Jung-Ho Yu

Professor Jung-Ho Yu's research group at the University of Waterloo is innovating nanotechnology-based bioanalytical platforms that enable multiplexed, spatial, and longitudinal monitoring of molecular signals within live biological environments. During his PhD at Seoul National University and postdoc at Stanford University, he pioneered atomic-scale digital doping chemistry of semiconductor nanoclusters and artificial two-dimensional materials. His groundbreaking work in atomic-scale doping led to the development of biocompatible nanocrystal phosphors and their first demonstration of in vivo three-photon microscopy.

Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, he worked as a research scientist at the Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) and The Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence for Translational Diagnostics (CCNE-TD) at Stanford School of Medicine. During this period, he innovated multiplexed surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) to visualize live models of heterogeneous tumors and drove its translation by designing an in vivo excretable supramolecular nanocluster imaging agent.