Dongkyun Kang, PhD

Cancer Prevention and Control Program

Biography

Dr. Kang received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Prior to joining the UA, Dr. Kang worked as an Assistant professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

Cancer Focus

Dr. Kang's research interests include in vivo microscopy technologies for low-resource settings. Dr. Kang is currently leading NIH-sponsored projects on developing smartphone confocal microscopy devices for skin and cervical cancer diagnosis in Uganda.