Hongkun Park

Hongkun Park is a Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics at Harvard University, affiliated with the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. His research focuses on materials, physical, and chemical physics. Park received his B.S. in Chemistry from Seoul National University, where he graduated summa cum laude and as Valedictorian in 1990. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University in 1996 under Richard N. Zare. Park joined Harvard University in 1999 after a postdoctoral fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His work involves electron transport through nanocrystals and nanocrystal arrays. He is currently accepting graduate students.

Hongkun Park is a researcher at Harvard University specializing in Nanoscience, Quantum Science and Engineering, Nano-Bio Interface, and Brain-Machine Interface. His work focuses on developing nanoscale technologies for sensing and interfacing with biological systems. Park's research includes the creation of nanowire nanosensors for detecting biological and chemical species, nanometre-scale thermometry in living cells, and quantum devices such as single-molecule transistors and quantum dot-coupled nanowires. He has also explored applications in neuroscience, including vertical nanowire electrode arrays for intracellular interfacing with neuronal circuits and quantum sensors for biomedical applications. His contributions span both fundamental physics and translational biomedical technologies.