Invited Speaker

Sunggook Park is an L.R. Daniel Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University, where he joined in 2005 after his postdoc training at Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. The key of Professor Park’s research is the use of micro/nanomolding technologies as low cost technologies to fabricate desired micro/nanostructures for various applications. The current research efforts include: (1) developing innovative molding technologies for complex and multi-scale structures comprising 2D/3D micro/nanostructures for bioanalytic microfluidic applications, and (2) understanding transport behaviors of ions and single molecules through the nanofluidic devices, (3) understanding and improving molding and demolding process for nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and injection molding, and (4) utilizing topological/chemical micro/nanostructures to manipulate motion of liquids on solid surfaces including solid/liquid heat transfer. Dr. Park has over 90 publications published in archival journals and 46 publications in conference proceedings. Currently, he is a co-PI and LSU PI for the multi-institutional Biotechnology Resource Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems for Precision Medicine (CBM2), supported by National Institutes of Health, where the center vision is to design, manufacture, and deliver new tools, mainly micro- and nanostructured tools, to the biomedical community that utilize liquid biopsies for disease detection and management — Precision Medicine (https://cbmm.ku.edu/).