Jongho Lee, Ph.D

Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University

Joint Appoint, Digital Healthcare, School of Transdiciplinary Innovations, Seoul National University

2010 – 2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania

2007 – 2010 Research Fellow, Advanced MRI section, Laboratory for Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

2002 – 2007 Research Assistant, Magnetic Resonance System Research Laboratory, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

M.S/PH.D: 2001 – 2007 Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

B.S: 1994 – 1998 Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Plenary lecture, "High Resolution Myelin Imaging in the Brain," International Congress of MRI, Seoul, Nov 2024

Educational session lecture, "Imaging Myeloarchitecture of the Brain," Annual Meeting of Organization of Human Brain Mapping, Seoul 2024

Educational session lecture, “Automated Design of MRI Sequences with Deep Learning,” MR Physics II Session, Educational Courses at 32nd Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Singapore, May 2024

Invited lecture, “Imaging substantia nigra using SMWI and neuromelanin imaging for Parkinson’s disease” Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Karuizawa, Japan, Sep 2023

Invited lecture, “Deep learning in translational neuroimaging,” Genentech, San Francisco, CA, Sep 2023

Invited lecture, “High resolution midbrain MRI in Parkinson’s disease,” 14th Asian-Oceanian Congress Of Neuroradiology, Singapore, Aug 2023

Educational session lecture, “Deep Learning-Powered Parameter Mapping,” Novel Acquisition & Machine Learning Techniques for Quantitative MRI in Neuroimaging Session, Educational Courses at 31st Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, Canada, Jun 2023

Invited lecture, “Generalization, Performance and Reproducibility in Deep Learning for Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping,” MRI together, ESMRMB, Online, Dec 2022

Invited lecture, “Deep learning for QSM,” 2022 joint workshop on MR phase, magnetic susceptibility and electrical properties mapping, Lucca, Italy, Oct 2022

Keynote lecture, “Advanced susceptibility imaging,” QMRI conference, Online, Oct 2022

Invited lecture, “Chi-separation, SMWI and Sandwich neuromelanin for Parkinson’s disease,” Symposium for detecting Parkinson’s disease at early stage with MRI: recent advances and promising approaches, Max Planck Institute, Online, Oct 2022

Keynote lecture, “Deep learning for advanced neuroimaging,” World Society for Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, Songdo, Korea, Sep 2022

Invited lecture, “Deep designed RF waveform for MRI,” Asian Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2022

Invited lecture, ““Advanced susceptibility imaging,” 42nd Turkish National Congress of Radiology, Online, Nov 2021

Keynote lecture, “Deep Designed RF for MRI,” MLMIR workshop at MICCAI conference, Online, Oct 2021

Invited lecture, “Chi-separation and deep RF,” ISMRM Japanese chapter, Online, Sep 2021

Plenary lecture, “Imaging Microstructure afar: Magnitude and Phase,” at 29th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Online, May 2021

Keynote lecture, “Deep Designed RF,” Workshop of Gruppo Italiano Discussione Risonanze Magnetiche, Online, Apr 2021

Plenary lecture, “Imaging Myelin and Iron in the Brain,” 18th Turkish National Neuroscience Congress, Online, Nov 2020

Educational session lecture, “Principles of QSM and Applications,” MR Physics for Scientists II Session, Educational Courses at 28th Scientific Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Online, Aug 2020

Invited lecture, “Deep Learning Reconstruction for Neuroimage,” Japan Radiological Society, Yokohoma (Online), Japan, May 2020

Chair-Vice Chair-Secretary, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, White Matter Study Group, 2022 – 2024

Steering Committee, 3rd – 6th International Workshop on MRI Phase Contrast and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping

Chair-Vice Chair-Secretary, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Electro-Magnetic Tissue Properties Study Group, 2018 – 2021

Conference Chair, 5th International Workshop on MRI Phase Contrast and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping workshop, Seoul, Korea, 2019

Local Organizing Committee, Organization of Human Brain Mapping, 2017 – 2018

Program Committee, International Forum on Medical Imaging in Asia, 2016 – 2017

Annual Meeting Program Committee, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2016 – 2019

13 Summa Cum Laude and 14 Magna Cum Laude Awards from Annual Meetings of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Top 10 Highly Cited Paper, NMR Biomed, WILEY, 2024 

Gold Medal, Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2023

Top 100 National Research and Development Excellence in 2022 for “Development of AI-design technology for MRI data acquisition”, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea 

Leading Young Investigator Grant Award, Seoul National University, 2017 – 2023

Teaching Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, 2015, 2016, 2019

Young Investigator Award, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Workshop, “Multiple Sclerosis as a Whole-Brain Disease,” London, UK, 2013

Young Investigator Grant Award, Korean American Scientists and Engineers Association, 2012

Samsung Lee Kun Hee Foundation Scholarship, 2002 – 2006

International Rotary Foundation, Academic-Year Ambassadorial Scholarships, 2001 – 2002

E-mail: jonghoyi AT snu DOT ac DOT kr