Education

B.S., Earth Science Education, Seoul National University (Minor: Chemistry), 1996.

M.A., Science Education, Seoul National University, 1998.

Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2005.

Honors and Awards

W. S. Cooper Award, Ecological Society of America, 2012

NSF CAREER, Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2020

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Brown University, from July 1, 2020-.

Assistant Professor, Brown University, 2013-2020.

Research Scientist, University of California, Los Angeles, 2011-2013.

Scientist III, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2011-2013.

Visiting Researcher, California Institute of Technology, 2011-2013.

Instructor, University of Chicago, 2010.

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago, 2008-2010.

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, 2006-2008.

Visiting Scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., 1999.

Researcher, Korean Meteorological Research Institute, 1998.

Teaching

EEPS 1310 - Global Water Cycle

EEPS 1430 - Principles of Planetary Climate

EEPS 1510 - Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics

GEOL 2920I - Special Topics: Dynamics of Tropical Climate and Ecosystem

GEOL 0240 - Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Planet