KSEA Young Scientists' Night

KSEA NY Metro's Young Scientists' Night runs Friday, October 9, 2026 from 6:00 to 9:30 PM at the Korean American Association of Greater New York, 149 W 24th St, 6th Floor in Chelsea. The 2026 theme is Navigating Career Challenges: Resilience in an Uncertain Era. Host copy frames cocktails, short talks, and networking for students and early-career scientists and engineers across NYC campuses and industry. Special lecturer Prof. Lisa Son of Barnard College headlines a Career Success as an Impostor talk. The panel is moderated by Dr. Woojung Lee with Jiseong Kim of Eikon Therapeutics, Dr. Woonyung Hur of MSKCC, Prof. Minsung Kim of Rutgers, and Minki Kim consulting across organizations.

Young Scientists' Night is the NY Metro chapter's recurring Korean American STEM mixer, drawing Columbia, Cooper Union, NYU, and CCNY attendees plus professionals in academia, pharma, consulting, and tech. That named host track record is why the evening clears Circuit: clear KSEA corridor, clear early-career audience, and a program beyond free drinks alone. Host perks on the live page include raffle prizes and KSEA membership fee coverage for some paths; treat those as directional until you confirm with the organizers. Questions go to nymetro.ksea@gmail.com rather than a cold walk-up on 24th Street.

This is right for Korean American and aligned STEM students, postdocs, and early-career operators who want Chelsea introductions with a real career panel attached. Skip it if you need a PE LP dinner or a Flushing clinical CME weekend. Bring one concrete pivot or internship question, and plan for sixth-floor building access after 6:00 PM rather than assuming lobby networking. Dress for a professional mixer, not a lab coat poster session.

If CAHON's oncology forum is your clinical weekend and AAJA-SAJA is your media night, use this Friday for KSEA young-scientist density instead of stacking three unrelated asks. Start on ysn.kseany.org, confirm RSVP and any membership perk rules, and email the chapter if the panel roster shifts closer to October 9.