Taewoo Kim

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Doctor of Philosophy, August 2015

Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.71/4.00

Thesis: “Quantitative Phase Imaging: advances to 3D imaging and applications to neuroscience”

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Master of Science, May 2013

Electrical Engineering

Thesis: “Phase derivative microscopy of biological cells and tissues”

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Bachelor of Science, August 2009

Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.61/4.00

High Honors, Dean’s List (Fall 2006 – Spring 2008)

EXPERIENCE

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, California February 2017 – Present

Postdoctoral Scholar (PI: Prof. Lihong Wang)

Research focus: Compressed Ultrafast Photography, Compressive Sensing, Quantitative Phase Imaging

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, St. Louis, Missouri September 2016 – January 2017

Postdoctoral Research Associate (PI: Prof. Lihong Wang)

PHI OPTICS, INC., Champaign, Illinois August 2015 – August 2016

Optical Engineer

Product research and development for improved optical design for spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM)

Development of new imaging technique based on Fourier filtering and phase derivative imaging

Software and ImageJ plugin integration for biomedical applications

Website and marketing material design and maintenance

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Urbana, Illinois July 2010 – August 2015

Graduate Research Assistant & Beckman Institute Graduate Fellow (PI: Prof. Gabriel Popescu)

Research focus: Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI), Tomography, Optics, Microscopy, Biomedical Imaging,

Optogenetics, Neuroscience, Diffraction, and Coherence Theory

White-light Diffraction Tomography (WDT) and applications

Development of a label-free tomographic imaging method based on QPI and the inverse scattering solution

Analytic formulation of the optical field and the point spread function in spatial light interference microscopy

Biomedical applications of quantitative phase imaging techniques (SLIM and iSLIM)

Quantitative measurement of biological cells to reveal the inter- and intra-cellular properties and dynamics

Non-invasive quantitative study on self-organization of human neuronal network

Optical fields and coherence properties

Inverse scattering problem for time-reversal theory

Coherence properties of optical fields using the deterministic signal associated with the random field

Quantitative phase imaging with programmable illumination source

Response to the optogenetic stimulation recorded with QPI for measuring action potentials

SLIM with programmable illumination for improved performance and expanded fields of applications

Improved SLIM system with an increased transverse resolution and the tomographic ability

Phase derivative microscopy

Measurement of phase derivative of a transparent sample by utilizing the Fourier domain filtering

Phase-resolved low-coherence interferometry on microrheology applications

Using a swept-source optical coherence tomography system in measuring the mechanical and rheological

properties in liquid

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Urbana, Illinois January 2008 – December 2008

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Research focus: Realization of a simple stereopsis method into a computer program

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Urbana, Illinois May 2008 – December 2008

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Research focus: Quantum dot lasers

HONORS & AWARDS

WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA 2015-2016, Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, New Jersey 2015

YUEN T. LO OUTSTANDING GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois March 2015

BECKMAN INSTITUTE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois August 2014 – July 2015

Project title: Quantitative phase imaging with a programmable illumination source for biomedical applications

IEEE PHOTONICS SOCIETY GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIP, IEEE Photonics Society, International Organization July 2014

One of ten recipients selected from the worldwide IEEE membership

SPIE OPTICS & PHOTONICS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP, SPIE, International Organization May 2014

RAJ MITTRA OUTSTANDING RESEARCH AWARD, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois April 2014

SECOND PLACE STUDENT AWARD AT OSA BIOMED CONFERENCE, OSA, Miami, Florida April 2012

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING HONOR SOCIETY, Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Urbana, Illinois January 2008 – August 2009

BRIAN AND SOPHIE LEUNG SCHOLARSHIP, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois August 2008

ACTIVITIES & TEACHING

PHYSIOLOGY COURSES & WORKSHOP, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts July 2016

Demonstrated the spatial light interference microscopy and trained new instructors

NEW APPROACHES IN LIGHT MICROSCOPY WORKSHOP, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts November 2015

Presented a demonstration of the spatial light interference microscopy in action and its working principles

2014 BIOPHOTONICS SUMMER SCHOOL ORGANIZER & TA, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois March 2014 – July 2014

Scheduled and managed a summer school program for graduate students and postdocs sponsored by IEEE, NIH and UIUC

Awarded as the most competent and all-around TA of the program

EBICS REU PROGRAM GRADUATE MENTOR, National Science Foundation, Urbana, Illinois May 2013 – August 2014

Mentored undergraduates with their research projects by helping with their research plans and process

GRADUATE TA: ECE 190, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois January 2013 – May 2013

REFEREE FOR PUBLICATION IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS, Various international organizations January 2012 – Present

Reviewed papers in journals including Optics letters, Journal of Optical Society of America

