
Hyongsok Tom Soh
Professor of Radiology (Early Detection), of Electrical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Chemical Engineering and of Bioengineering
Bio
Dr. Soh received his B.S. with a double major in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science with Distinction from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. From 1999 to 2003, Dr. Soh served as the technical manager of MEMS Device Research Group at Bell Laboratories and Agere Systems. He was a faculty member at UCSB before joining Stanford in 2015. His current research interests are in analytical biotechnology, especially in high-throughput screening, directed evolution, and integrated biosensors.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Radiology
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Professor, Electrical Engineering
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Professor (By courtesy), Bioengineering
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Member, Bio-X
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Faculty Fellow, Sarafan ChEM-H
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Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
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Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Honors & Awards
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Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI) (2017)
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Investigator, Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub (2017)
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Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (2014)
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Humboldt Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2012)
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Edward Nagy Award, NIH (2011)
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Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (2010)
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Directors Transformative Research Award (TR01), NIH (2009)
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The Innovator Award, Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (2009)
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Beckman Young Investigator Award, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (2005)
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ONR Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (2004)
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World’s Top 100 Young Innovator Award (TR100), MIT Review (2002)
Program Affiliations
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Stanford SystemX Alliance
Professional Education
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Ph.D., Stanford University, Electrical Engineering (1999)
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M.S., Stanford University, Electrical Engineering (1995)
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B.S., Cornell University, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering (Double Major) (1992)
2021-22 Courses
- Analytical Methods in Biotechnology
EE 235A (Win) - Analytical Methods in Biotechnology II
EE 235B (Spr) -
Independent Studies (14)
- Directed Investigation
BIOE 392 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Directed Reading in Radiology
RAD 299 (Win, Spr) - Early Clinical Experience in Radiology
RAD 280 (Win, Spr) - Graduate Research
RAD 399 (Win, Spr) - Master's Thesis and Thesis Research
EE 300 (Aut, Win) - Medical Scholars Research
RAD 370 (Win, Spr) - Ph.D. Research
MATSCI 300 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Readings in Radiology Research
RAD 101 (Win, Spr) - Special Studies and Reports in Electrical Engineering
EE 191 (Win) - Special Studies and Reports in Electrical Engineering
EE 391 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Special Studies and Reports in Electrical Engineering (WIM)
EE 191W (Win) - Special Studies or Projects in Electrical Engineering
EE 190 (Win) - Special Studies or Projects in Electrical Engineering
EE 390 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Undergraduate Research
RAD 199 (Win, Spr)
- Directed Investigation
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Prior Year Courses
2020-21 Courses
- Analytical Methods in Biotechnology
EE 235 (Spr)
2019-20 Courses
- Analytical Methods in Biotechnology
EE 235 (Win, Spr)
2018-19 Courses
- Analytical Methods in Biotechnology
EE 235 (Win)
- Analytical Methods in Biotechnology
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Louis Blankemeier, Hacer Umay Geyikci, Behrad Habib Afshar, Vlad Kesler, Ruishan Liu, Zheng Lyu, Punnag Padhy, Shivam Verma, Alex White -
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Kaiyu Fu, Yasser Gidi, Dehui Kong, Chan Ho Park, Alexandra Rangel, Yujia Sun, Quang Tuan Trinh, Helen Wu, Zijian Yang, Alex Yoshikawa, Brian Young, Liwei Zheng -
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Lexie Adams, Alyssa Cartwright, Yihang Chen, Linus Hein, Nicolo Maganzini, Sharon Newman, Ian Thompson, Leighton Wan, Benj Wollant -
Orals Evaluator
Matt Grant -
Master's Program Advisor
Aniket Bhatia, Joshua Kim, Hayato Nakamura -
Doctoral (Program)
Nahal Bagheri, Oguz Tolga Celik, Kai Chang, Sergio Cordero, Sarah Hooper, Seungbin Jeong, Asir Intisar Khan, Nicolo Maganzini, Cindy Nguyen, Michael Silvernagel, Libby Zhang -
Postdoctoral Research Mentor
Jean Kwak