DGIST, South Korea
Dr. Jae Youn Hwang received a B.S. degree from Korea University and an M.S. degree from Seoul National University. In 2009, he earned his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Southern California (USC). Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC), gaining valuable research experience. He then joined the NIH Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology, focusing on the development of innovative high-frequency ultrasound technologies. In 2014, he joined the Department of Information and Communication Engineering at DGIST as an assistant professor. Currently, he holds multiple key positions at DGIST, serving as Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies; Chair, Biomedical Science & Engineering Major in Interdisciplinary Studies; Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Professor, Artificial Intelligence Major in Interdisciplinary Studies. He was Associate Vice President for Strategic Planning of DGIST and also a Non-Executive Director at Dabeeo Inc. Dr. Hwang actively contributes to the scientific community as a Technical Committee Member of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (since 2022), SPIE Photonics West BIOS (since 2017), and BIOIMAGING (since 2017). Additionally, he serves on the Editorial Board of the Korea Nondestructive Test Society Journal.