OSA, SPIE, IEEE, SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE STUDENT MEMBER January 2012 – Present

IOPTICS SEMINAR SERIES ORGANIZER, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois January 2011 – May 2011

A weekly seminar series on optics and photonics sponsored by IEEE, OSA and SPIE

UNDERGRADUATE TA: ECE 329, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois August 2008 – May 2009

SKILLS & LANGUAGES

MATLAB, C, C++, Java, HTML, CSS, Origin Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Office

Established cell culture techniques and other biology lab skills

Fluent in Korean

PUBLICATIONS

Journal articles (*indicates equal contribution)

1. R. Zhou*, T. Kim* and G. Popescu, Reversibility of Scattered Waves, Nature Photonics (Under revision)

2. T. Kim*, R. Zhou*, L. L. Goddard and G. Popescu, Quantitative phase imaging for solving scattering inverse problems, Laser and

Photonics Reviews, 10 (1), 13-39 (2016)

3. T. Kim, S. C. Liu, R. Iyer, M. U. Gillette and G. Popescu, 3D quantitative phase imaging of neural networks using WDT,

Proceedings of SPIE 9336, Quantitative phase imaging, 93361V (2015)

4. T. Kim, C. Edwards, L. L. Goddard and G. Popescu, Quantitative phase imaging with programmable illumination, Proceedings of

SPIE 9336, Quantitative phase imaging, 93361F (2015)

5. T. Kim and G. Popescu, Quantitative phase imaging of cells in 2, 3 and 4 dimensions, Optics and Photonics News (2014)

6. R. Zhou, T. Kim, L. L. Goddard, and G. Popescu, Inverse scattering solutions using low-coherence light, Optics Letters, 39 (15),

4494 (2014)

7. T. Kim, R. Zhou, L. L. Goddard, and G. Popescu, A new look at live cells in 3D, SPIE Newsroom (2014)

8. T. Kim*, R. Zhou*, L. L. Goddard, and G. Popescu, Breakthrough in Photonics 2013: Quantitative phase imaging (QPI):

Metrology meets biology, Photonics Journal, IEEE, 6 (2), 1 (2014)

9. M. Mir*, T. Kim*, A. Majumder, M. Xiang, R. Wang, S. C. Liu, M. U. Gillette, S. Stice, and G. Popescu, Label-free

characterization of self-organizing human neuronal networks, Scientific Reports, 4, 4434 (2014)

10. T. Kim*, R. Zhou*, M. Mir, S. D. Babacan, P. S. Carney, L. L. Goddard, and G. Popescu, White-light diffraction tomography of

unlabelled live cells, Nature Photonics, 8, 256 (2014)

11. C. Edwards, B. Bhaduri, T. Nguyen, B. G. Griffin, H. Pham, T. Kim, G. Popescu, and L. L. Goddard, Effect of spatial coherence

in diffraction phase microscopy, Optics Express, 22 (5), 5133 (2014)

12. V. Crecea, B. W. Graf, T. Kim, G. Popescu and S. A. Boppart, High resolution phase-sensitive magnetomotive optical coherence

microscopy for tracking magnetic microbeads and cellular mechanics, IEEE JSTQE, PP (99), 1 (2013)

13. T. Kim, R. Zhu, T. Nguyen, R. Zhou, C. Edwards, L. Goddard, and G. Popescu, Deterministic signal associated with a random

field, Optics Express, 21 (18), 20806 (2013)

14. T. Kim, S. Sridharan, and G. Popescu, Gradient field microscopy of unstained specimens: reply to comment, Optics Express, 21

(16), 19188 (2013)

15. R. Wang, T. Kim, M. Mir and G. Popescu, Nanoscale fluctuations and surface tension measurements in droplets using phase-

resolved low coherence interferometry, Applied Optics (special issue in holography), 52 (1), A177 (2013)

16. T. Kim, S. Sridharan, A. Kajdacsy-Balla, K. Tangella and G. Popescu, Gradient field microscopy for label-free diagnosis of human

biopsies, Applied Optics (special issue in holography), 52 (1), A92 (2013)

17. T. Kim, S. Sridharan and G. Popescu, Gradient field microscopy allows label-free disease diagnosis (invited), Laser Focus World,

48 (8), (2012)

18. T. Kim, S. Sridharan and G. Popescu, Gradient field microscopy of unstained specimens, Optics Express, 20 (6), 6737 (2012)

19. T. Kim and G. Popescu, Laplace field microscopy for label-free imaging of dynamic biological structures, Optics Letters, 36 (23),

4704 (2011)

Patents

1. G. Popescu, L. L. Goddard, P. S. Carney, T. Kim, R. Zhou, M. Mir, S. D. Babacan, White light diffraction tomography of unlabeled

live cells, U.S. Patent, US 20140307261 A1, Oct. 16, 2014

2. G. Popescu and T. Kim, Phase derivative microscopy module having specified amplitude mask, U.S. Patent, US 9454809 B2, Sep.

