Minhyeok Chang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

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Education & Appointments

2026 – present  Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST
2025 – 2026     Research Associate, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
2019 – 2025        Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University

2018 – 2019       Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics, POSTECH
2010 – 2018       Ph.D. in Biophysics, POSTECH
2005 – 2010       B.S. in Physics, POSTECH (Magna Cum Laude)

Honors & Awards

2026      Tong H. Joh Research Innovation Award, Association of Korean Neuroscientists
2025    Paul Ehrlich Research Award, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2025     Speaker, SYNAPSES, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale
2025     Speaker, SPiNES, NYU Neuroscience Institute
2025     Outstanding Research Award, Korean Life Scientist Association of Maryland
2023     Outstanding Research Award for Postdoctoral Researchers, Association of Korean Neuroscientists
2022  Baltimore Brain Series Award, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
2017     HumanTech Paper Award, Gold Prize in Basic Science, Samsung Electronics