Medical University
Resume:
MOO K. CHUNG
CURRICULUM VITAE
Waisman Center #437
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
53705
U.S.A.
Phone: 608-***-****
email:abox1k@r.postjobfree.com
url:http://www.stat.wisc.edu/ mchung
Born: South Korea
Nationality: Canadian, Permanent resident of the United States.
Appointments held
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul2009-2011
National University, South Korea
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics,2007-
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Also affiliated with the Waisman Laboratory for
Brain Imaging and Behavior.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University2002-
2007
of Wisconsin-Madison
.
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.2001-2007
Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, McGill University. Canada.1999-2001
Areas of interest
Medical Image Analysis, Human Brain Mapping, Computational Neuroanatomy,
Shape Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, Random Fields, Network Modeling,
Functional Data Analysis, Computational Statistics
Education
Ph.D. Statistics, McGill University, under the supervision of Professors Keith J.2001
Worsley and James Ramsay. Thesis title: Statistical Morphometry in Computa-
tional Neuroanatomy.
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M.Sc. Mathematics, University of Toronto.1997
B.Sc. Honors Applied Mathematics, McGill University. Graduating on the Dean s1995
Honor List and with the First Class Honor.
Honors&awards
Alma Mater Travel Award, McGill2001
Institute des Sciences Mathematiques Fellowship, McGill1999-2001
NIH Trainee Award, Organization for Human Brain Mapping2000
Open Fellowship, University of Toronto1996-1998
NSERC Post Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto1995-1997
Sir. Betty Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics, McGill1992-1994
NSERC Research Scholarship, University of British Columbia1991
Grants
Ongoing
1 R03 MH082267-01 (Kim Dalton, PI
)
2/18/08-1/31/10 .45academic NIH, NIMH
$50,000 Face Processing and Brain Function Associated with Autistic Symptoms in
Fragil X The goal of tis project is to investigate commonalities and differences in
underlying central circuitry of social and emotional processes in FXS and idiopathic
autism.
1 U54 RR024377-01 (Marc Drezner, PI) 10/01/2007-09/30/2012 1.8 academic DHHS/
NCRR $4,394,232 0.40 summer Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
The Biostatistics and Research Ethics Resource provides collaborative support dur-
ing design, conduct and analysis phases of research projects.
1 R01 MH080826 (A Alexander, PI) 8/1/07-8/31/12 .45 academic NIH/University
of Utah (PI: Janet Lainhart) 114,201 (Sub only) Atypical Late Neurodevelopment in
Autism: A Longitudinal MRI and DTI Study The goal of is to understand longitu-
dinal brain mechanism from childhood into adulthood in autism, and how dynamic
brain and clinical phenotype are related.
1R01MH081884-01A1 (Ned Kalin, PI) 7/1/08-6/30/13 .9 academic NIH/NIMH
$813,188 .2 summer Brain Mechanisms mediating Genetic Risk for Anxiety and
Depression The goal of the proposed experiments is to identify genetic factors that
play a major role in the development of human anxiety and affective disorders.
P50-MH084051-01
(
Richard Davidson, PI) 07/01/07 - 06/30/13 .45 academic NIMH
NIH$1,363,741 Neurobehavioral Bases of Emotion Regulation and Dysregulation
in Adolescence The objective of the Biological Measures Core is to provide technical
support for the biological measure collected by the research project in the Center.
The Center seeks to examine the underlying neural and behavioral bases of risk for
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anxiety and mood disorders during the adolescent period.
1 P01 AT004952 (Richard Davidson, PI) 09/30/08 - 05/31/13 .9 academic NIH
$815,266 Wisconsin Center for the Neuroscience and Psychophysiology of Medita-
tion The goal is to establish a center for neuroscience and psychophysiology of medi-
tation focusing on brain mechanisms and peripheral correlates of mindfulness-based
meditation and meditation designed to cultivate compassion and loving kindness.
Completed
5R01 MN 062015-07 (Andrew L. Alexander, PI) 07/01/00 4/30/09, .1 summer
NIH/ NIBIB Diffusion MRI of the Human Brain. The major goal of this project
is to improve the accuracy and understanding of white matter mapping techniques
within the human brain. Role: Co-investigator
5 R01 MH068858-05 (Seth Pollak, PI) 4/5/04-1/31/09 1.0 academic NIH, NIMH
$166,880 Neurobehavioral Correlates to Early Deprivation This project explores the
neurobiological basis of problems in attention/executive functions, sensory integra-
tion, and emotion/stress regulation in children who have experienced neglect/privation
early in life.