27, 2016

Book Chapters

1. T. Kim, S. Sridharan and G. Popescu, Fourier transform light scattering of tissues, in Handbook of Coherent-Domain Optical

Methods: Biomedical Diagnostics, Edited by V. Tuchin, Springer (2013)

Grants

1. M. U. Gillette (PI), J. Sweedler, J. Rogers, G. Popescu (Co-PI), T. Kim (Contributor), BRAIN EAGER: Multiscale dynamics and

emergent properties of suprachiasmatic circuits in real time, National Science Foundation, Division of Biological Infrastructure,

Sep. 1, 2014

Press Coverage

1. “A new look at live cells in 3D”, SPIE Newsroom, July 11, 2014

2. “Taewoo Kim awarded SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship”, SPIE press release, June 12, 2014

3. “Making living cells easier to see”, Inside Science TV, May 1, 2014

4. “Technique captures striking video of neurons in mid-connection”, NBC News, March 28, 2014

5. “New technique sheds light on human neural networks”, Beckman Institute, March 24, 2014

- Also featured in EurekAlert!, MedicalXpress, Science Newsline, Science Daily, Medical News Today, MDT Magazine News,

ScienceCodex, ExtremeTech, and Neuroscience

6. “Imaging: White-light diffraction tomography”, Nature Photonics News and Views, February 28, 2014

7. “3-D imaging provides window into living cells, no dye required”, UIUC News bureau, January 21, 2014

- Also featured in National Science Foundation News from the Field, Microscopy and Analysis, EurekAlert!, Scicasts, Phys.org,

Laser Focus World, R&D, Science Newsline, Technology.org, Science Daily, Txchnologist, and Biosingularity

8. “Gradient field microscopy allows label-free disease diagnosis”, Laser Focus World, August 1, 2012 (Cover)

Invited Talks & Conference Presentations

1. M. U. Gillette, T. Kim, M. Shan, V. Nastasa, M. Wang, P. Sengupta and G. Popescu, “Light-evoked responses from

channelrhodopsin-expressing neuronal cells studied by quantitative phase imaging”, Neuroscience 2016, San Diego, CA, USA,

November 12-16, 2016

2. A. Jain, T. Kim, G. Popescu and M. U. Gillette, “Femtogram-level analysis of mass-change dynamics in filopodia on the tips and

shafts of developing dendrites in response to semaphorin3A”, Neuroscience 2016, San Diego, CA, USA, November 12-16, 2016

3. R. Iyer, T. Kim, M. E. Kandel, G. Popescu and M. U. Gillette, “miR125b-mediated filopodial dynamics in developing dendrites”,

Neuroscience 2016, San Diego, CA, USA, November 12-16, 2016

4. R. Zhou, T. Kim and G. Popescu, “Reversibility of scattered fields”, SPIE Photonics West BiOS, San Francisco, CA, USA, February

13-18, 2016

5. T. Kim, P. Sengupta, M. U. Gillette and G. Popescu, “Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) of optogenetic signals in neurons”,

Neuroscience 2015, Chicago, IL, USA, October 17-21, 2015

6. A. Jain, T. Kim, G. Popescu and M. U. Gillette, “High-resolution analysis of semaphorin3A effects on the dynamics of filopodia

on the tips and shafts of developing dendrites using SLIM imaging”, Neuroscience 2015, Chicago, IL, USA, October 17-21, 2015

7. R. Iyer, T. Kim, G. Popescu and M. U. Gillette, “Keeping filopodia dynamic: exploring the role of miR-125b in dendrites using

real time imaging”, Neuroscience 2015, Chicago, IL, USA, October 17-21, 2015

8. M. U. Gillette, A. Jain, O. V. Cangellaris, S. C. Liu, R. Iyer, L. J. Millett, T. Kim, P. Froeter, M. K. Lee, A. Abdeen, K. Kilian, G.

