Seunghyun Kim received his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Suwon, South Korea in 1998, his Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2004, and his Ph.D. in Optical Science and Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2004. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Baylor University. He was a recipient of an NSF CAREER grant in 2014 and conducts research in developing optical cavity-based biosensors for point-of-care diagnostics. He specializes in Photonic Biosensors, Micro- and nano-devices and systems, and Integrated Optics. Dr. Kim is a senior member of Optica and IEEE and a member of BMES.