Hyokeun PARK PhD

Principal Investigator

Hyokeun Park received a Ph.D at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for single-molecule fluorescence research on myosin VI(motor proteins) and ReAsH under professor Paul R. Selvin. As a postdoctoral researcher in Richard Tsien's lab at Stanford University, he worked on real-time 3D tracking of single vesicles in live hippocampal neurons. He worked with Michael Z. Lin on the morphology change of single dendritic spines by fluorescent light inducible proteins (FLiP) for a short time. In 2014, He started working as assistant professor in the Division of Life Science and Department of Physics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His research interests are developing new fluorescent microscopy techniques, applying those techniques to biological systems, investigating the synaptic transmission and transport in neurodegenerative diseases, and exploring neuronal death mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases.

Email:hkpark@ust.hk

Chungwon PARK

Postdoctoral Fellow (Sep. 2022 ~ Present)

Chungwon received a Ph.D. in Life Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2022. He studied the dynamics and exocytosis of GABAergic synaptic vesicles in living neurons under the supervision of Prof. Hyokeun Park during his PhD training. Currently, he continues to study it as a postdoctoral fellow in our lab.

Hanna Yoo

PhD student (Apr. 2018-)

Hanna studied microRNA in cellular senescence for her master's degree in Pochon CHA university in South Korea. She is studying difference of mitochondrial function in Huntington's disease for her PhD studies.

Songdi FU

PhD student (Sep. 2021-)

Songdi comes from China. She achieved bachelor degree in 2016 and later got master degrees in 2019 from China Pharmaceutical University(CPU).She worked as a research assistant in Shenzhen Bay Laboratory(SZBL) in 2020, and now joins our laboratory as a joint PhD student of HKUST-SZBL, and is engaged in research on mitochondrial dynamics.

Ka-lun SO

Technical Officer (Sep. 2021-)

Ka-lun SO received his B.Sc (Biology) in The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He joined our lab as technical officer.

Yin Haoran

PhD student (Sep. 2022-)

Haoran received his Bachelor's degree from Zhejiang University, and got his Master's degree from University of Macao. Now he joins our lab as a PhD student.

Sihang Wu

PhD student (Sep. 2022-)

Sihang Wu got her Bachelor's degree from Wuhan University in 2022. She joined our lab as a PhD student in 2022

Ho Ka Hei, Alex

Mphil student (Sep. 2022-)

Alex finished his undergraduate studies in HKUST as a UROP and FYP student, and now he continues to pursue his research study in our lab as a Mphil student. His research focuses on synaptic vesicular dynamics.

Wong Pak Hung, Philip

Mphil student (Sep. 2022-)

Philip received his Bachelor's degree in Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Now he joined our lab as a Mphil student.

MOON Woo Jin

Mphil student (Sep. 2022-)

WooJin received a bachelor degree from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and now she joined our laboratory as a MPhil student.

ZHU Yalin

Mphil student (Sep. 2023-)

Yalin comes from Shenzhen, China. She earned a bachelor's degree in 2021 from Pennsylvania State University (PSU). She worked as a research assistant at the Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (SZBL) in 2022, and she has now joined our laboratory as a joint PhD student of HKUST-SZBL.

ZENG Jiamin

Mphil student (Sep. 2023-)

Jiamin recieved a bachelor degree from Shenzhen University in 2023 and now joins our laboratory as a joint PhD student of HKUST-SZBL

Jeong Hyunsu

Mphil student (Sep. 2023-)

Hyunsu got his bachelor's degree from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology(DGIST) in 2024. In January 2024, he joined our lab as a Mphil student.

YEUNG Kwok Fai

Mphil student (Sep. 2023-)

Name : YEUNG Kwok Fai Title: Technical Officer Dept. of Physics,
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
Office: Rm.4121A
Tel: 852-34692708
email: phfai@ust.hk

 

 

    Alumni

Qin Xianan                                Received PhD Degree and working in Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

Chenglong Yu                           Received PhD Degree and working in Shenzhen institutes of advanced technology(SIAT)

Quang Quan NGUYEN                           Received PhD Degree and works as a postdoc at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at New York, US

Xingxiang Chen                           Received PhD Degree and works as a postdoc at Frei University of Berlin at Berlin, Germany

Chun Hei Li                           Received Mphil Degree and studies at University of Utrecht University, Netherland for his PhD

Chao Wu                           Received Mphil Degree and studies at University of Cologene at Cologene, Germany for his PhD

Chen Xu                           Received Mphil Degree and studies and studies at Frei University of Berlin at Berlin, Germany for her PhD

Fang Tian                                  Received PhD Degree

Sidong Chen                             Received PhD Degree

Chao Wu                                    Received Mphil Degree

Chun Hei Li                               Received Mphil Degree

Hoi Man Lau                              Undergraduate research student

Keun Yang Park                        Undergraduate research student

Ching Yeung FAN                     Undergraduate research student

Min-hsun Lee                            Undergraduate research student

Gyu Jin YEON                            Visiting Internship Student

Yuk Sing LUI                              Research Assistant

Frances, Nga Ki WONG            Undergraduate Student

Suet Ning WONG                       Summer Intern

Han LI                                         Undergraduate Student

Min Zhang                                 Received Mphil degree

Jing LI                                       Received Mphil degree

LI Rong                                      Research Assistant

Adolfo Alsina                            Visiting postgraduate student

Yeuk Ling Ricky WAN              Undergraduate Student

Shuaizhou Liu                          Received Msc Degree

Yuxuan Zeng                            Visting internship Student

Teng Liu                                       Received Mphil degree