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Academic Credentials
  • Ph.D., Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, 2020
  • B.S., Cell Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 2012
  • M.A., Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, 2019
  • M.S., Biology, University of California, San Diego, 2015
Additional Education & Training
  • Postdoctoral research fellowship in Optometry and Vision Science, Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science, UC Berkeley, CA, 2023.
Academic Appointments
  • Research Advisor & Scientist, Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science, UC Berkeley, California, 2023-Present
Professional Honors
  • Center for Innovation in Vision & Optics (CIVO) Research Fellowship, UC Berkeley
  • Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines Research Fellowship (CBMM, MIT, Harvard & Marine Biological Laboratory)
  • Computational Sensory-Motor Neuroscience Research Fellowship (CoSMo/NeuroMatch, University of Minnesota)
Professional Affiliations
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
  • Vision Sciences Society (VSS)
  • Optical Society of America (OPTICA)
  • Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • American Academy of Optometry (AAOPT)
  • Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
  • Korean American Bar Association (KABA)
Languages
  • Korean
  • English

Dr. Kwon has expertise in human vision, perception, and cognitive processes with extensive experience analyzing how environmental and perceptual factors influence visual perception, decision-making and visually guided behavior. He applies this expertise to evaluate how vision, perception, attention, memory, and cognition contribute to a wide range of scenarios, including automotive, industrial, occupational, and residential incidents; warning compliance; product liability; and human factors issues related to trip‑and‑fall and slip‑and‑fall events under varying lighting conditions.

Dr. Kwon's expertise also focuses on driver perception and behavior in motor vehicle accidents, encompassing incidents involving motorcycles, bicycles, micromobility devices, trucks, and pedestrians. His analytical approach combines psychophysical methods with state-of-the-art technologies — such as eye‑tracking, optical imaging, computational modeling, and virtual/augmented reality (including head‑mounted displays) — to assess how individuals perceive and respond to complex visual environments, including patterns of gaze and visual attention during navigation. He leverages these insights to analyze how visibility, conspicuity, attention, and driver or pedestrian behavior contributes to accidents across a range of transportation scenarios.

Prior to joining Ä¢¹½tv, Dr. Kwon served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He earned his Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the University of Rochester, where his research focused on vision science, specifically the study of eye movements, perception, information processing, decision-making, and attention across complex visual environments in both individuals with corrected-to-normal vision and those with visual impairments. Since 2010, Dr. Kwon has devoted his research to advancing the scientific understanding of human vision and perception, with an emphasis on how these processes shape behavior and decision‑making in real‑world contexts.

Dr. Kwon continues to collaborate with and mentor researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he serves as a Research Advisor and Scientist. His current work investigates how visual quality and visual acuity affect eye movements, perception, gaze behavior, decision-making, and motor response.