Prof. Choi received his M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Iowa in 1996 and 1999 respectively. He joined the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Colorado at Denver in 1999.  

His research interests are in Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization and Human Computer Interaction with an emphasis on physically-based modeling and simulation for medical and bioinformatics applications.

Currently he is the Director of Computer Graphics and Virtual Environments Laboratory and an Associate of the Center for Computational Biology. He is a Core Program Faculty of UCDHSC Bioinformatics. He is also an Affiliated Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Colorado at Boulder campus.

In 2003, he received the NSF CAREER Award from National Science Foundation. Recently he received the 2006 Excellence in Research and Creative Activities Award from the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center.

He also actively participates in student mentoring and advising through Annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium. (watch the last year's video)