Popescu, H. Kong and X. Li, “Enabling Technologies for Neurons: New Approaches for Axonal and Dendritic growth and

Guidance”, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, USA, October 7-10, 2015

9. T. Kim, “Application of Quantitative Phase Imaging (QPI) to Neuroscience”, Beckman Institute Graduate Seminar (Invited),

Urbana, IL, USA, April 8, 2015

10. T. Kim, C. Edwards, L. L. Goddard and G. Popescu, “Quantitative phase imaging with programmable illumination”, SPIE

Photonics West BiOS, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 7-12, 2015

11. T. Kim, A. Jain, R. Iyer, M. U. Gillette and G. “Dynamics of neuronal filopodia measured using SLIM”, SPIE Photonics West

BiOS, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 7-12, 2015

12. T. Kim, M. Mir, A. Majumder, S. Stice and G. Popescu, “Label-free quantification of emergent behaviors in human neuron

network”, SPIE Photonics West BiOS, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 7-12, 2015

13. T. Kim, S. C. Liu, M. U. Gillette and G. Popescu, “3D quantitative phase imaging of neural networks using WDT”, SPIE Photonics

West BiOS, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 7-12, 2015

14. T. Kim, S. Irving, M. U. Gillette and G. Popescu, “Quantification of glial cell dynamics under vasoactive intestinal peptide

treatment”, SPIE Photonics West BiOS, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 7-12, 2015

15. R. Zhou, T. Kim, L. L. Goddard and G. Popescu, “Wavevector space calculations in the focal region: optical trapping, lens focusing

and the Gouy phase”, SPIE Photonics West BiOS, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 7-12, 2015

16. T. Kim, M. Mir, A. Majumder, M. Xiang, R. Wang, S. C. Liu, M. U. Gillette, S. Stice and G. Popescu, “Label-free quantification

of the emergent behavior of human neuron networks”, Neuroscience 2014, Washington, DC, USA, November 15-19, 2014

17. G. Popescu, T. Kim, S. C. Liu and M. U. Gillette, “Label-free 3D imaging of live neurons”, Neuroscience 2014, Washington, DC,

USA, November 15-19, 2014

18. R. Iyer, T. Kim, G. Popescu and M. U. Gillette, “miR-125b mediated filopodial dynamics in developing dendrites”, Neuroscience

2014, Washington, DC, USA, November 15-19, 2014

19. A. Jain, T. Kim, G. Popescu and M. U. Gillette, “High resolution analysis of semaphorin3A effects on filopodia of developing

hippocampal dendrites using SLIM imaging and microfluidic environments”, Neuroscience 2014, Washington, DC, USA,

November 15-19, 2014

20. R. Zhou, T. Kim, L. L. Goddard, and G. Popescu, “Inverse scattering solutions using holographic data”, Digital Holography & 3-

D Imaging (DH) ̧post-deadline paper, Seattle, WA, USA, July 14-17, 2014

21. M. Mir, T. Kim, A. Majumder, S. C. Liu, M. U. Gillette, S. Stice and G. Popescu, “Emerging behavior in human neural networks

measured by quantitative phase imaging”, 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, MA, July 6-11, 2014

22. T. Kim, R. Zhou, L. L. Goddard and G. Popescu, “Label-free 3D imaging using white-light diffraction tomography”, Microscience

Microscopy Congress 2014, Manchester, UK, June 30 – July 3, 2014

23. M. Mir, T. Kim, A. Majumder, S. Stice and G. Popescu, “Label-free characterization of self-organizing neural networks”,

Microscience Microscopy Congress 2014, Manchester, UK, June 30 – July 3, 2014

24. T. Kim, C. Edwards, L. L. Goddard and G. Popescu, “Quantitative phase imaging using programmable illumination patterns”,

Microscience Microscopy Congress 2014, Manchester, UK, June 30 – July 3, 2014

25. T. Kim, C. Edwards, L. L. Goddard and G. Popescu, “Spatial light interference microscopy with programmable illumination

patterns”, Biomedical Optics (BIOMED), Miami, FL, USA, April 26-30, 2014

26. T. Kim, R. Zhou, L. L. Goddard and G. Popescu, “White-light diffraction tomography (WDT) of live cells”, Biomedical Optics

(BIOMED), Miami, FL, USA, April 26-30, 2014

27. B. Bhaduri, M. Mir, R. Wang, T. Kim, G. Popescu, A. Majumder, S. Stice, V. Chan, R. Raman and R. Bashir, “Measuring emergent

behaviors at the cellular level using quantitative phase imaging”, NSF-STC: Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems

(EBICS), Atlanta, GA, USA, June 3, 2013

28. T. Kim and G. Popescu, “Halo-free phase contrast microscopy,” Engineering Conferences International, Advances in Optics for

Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA, June 2-5, 2013

29. T. Kim, R. Zhou, L. L. Goddard and G. Popescu, “White light diffraction tomography of unlabeled live cells,” Engineering

Conferences International, Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA, June 2-5, 2013.

30. T. Kim and G. Popescu, “Phase derivative microscopy for label-free imaging of dynamic biological structures”, Imaging at Illinois:

The Next Generation, Urbana, IL, USA, June 1, 2012

31. T. Kim and G. Popescu, “Phase derivative microscopy for label-free imaging of dynamic biological structures”, Biomedical Optics

(BIOMED), Miami, FL, USA, April 28-May 2, 2012