 2018, he has been an assistant professor with department of mechanical engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan. His research interests focus on Optical MEMS and optical/probe imaging. He is also actively involved in exploring microfabrication technologies for creating complex three-dimensional structures.