Position
2024-Present Associate Professor, Yonsei University, School of Economics
2025-Present Research Fellow, Institute of Population and Human Capital.
2021-2024 Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, College of Economics and Finance
- Department of Political Science and International Studies, Joint Appointment.
2019-2021 Assistant Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Division of Humanities and Social Sciences.
2021-2021 Adjunct Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), School of Convergence Science and Technology, Social Data Science Program
2018-2019 Postdoctoral Research Associate, New York University Abu Dhabi.
2016-2018 Economist, The Bank of Korea Economic Research Institute.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, The Ohio State University,
Dissertation: Essays in Information Economics.
Committee: James Peck (advisor), Lixin Ye (advisor), Huanxing Yang
M.A., Economics, The Ohio State University.
M.A., Economics, Yonsei University.
B.S. in Computer Science and Industrial System Engineering and B.A. in Economics, Yonsei University, Magna cum Laude.
Research Interests
- Applied Microeconomics - Experimental Economics
- Game Theory - Mechanism Design Theory
- Information Economics - Political Economy
- Industrial Organization
Research Grants, Scholarships, Fellowships, and Awards
Special Research Grants for Humanities and Social Sciences, Yonsei University, 2024-2027
Future-leading Research Initiative Grants, Yonsei University, 2024-2027
New Faculty Seed Grants, Hanyang University, 2021-2022
National Research Foundation of Korea Research Grant (2021S1A5A8068768), 2021-2024
New Faculty Seed Grants, POSTECH, 2019-2020
2019 Research Award, POSTECH Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
2019 Rookie of the Year, The Bank of Korea Economic Research Institute, 2017
Dice Dissertation Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2015-2016
University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 2010-2011
Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Scholarships, Korea Research Foundation, 2008 - 2010
National Science and Technology Scholarship, National Research Foundation of Korea, 2006 - 2007
University Designated Scholarship, Yonsei University, 2001 - 2003
High Honors Student, Yonsei University, 2001-2002
Honors Student, Yonsei University, 2006-2007