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Young L. Kim

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2003
Random lasers and scattering mediaOptical Imaging and Spectroscopy TechniquesSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical ResearchOptical Coherence Tomography ApplicationsPhotoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging

Publications

193

Citations

3,508

Est. group size

~16

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2003

Research summary
AI-generated

Young L. Kim's research develops optical and spectroscopic tools for biomedical use, including light-based imaging and sensing methods that could enable smartphone-based health diagnostics like noninvasive blood hemoglobin measurement. The group also studies how light scatters and localizes in disordered biological materials, such as silk, to understand and engineer novel optical properties (e.g., 'random lasing' and light trapping effects). This work spans fundamental optics/photonics and applied biomedical device development.

Biomedical optics and spectroscopyMobile health (mHealth) diagnostic sensingLight scattering and localization in disordered media (e.g., silk)Random lasing and photonic materialsOptical imaging for medical and veterinary diagnostics

Publication output has remained fairly steady over the last decade, with year-to-year fluctuations (a dip in 2019 and 2024) but consistent activity averaging around 8 papers per year in the most recent five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.8/year recently
2017: 10 publications172018: 12 publications12182019: 1 publication192020: 10 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 10 publications232024: 5 publications242025: 12 publications12252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics×7
  • Nature Communications×4
  • Advanced Science×4
  • ACS Nano×3
  • Scientific Reports×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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