Seonyeong Park

Seonyeong Park is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), holding this position since January 2024. Previously, they served as a Research Scientist (2023–2024), Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019–2023), and held postdoctoral roles at Washington University in St. Louis (2017–2019).

Education: PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University (2017), M.S. and B.S. in Information and Communications Engineering from Pukyong National University (2013 and 2011, respectively).

Research Focus: Specializes in biomedical imaging, particularly learning-based image reconstruction, computational modeling of biological tissues, and photoacoustic computed tomography. Key interests include optimizing optical fluence distribution in breast imaging, developing stochastic numerical phantoms for computational studies, and addressing clinical challenges in transcranial imaging.

Key Contributions: Over 15 peer-reviewed publications in top journals/conferences like Photoacoustics, Journal of Biomedical Optics, and SPIE conferences. Notable work includes:

• Benchmarking deep learning approaches for photoacoustic reconstruction
• Developing numerical phantoms for breast cancer imaging
• Aberration correction methods in transcranial imaging

Awards:

• 2022 Innovator Award (AWIS-CAC)
• Seno Medical Best Paper Award (2022)

Professional Activities: Member of SPIE and Association for Women in Science. Active in invited lectures on optoacoustic tomography and imaging trials.