Hongkun Park (born 1967 in Seoul) is Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Harvard University. He received his BS in chemistry at Seoul National University in 1990, and his PhD in physical chemistry at Stanford University in 1996 under Richard Zare. From 1996 to 1999 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory under A. Paul Alivisatos and Paul McEuen.
His current research focuses on optoelectronics and plasmonics using nanostructures, nano-bio interfacing, and neuro-electronic devices.
Professional appointments
1999–2002 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University
2003. 1 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Harvard University
2003. 7 John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University
2004. 1 Full Professor of Chemistry and of Physics, Harvard University
Affiliations
Professor of Chemistry and of Physics, Harvard University
Associate Member, Broad Institute
Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Center for Brain Science
Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Affiliated Faculty: Harvard Quantum Optics Center
Professional Board
Associate editor, Nano Letters
Advisory Editorial Board, Chemical Science
Advisory Editorial Board, Chemical Society Reviews
Advisory Board, Harvard Quantum Optics Center
Academic Training
1986 – 1990 B.S. in chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea
1991 – 1996 PhD in physical chemistry, Stanford University (Advisor: Richard N. Zare)
1996 – 1999 Postdoctoral fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (with A. Paul Alivisatos and Paul L. McEuen)
2016 DoD Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship
2011 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2008 National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
2003 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
2003 Ho-Am Prize in science
2003 Visiting Miller Research Professorship, The Adolph C. and Mary Sprague Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California, Berkeley
2002 Alfred P.