2026 Chulhong Kim: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	78	616	583	6	6	361	19561

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Korea Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Chulhong Kim is affiliated with the Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and medicine, with a strong focus on biomedical engineering and related subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, mechanics of materials, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics of Kim's research include:

Photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging
Thermography and photoacoustic techniques
Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
Optical imaging and spectroscopy techniques
Ultrasound and hyperthermia applications
Extracellular vesicles in disease
Ultrasound imaging and elastography

Their work has been published extensively, with numerous contributions to venues such as:

Photoacoustics
Photons Plus Ultrasound: Imaging and Sensing 2021
Scientific Reports
Laser & Photonics Review
Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators include Byullee Park, Wonseok Choi, Joongho Ahn, Jin Young Kim, and Seongwook Choi.

Recent publications by Chulhong Kim include:

"Recent Advances in Contrast-Enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging: Overcoming the Physical and Practical Challenges" (2023, Chemical Reviews)
"Smart textile lighting/display system with multifunctional fibre devices for large scale smart home and IoT applications" (2022, Nature Communications)
"Quadruple ultrasound, photoacoustic, optical coherence, and fluorescence fusion imaging with a transparent ultrasound transducer" (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
"Deep brain stimulation by blood-brain-barrier-crossing piezoelectric nanoparticles generating current and nitric oxide under focused ultrasound" (2022, Nature Biomedical Engineering)
"Clinical translation of photoacoustic imaging" (2024, Nature Reviews Bioengineering)

Best Publications

Gold nanocages covered by smart polymers for controlled release with near-infrared light

Mustafa S. Yavuz;Yiyun Cheng;Jingyi Chen;Claire M. Cobley

1563
Citations
Porphysome nanovesicles generated by porphyrin bilayers for use as multimodal biophotonic contrast agents

Jonathan F. Lovell;Cheng S. Jin;Cheng S. Jin;Elizabeth Huynh;Elizabeth Huynh;Honglin Jin;Honglin Jin

1420
Citations
In vivo photoacoustic tomography of chemicals: high-resolution functional and molecular optical imaging at new depths

Chulhong Kim;Christopher Favazza;Lihong V. Wang

874
Citations
In vivo molecular photoacoustic tomography of melanomas targeted by bioconjugated gold nanocages.

Chulhong Kim;Eun Chul Cho;Jingyi Chen;Kwang Hyun Song

551
Citations
Non-invasive multimodal functional imaging of the intestine with frozen micellar naphthalocyanines

Yumiao Zhang;Mansik Jeon;Laurie J. Rich;Hao Hong

447
Citations
Near-Infrared Gold Nanocages as a New Class of Tracers for Photoacoustic Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping on a Rat Model

Kwang Hyun Song;Chulhong Kim;Claire M. Cobley;Younan Xia

430
Citations
Deeply penetrating in vivo photoacoustic imaging using a clinical ultrasound array system.

Chulhong Kim;Todd N. Erpelding;Ladislav Jankovic;Michael D. Pashley

339
Citations
Nanostructured Phthalocyanine Assemblies with Protein-Driven Switchable Photoactivities for Biophotonic Imaging and Therapy

Xingshu Li;C-yoon Kim;Seunghyun Lee;Dayoung Lee

336
Citations
Review on practical photoacoustic microscopy.

Seungwan Jeon;Jongbeom Kim;Donghyun Lee;Jin Woo Baik

332
Citations
Sentinel lymph nodes in the rat: noninvasive photoacoustic and US imaging with a clinical US system.

Todd N. Erpelding;Chulhong Kim;Manojit Pramanik;Ladislav Jankovic

307
Citations
Programmable Real-time Clinical Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging System

Jeesu Kim;Sara Park;Yuhan Jung;Sunyeob Chang

265
Citations
Gold Nanocages: A Novel Class of Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Theranostic Applications

Jingyi Chen;Miaoxin Yang;Qiang Zhang;Eun Chul Cho

262
Citations
Sentinel Lymph Nodes and Lymphatic Vessels: Noninvasive Dual-Modality in Vivo Mapping by Using Indocyanine Green in Rats—Volumetric Spectroscopic Photoacoustic Imaging and Planar Fluorescence Imaging

Chulhong Kim;Kwang Hyun Song;Feng Gao;Lihong V. Wang

233
Citations
Fast optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy using a 2-axis water-proofing MEMS scanner

Jin Young Kim;Changho Lee;Kyungjin Park;Geunbae Lim

226
Citations
Hexamodal Imaging with Porphyrin-Phospholipid-Coated Upconversion Nanoparticles

James Rieffel;Feng Chen;Jeesu Kim;Guanying Chen;Guanying Chen

218
Citations
Clinical photoacoustic imaging platforms

Wonseok Choi;Eun-Yeong Park;Seungwan Jeon;Chulhong Kim

216
Citations
Porphyrin Shell Microbubbles with Intrinsic Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Properties

Elizabeth Huynh;Jonathan F. Lovell;Jonathan F. Lovell;Jonathan F. Lovell;Brandon L. Helfield;Brandon L. Helfield;Mansik Jeon

214
Citations
Noninvasive Photoacoustic and Fluorescence Sentinel Lymph Node Identification using Dye-Loaded Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles

Walter J. Akers;Chulhong Kim;Mikhail Berezin;Kevin Guo

212
Citations
Super-resolution localization photoacoustic microscopy using intrinsic red blood cells as contrast absorbers.

Jongbeom Kim;Jin Young Kim;Seungwan Jeon;Jin Woo Baik

208
Citations
Au–Cu2–xSe Heterodimer Nanoparticles with Broad Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance as Contrast Agents for Deep Tissue Imaging

Xin Liu;Changho Lee;Changho Lee;Changho Lee;Wing Cheung Law;Wing Cheung Law;Dewei Zhu

189
Citations
Handheld array-based photoacoustic probe for guiding needle biopsy of sentinel lymph nodes

Chulhong Kim;Todd N. Erpelding;Konstantin I. Maslov;Ladislav Jankovic

171
Citations
Pulsed ultrasound-modulated optical tomography using spectral-hole burning as a narrowband spectral filter.

Youzhi Li;Huiliang Zhang;Chulhong Kim;Kelvin H. Wagner

160
Citations
Gold nanocages covered with thermally-responsive polymers for controlled release by high-intensity focused ultrasound

Weiyang Li;Xin Cai;Chulhong Kim;Guorong Sun

157
Citations