Dongkyun "DK" Kang is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, with a focus on Optical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering since November 2017. Kang has been a member and Co-Leader of the Cancer Imaging Program at the University of Arizona Cancer Center since 2018 and is also a member of the BIO5 Institute. Prior experience includes serving as an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School and as an Assistant Biomedical Engineer at Massachusetts General Hospital. Kang holds a PhD, MS, and BS from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, along with postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School. Contributions to the field are highlighted by editorial board membership at Lasers in Surgery and Medicine.