Seongtak Kang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neurology
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
📧 [email protected]
EDUCATION
- 2017.03 – 2023.08 | Integrated M.S. & Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Korea
- Advisor: Prof. Ji-Woong Choi
- Honors: National Scholarship (full semesters)
- 2013.03 – 2017.02 | B.S. (graduated with highest honors), Biomedical Engineering, Chonnam National University (CNU), Korea
- Honors: GS Scholarship (full semesters)
HONORS & AWARDS
| Award |
Date |
| Outstanding Student Award (commendation from DGIST President) |
Sept. 2022 |
| Academic Excellence Award (commendation from CNU President) |
Feb. 2017 |
| Gold Prize, KIPS Conference, Korea Information Processing Society |
Oct. 2015 |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2023.09 – Present | Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
- Advisor: Prof. Joshua Berke
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Dopamine dynamics and neural mechanisms of motivation and learning
- Parkinson’s disease (PD) and levodopa-induced dyskinesia
- Two-photon imaging and wide-field imaging data analysis
- Fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) signal processing and tonic dopamine measurement
- Deep learning approaches for neural signal analysis