1U54 MH66398-01A (Helen Tager-Flusberg, PI) 05/01/2003-04/30/2008, 10% effort
NIMH Social and Affective Processes in Autism Role: Co-investigator (project 4).
P01 AG20166 Ryff, Carol (PI) 09/30/2002-07/31/2008, 10% effort NIA MIDUS II:
Integrative Pathways to Health and Illness Role: Co-investigator (Project 5).
5 R01 DC006282 Houri Vorperian (PI) 8/1/03-12/31/07, 15% effort NIH MRI CT
Studies of the Developing Vocal Tract This project combines imaging, acoustic anal-
ysis, and geometric modeling in an investigation of the development of the vocal tract
from infancy through adulthood.
2P30 CA14520-32 George Wilding (PI) 04/01/01-03/31/07, 10% effort. NIH/ NA-
TIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE UW Comprehensive Cancer Center Support
1P01 AG021079-01 Robert Hauser (PI) 9/15/2002 6/30/2006, 25% effort NIH/
NIA Wisconsin Longitudinal Study: Tracking the Life Course Role: Co-investigator
(project 8).
1R21 DA15879-01 Andrew L. Alexander (PI) 09/27/2002 6/30/2006, 5NIH/ NIDA
Structural and Functional Measures of Brain Development Role: Co-investigator.
Moo K. Chung (PI) 07/2001/03-06/30/2004. Wisconsin Alumni Research Founda-
tion. Cortical Surface Modeling from Brain Magnetic Resonance Images.
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Teaching
Postdoctoral training
Nagesh Adluru, PhD in computer science from Temple University, 2009-, Brain
Image Analysis.
PhD thesis committee
Seongho Seo, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National Univer-
sity. Fourier Analysis on Cortical Manifolds 2009-2011.
Ji-Won Hur, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National Univer-
sity, 2009-2011.
Brianna Schuyler, NeuroScience Program, Dynamic Casual Modeling (DCM) for
fMRI signal, 2008-
Shubing Wang. Department of Statistics, Weighted Fourier Analysis and Its Ap-
plication to Brain Imaging, 2003-2008. He is working at Merck medical imaging
section now.
Xianhong Xie, Department of Statistics, MRI Segmentation via Thin Plate Spline.
2004-2005
Yuefeng Lu, Department of Statistics, Nonparametric fMRI Analysis. 2002-2005
Jee Eun Lee, Medical Physics. Anisotropic Kernel Smoothing Applied to Diffusion
Tensor Imaging (DTI). 2003-2006
Daniel J. Kelley, Neuroscience Training Program. fMRI Functional Connectivity.
2005-2008
.
Kyung Chul Kim, Environmental Engineering. Modeling of Cement using Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI). 2006.
Vuk Ercegovac, Computer Science. Network Connectivity Analysis. 2006.
Taehoon Kang, Educational Psychology. Latent Variable Modeling. 2005-2006
Wei Yue, Statistics, Bayesian Spatial Statistics. 2005.
Cheng Guan Koay, Medical Physics. Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI). 2005.
Jian Yang, Environmental Engineering. Bootstrap Methods Applied to Engineering
Problem. 2003-2005
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Master's student supervision
Ji-young Lee, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University.2009-
2011
.
Junehee Son, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National Univer-
sity. Fourier Analysis on Cortical Manifolds 2009-2011.
Undergraduate student supervision
Samantha Bromfield, Nonparametric Curve Fitting on Vocal Tract Length Devel-
opment. Summer Research program in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, 2006. She
was admitted to the Masters program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in
2007.
Huy Vuong, Partial Correlation Mapping in Brain Imaging. Summer Research pro-
gram in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, 2005. He was admitted to the PhD pro-
gram at the University of Michigan in 2006.
Thomas Hoffmann, Corpus Callosum Boundary Shape Analysis. B.Sc. in MATH/STAT/CS
2002-2004. He was admitted to the PhD program at Harvard (biostatistics) in 2004.
Marcus Gilchrist, Kernel Smoothing on Images, URS Program. Fall 2003.
Chanda Nyendwa, Estimation of Transition Probability via Monte-Carlo Method,
Summer Research program in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Summer 2003.
Jasmine Major, Voxel-based Morphometry in Autism. NASA SHARP program,
Summer 2003.
