Fundings and Awards

Research Funding, Awards, and Scholarships

• Total research funding received about  1,185,000 USD

• Total academic scholarship received : about 411,700 USD

Active Research Grants 

• 2025.06.01 to 2028.05.31,  Co-Investigator, Research funding of Ecological restoration project, from Society of Ecological Restoration (SER), partnership with Microsoft (Environmental Sustainability Program),“Restoration of Taiga Bean Goose Wetland Habitat”
  (amount: 50,000,000 won/$ 35,000 out of $ 135,000 for three years)

• 2024.5~2027. 04.30. PI, Research funding of Ecological restoration project, from Society of Ecological Restoration (SER), partnership with Microsoft (Environmental Sustainability Program), “Application of optimal eradication and native plant restoration methods to control invasive plant and improve native biodiversity in Gwanaksan/Umyeonsan Mountain, Republic of Korea”
  (amount: 110,000,000 won/ $ 80,000 for three years)

• 2022.3-2027.2. PI, Research funding of a mid-sized research project (2022R1A2C1003504) of National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT) “Seed mixtures-based restoration of native plants for invasive plant management and biodiversity conservation”
  (amount: 600,000,000 won / $ 500,000 for five years).

Past Research Grants

• 2022.1-2023.12. Co-Investigator, Research funding of environment technology development project (2021002270004) from Ministry of Environment "Management of biodiversity-threatening invasive alien species" (amount: 335,000,000 won / $ 240,000 for 2 years).

• 2018.3-2021.2. PI, Research funding of Emerging research project (2018R1C1B6005351) National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT)
  ” Determining invasion causes and impacts of invasive plants and roles of biotic resistance against invasive plants”
  (amount: 255,000,000 won / $190,000 for 3 years)

• 2015.11-2016.12. PI, Research funding of Academic Successive Generation Training Project (2015R1A6A3A01058) of National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT)
  “Management of invasive plant in Seoul Metropolitan region through ecological restoration of alternative plants”
  (amount: 33,000,000 won / $ 24,000 for 1 year)

Awards & Recognitions

• 2025.12. Reviewer of the Month, Communications Biology, a Nature Portfolio journal 

• 2017.02.23. Best oral presentation. Korean Ecology Environmental Science Congress, hosted by Ecological Society of Korea.

• 2003. US Army Commendation Medal, Dedication and Friendship, US Department of the Army, in fulfillment of mandatory military service 

• 2001. Team Spirit Award, 2001, Whistler Language Institute, BC, Canada.

Scholarships & Fellowships

• 2013. Research Assistantship, Ouranos, Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs (Quebec Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks), Canada (project ID: PACC26-Uranus).

• 2011, 2013. Student Excellence Award, Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science, Canada.

• 2012. GREAT Award, Dept. Plant Science, McGill University, Canada.

• 2011-12. Bourses Jacques-Rousseau, IRBV (Institut de recherche en biologie vegetale), Canada.

• 2009-2013. Research Assistantship, Strategic Grant of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Fonds de Recherche Nature et Technologies (FQRNT), Canada. (amount: 548,000,000 won / 482,800 $)

• 2005-2007. Research Assistantship, Research Enhancement Program for Young Scientists, Ministry of Science and Technology, South Korea.
  (amount: 57,600,000 won / 43,570 $)

• 2005-2006. Merit Scholarship, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University

• 2003-2004. Merit Scholarship, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University