Group leader

Won Park

Dr. Wounjhang (Won) Park


Sheppard Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
Associate Director, Biomedical Engineering Program
Materials Science & Engineering Program 
University of Colorado Boulder

Fellow, SPIE

Education

  1. Ph.D. in Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (June 1997)
        Thesis: Optical Properties of Thin Film Phosphors,
        Advisor: Prof. Christopher J. Summers
  2. B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (February 1989) 

Professor Experience

  1. Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder (2015 - Present)
  2. Fellow, Materials Science & Engineering Program, University of Colorado at Boulder (2013 - Present)
  3. Full Member, University of Colorado Cancer Center (2006 - Present)
  4. Associate Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder (2008 - 2015)
  5. Associate Member, University of Colorado Cancer Center (2005 - 2006)
  6. Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder (2001 - 2008)
  7. Research Scientist II, Georgia Tech Research Institute (1998 - 2001)
  8. Post-doctoral Fellow, Georgia Tech Research Institute (1997 - 1998)
  9. Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology (1994 - 1997)
  10. Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology (1993 - 1994)

Honors and Awards

  1. Fellow of SPIE, international society for optics and photonics (2020)
  2. Best Paper Award, Symposium on Luminescent Materials for Photon Upconversion, 2017 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting (2017)
  3. N. Rex Sheppard Faculty Fellow (2015)
  4. Highly Contributed Paper Award by Nano Convergence (2015)
  5. Provost's Faculty Achievement Award (2012)
  6. Dean's Faculty Fellowship (2011)
  7. Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Senior Fellowship in Cancer Nanotechnology Research (2008)