Board Member Profile
Richard Kyung, Ph.D
Research Fellow, K-Regenerative Medicine Research Society
Richard Kyung, Ph.D., is a researcher and a mentor who currently leads research in math, engineering, biomedical fields, and AI for organizations in the US and Korea. As a co-author of 205 papers indexed in Google Scholar, he earned several best-presenter and research awards for his work. He also mentored college students and high school students, helping them achieve their goals, such as winning at prestigious competitions or publishing their works in renowned journals. He has volunteered at various science expos and competitions as a judge and chaired major professional conference sessions as well.
Professional Activities
Current Activities
- Research director of the Choice Research Group, USA
- Researcher at medical clinics in Korea for cell regeneration, CKD, EEG, cancer, and antioxidant development — working in a hybrid role (online and in-person)
- Working as a freelancer for several companies and medical clinics, collaborating with developers and researchers who hold MDs and Ph.Ds.
- Working with faculty at Seoul National University, NYU, and KAIST in medicine and materials
Past Experiences
- Working experience with researchers at Stanford and Harvard University
- Program chair of IEEE SPMB15. Session chair of IEEE events, Springer Nature, NY Econ Conference (analytical econ), and AMS (American Math Society, comp/numerical medicine)
- Judge in ISEF, international/national competitions; Judge in NJRSF/MSEF/NYC/NHSEE science fairs
- Chair Judge of a category in JSHS NYC (Junior Science & Humanities Symposium)
- Worked at Samsung and a defense development corp. as a research/managing/IT director
- Presented and published over 200 papers across the sciences, biomedical fields, and medicine in national and international journals and conferences
- Invited to a forum: A complete guide to medical research, hosted by KAYF (Korean American Youth Foundation, Korean Daily Newspaper (한국일보), 2014)
Academic Background, Teaching and Mentoring Activities
- Studied Computational and Biomedical Engineering — Seoul National University and Pennsylvania State University
- College teaching experiences
- Individual science subject teaching experiences for MIT, Harvard, and Cornell University students
- Mentored associate professors, Ph.D. candidates, graduates, and undergraduates in their research and publication efforts
- Mentored Regeneron ISEF semifinalists and finalists
- Mentored multiple high school students who won at the state and local science fairs in math, computer science, chemistry, physics, medicine, etc.
- Mentored a participant who outperformed (and got 1st place) against a previous Grand Prize winner (who earned a $250K cash prize) in the Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS)
- Interests extend to quantitative research in social, economic, and psychological fields
Awards and Honors
- Best presenter award at a session in the Int'l IOT Conference — IEMTRONICS (Springer), 2025
- Best research manuscript award at LOPS (Photonics), 2024 / Outstanding team research award at LOPS, 2023
- Best presenter award at an AI/ML session in the AIIoT IEEE conference, 2022
- Most outstanding exhibit in material science (ASM Materials and Education Foundation), 2018
- Finalist in CJSJ-Columbia Journal (participated as a mentor of a student), 2018
- Won a Grand Prize at a Korean national science competition hosted by the Korean government & KIST / Korean daily newspaper (while attending high school), and awarded at a few essay contests
Hobbies
- Running, drawing, writing, singing, and catching up on new knowledge