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Moon S Kim

Research Leader

USDA, ARS, NEA, BARC, EMFSL
10300 Baltimore Ave.
Building 303 BARC-East, Room 001A
Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA
Phone: 301.504.8462
Fax: 301.504.9466

www.ars.usda.gov/nea/emfsl/moonkim

Research Area
Dr. Kim is lead scientist for the EMFSL Sensing Technologies group, which is developing hyperspectral and multispectral imaging technologies to assess safety and quality of agricultural products and food ingredients. His current research areas include the development of rapid automated systems for online inspection of fresh produce, and the development of portable imaging devices using multispectral fluorescence and reflectance imaging and protocols for use in food safety/security inspection applications. Dr. Kim is also one of eleven USDA-ARS supergrade (ST) scientists who are located at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and make up the Beltsville Supergrade Committee.

Click here to see Moon Kim's research projects (list drawn from ARS database).

Featured in a 2021 Tellus article: Watch What You Eat . . . From Space

ARS scientists are collaborating with rsearchers at NASA Kennedy Space Center to develop automated, multimodal spectral imaging systems to help detect early stages of stress and disease to minimize losses of ready-to-eat food crops in controlled-environment growth chambers, for future use on spaceflight missions.

Photo: Dr. Moon Kim and Dr. Jianwei Qin adjust test a multimodal imaging system being developed in collaboration with NASA Kennedy Space Center for future use in controlled-environment growth chambers for food crops on space missions.

Publications

A list of publications drawn from the ARS database for Moon Kim is available, with access to an abstract/summary for each publication and links to online publications.

Click here to see selected publications published between 2000-2017. Full-text reprints for some can be downloaded in PDF format.

Patents

  1. Kim, M.S., Chan, D.E., Qin, J., Baek, I. Method and System for Active Line Scan Imaging. USPTO, US Patent # 11,788,891 B2, 10/17/2023. Click here to view or download PDF file
  2. Schmidt, W.F., Kim, M.S., Chao, K., Shelton, D.R. Variable temperature thermodynamic Raman spectroscopy method and apparatus. USPTO, US Patent # 9,863,882, 01/09/2018. Click here to view or download PDF file
  3. Chao, K., Kim, M.S., Qin, J. Line-scan Raman Imaging Method and Apparatus for Sample Evaluation. USPTO, US Patent # 9,927,364 B1, 03/27/2018. Click here to view or download PDF file
  4. Kim, M.S., Chao, K., Lefcourt, A., Lee, K., Kang, S., and Chan, D. Single-camera angled conveyance imaging method and apparatus for whole-surface inspection of rotating objects. US Patent # 9,568,438. USPTO, February 14, 2017. Click here to view or download PDF file
  5. Kim, M.S., Chao, K., Bannon, D. Method of determining histamine concentration in fish. US Patent #9,176,110. USPTO, November, 3, 2015. Click here to view or download PDF file
  6. Kim, M.S., Chao, K., Cho, B.K., and Lee, K. Single-camera multi-mirror imaging method and apparatus for whole-surface inspection of rotating objects. US Patent # 8,988,523 B1. USPTO, March 24, 2015. Click here to view or download PDF file
  7. Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., Kim, M.S., Chan, D.E., and Yang, C. Method and system for wholesomeness inspection of freshly slaughtered chickens on a processing line. US Patent # 8,625,856. USPTO, January 7, 2014. Click here to view or download PDF file
  8. Chao, K.,Kim, M.S., Lefcourt, Tuschel, D., Olkhovyk, O, and Liu, Y. Systems and Methods for Detecting Contaminants in a Sample. US Patent #, 8,467,052. USPTO, June 18, 2013. Click here to view or download PDF file
  9. Kim, M.S., Lefcourt, A., Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., Senecal, A., Marek, P. Hand-held inspection tool and method. US Patent #8,310,544 B2. USPTO, Nov 7, 2012. Click here to view or download PDF file
  10. Chao, K., Chen, Y.R., Kim, M.S., Chan, D.E., and Yang, C. Method and system for wholesomeness inspection of freshly slaughtered chickens on a processing line. US Patent # 8,126,213. USPTO, Feb. 28, 2012. Click here to view or download PDF file
  11. Kim, M.S., Chen, Y., Chao, K., and Lefcourt, A.M. Simultaneous acquisition of fluorescence and reflectance imaging techniques with a single imaging device for multitask inspection. US Patent # 7,787,111, USPTO. Aug. 31, 2010. Click here to view or download PDF file
  12. Lefcourt, A.M., Kim, M.S., and Chen, Y.R. Use of Nanosecond Scale, Time-Resolved, Imaging to Differentiate Contemporaneous Fluorescence Responses For Multiple Substances. US Patent, #7,547,508. USPTO. June 16, 2009. Click here to view or download PDF file
  13. Kim, M.S., Lefcourt, A.M., and Chen, Y.R. Method to detect exposed bone fragments during processing of meat or fish. US Patent #7,460,227, USPTO. Dec. 2, 2008. Click here to view or download PDF file