Dongkyun Kang, PhD

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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.

Research Program Role

Cancer Prevention and Control Program

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Dongkyun Kang, PhD

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Scattering-Based Light-Sheet Microscopy for Rapid Cellular Imaging of Fresh Tissue.

Nguyen CD, O’Neal PK, Kulkarni N, Yang E, Kang D. 2020 Dec. Scattering-Based Light-Sheet Microscopy for Rapid Cellular Imaging of Fresh Tissue. Lasers Surg Med. doi:10.1002/lsm.23361.

Speckle-free, near-infrared portable confocal microscope.

Gong C, Stratton DB, Curiel-Lewandrowski CN, Kang D. 2020. Speckle-free, near-infrared portable confocal microscope. Appl Opt. 59:G41-G46. doi:10.1364/AO.392004.

Feasibility and implementation of portable confocal microscopy for point-of-care diagnosis of cutaneous lesions in a low-resource setting.

Freeman EE, Semeere A, Laker-Oketta M, Namaganda P, Osman H, Lukande R, McMahon D, Seth D, Oyesiku L, Tearney GJ, et al. 2020 May. Feasibility and implementation of portable confocal microscopy for point-of-care diagnosis of cutaneous lesions in a low-resource setting. J Am Acad Dermatol. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.147.

Smartphone epifluorescence microscopy for cellular imaging of fresh tissue in low-resource settings.

Zhu W, Pirovano G, O’Neal PK, Gong C, Kulkarni N, Nguyen CD, Brand C, Reiner T, Kang D. 2020. Smartphone epifluorescence microscopy for cellular imaging of fresh tissue in low-resource settings. Biomed Opt Express. 11:89–98. doi:10.1364/BOE.11.000089.

Low-cost, high-speed near infrared reflectance confocal microscope.

Gong C, Kulkarni N, Zhu W, Nguyen CD, Curiel-Lewandrowski C, Kang D. 2019. Low-cost, high-speed near infrared reflectance confocal microscope. Biomed Opt Express. 10:3497–3505. doi:10.1364/BOE.10.003497.

Dongkyun Kang, PhD

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Cancer Focus

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