Principal Investigator

Yoonkey Nam, PhD (남윤기, ynam (at) kaist.ac.kr)

Professor
Department of Bio and Brain Engineering (faculty page)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005)
M.S.   Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2003)
B.S.    Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University (1997)

Research Interest:  Neural interface

Office / Phone: E-16 1007 / 042-350-4322

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Ph.D students

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Hyokwang Kim (김효광, hyokwang (at) kaist.ac.kr)
Affiliation: Program of Brain and Cognitive Engineering

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Soongsil University

Research Interest: Neuroplasticity, Cognitive neuroscienc​e

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M.S. students

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Eunbee Seo (서은비, seoeunbee (at) kaist.ac.kr)
Affiliation: Department of Bio and Brain Engineering

B.S. Electrical Engineering, KAIST
       (Bio and Brain Engineering, double major)

Research Interest: Brain-Machine Interface, Neuroplasticity

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Yosep Song (송요셉, cds0701(at) kaist.ac.kr)
Affiliation: Department of Bio and Brain Engineering

B.S. Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST

Research Interest: Neuronal network analysis, Reinforcement learning

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Undergraduate students

안동현 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2024/2025 Winter, 2025 Spring) 
최이안 (Bio and Cognitive Science, 2024 Fall) 
박재민 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2023/2024 Winter) 
김유진 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2023 Fall, 2021 Summer, 2020 Winter)
양지수 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2023 Summer/Fall, 2021 Spring)
서은비 (Electrical Engineering, 2023 Spring/Summer, 2022/2023 Winter, 2022 Fall)
이충필 (Electrical Engineering, 2023 Spring/Summer, 2022/2023 Winter)
이우찬 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2022/2023 Winter)
전영은 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2022 Fall)
최윤정 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2022 Summer)
송요셉 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2021/2022 Winter, 2022 Spring/Summer)
이정훈 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2021/2022 Winter, 2022 Spring/Summer/Fall)
​서덕규 (Bio and Brain Engineering, 2020 Winter)

Ki-Un Choi (최기운), Undergraduate research (2008)
​Yubin Park (박유빈, 'NEL logo designer'), Undergraduate research (2007)

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Alumni

MS & PhD degree / Post-Doc
Dongjo Yoon (윤동조, 2025), Post-Doc (KAIST)
Hyungsub Lee (이형섭, 2023), Samsung Electronics (삼성전자)
Nari Hong (홍나리, 2021), Post-Doc (Univ of Washington)
​Daejeong Kim (김대정, 2021), MHFocus ((주)엠에이치포커스, CEO) (link)
​Raeyoung Kim (김래영, 2019), Samsung Electronics (삼성전자)
Hongki Kang (강홍기, Post-Doc 2019), SNU faculty 서울대학교 의과대학 의공학교실 교수 (link)
Jee Woong Lee (이지웅, 2018), Post-Doc (Sweden)
​​Hyunjun Jung (정현준, 2018), Samsung Electronics (삼성전자)
Sunghoon Joo (주성훈, 2017), Samsung SDS
​Sangjin Yoo (유상진, 2016), Post-Doc  (Caltech)​
​Min Jee Jang (장민지, 2015), UIUC faculty, 미국  UIUC 교수 (link)
Kyung-Tae Kang (강경태, 2012), KHU faculty 경희대학교 교수 (link)

MS degree
​Yujin An (안유진, 2020), PhD program (Caltech, USA)
Hyunsoo Jang (장현수, 2020), PhD program (KAIST)
​Andrea Andolfi (Exchange student 2018), PhD program (Univ of Genoa, Italy)
​​Kiyoon Kim (김기윤, 2017), Industry (동아쏘시오홀딩스)​
Seok-Young Song (송석영, 2016), PhD program (SNU)
Gu-Haeng Lee (이구행, 2016), PhD program (KAIST)
​Seok-Young Lee (이석영, 2012), Industry ​
Joon-Oh Myoung (명준오, 2011), Industry (LG 생활건강)​
Ji-Soon Lim (임지순, 2009), Industry ((주) 인바디)​
​Gaurav Goyal (2008), PhD program (US)
Kyumin Kang (강규민, 2008), Industry (LG 전자)​