Course Teaching
Usually teach one course per year
Image Analysis Courses
Statistical Methods in NeuroImage Analysis, Seoul National University2011
Computational Methods in NeuroImage Analysis, Seoul National University2010
NeuroImage Processing, Seoul National University2009
Medical Image Analysis. STAT 692, University of Wisconsin-Madison2007
Statistical Methods in Signal and Image Analysis. STAT 992. University of Wisconsin-2004
Madison
Mathematical&Statistical Courses
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Mathematical Statistics I. STAT 311. University of Wisconsin-Madison2005
Applied Statistics for Engineers STAT 324. University of Wisconsin-Madison2005
Mathematical Statistics II. STAT 312. University of Wisconsin-Madison2003-2004
Computational Statistics. STAT 471. University of Wisconsin-Madison2003
Nonparametric Statistics. STAT 351.University of Wisconsin-Madison2002
Mathematical Statistics I. STAT 311. University of Wisconsin-Madison2001-2002
Probability Theory, MATH 323. McGill University.2000
Ordinary Differential Equations, MATH 315. McGill University.1999
Service to the profession
Department service
Admissions Committee.2003-2006
New incoming graduate students advising.2004-2005
TA assignments and review.2002, 2006
PhD Qualifying Exam Committee.2006
Department Computing Committee.2001
Image Analysis Seminar Organizer.2003-2007
Surface Morphometry, Technical Report 1049. Department of Statistics, University
of Wisconsin-Madison.
Chung, M.K. 2001. On the expectation of Gaussian random matrix.
Chung, M.K. 2001. Statistical Morphometry in Computational Neuroanatomy,
Ph.D. Thesis, McGill University.
Invited Talks
Analysis of Directional Data with Applications to Biomechanics and Biomedical2009
Imaging. Montreal. Centre de Recherches Mathematiques. November 25-27. 2009
Computational Challenges in Brain Imaging. Distinguished Lecture Series in Brain
and Cognitive Sciences. Seoul National University. October 14, 2009
The efficient parametric methods for encoding white mater fiber bundles. Invited
session on Image Reconstruction, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Soce-
ity (EMBC), Minneapolis, September 2-6. 2009
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Explicit parametric mapping of brain structures, Inauguration Symposium for the
Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University, May 15-16,
2009.
Section on Statistical Issues in Brain Imaging Data, International Biometric Society
ENAR Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. 2009.
Eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator in cortical manifolds, Data Anal-
ysis using Computational Topology and Geometric Statistics, Banff International
Research Station, Canada. March 8-13, 2009
Limitations of Fourier descriptors and spherical harmonic representation, Utah Sci-
entific Computing and Imaging Institute, Feb 2, 2009
Department Seminar Series, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Car-2008
olina, Chapel Hill, 2008.
Invited lecture, Introduction to Computational Neuroanatomy, Computer Science2007
766, Computer Vision, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007.
Invited lecture, Introduction to Computational Neuroanatomy, Neuroscience 675,
Functional Imaging of Cognitive Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007.
Section on statistical issues in brain imaging data. International Chinese Statistical
Association (ICSA) Applied Statistics Symposium, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2007.
Workshop IV: Image Processing for Random Shapes: Application to Brain Mapping,
Geophysics and Astrophysics, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM),
UCLA. 2007.
Multivariate Methods in Brain Imaging. International Conference on Multivariate2006
Statistical Methods in the 21st Century. Indian Statistical Institute. 2006.
Bio Imaging Signal Processing Lab. Department of BioSystems. Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Korea. 2006.
Brain Imaging Laboratory, Division of Child Psychiatry, New York State Psychi-
atric Institute Columbia University. 2006.
Medical Image Analysis Laboratory, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser
University, Canada. 2006.
Communications Signal Processing Group (CSP), Department of Electrical Engi-
neering. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2006.
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Statistica Sinica Invited Paper Section. Joint Statistical Meeting (JSM). 2005.2005
Diffusion tensor imaging section. International Biometric Society ENAR Meeting.
2005.
Department of Statistics and Quantitative Psychology joint seminar, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2005.
Division of Biostatistics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2003.2003
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, 2003.
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University Perdue University, Indi-2002
anapolis, 2002.
Brain imaging section. Canadian Statistical Society Meeting, Hamilton, Canada,
2002.
Brain imaging section. International Biometric Society ENAR Meeting. Washing-
ton, DC. 2002.
Applied Math. Seminar. Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-
Madison, 2002.
Probability Seminar. Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
2002.
Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001.2001
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea, 2001.
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University (SNU), 2001.
Department of Statistics, Seoul National University (SNU), 2001.
Department of Statistics, University of Waterloo, 2001.
Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001.
Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Brain Mapping, Centre de Recherches2000
Mathematiques, 2000.
Workshop on Neuroimaging, Department of Psychology, McGill University, 2000.
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