RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
2024.02-2025.02 Visiting Scholar, Department of Nutrition, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
2021.10- Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea
2017.09-2021.09 Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Jeju National University, Jeju, South Korea
2016.02-2017.08 Postdoctoral Associate, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Center for Metabolic and Mitochondrial Medicine (C3M), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2014.01-2015.12 Research Assistant, Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
2012.01-2013.12 Teaching/Research Assistant, Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, USA
2011.03-2011.12 Technician, Research Institute of Obesity Science, Sungshin Women’s University
2009.03-2011.02 Teaching Assistant, Food and Nutrition, Sungshin Women’s University, South Korea
EDUCATION
2015.12 Ph. D in Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
2011 M. S. in Nutritional Biochemistry, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
2009 B. S. in Food and Nutrition, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
AWARDS AND HONORS
2021 ASN Award for Excellent KNS Young Scientist, 2021 KNS
2021 Best Teacher Award, Jeju National University 2020
2020 Young Scientist Award, KFN 2020
2017 Plenary Oral Award, SICEM 2017
2017 Recipient of Travel Grant, SICEM 2017
2015 Winner of Research Fair poster competition, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
2015 Winner of Dietary Bioactive Components RIS Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition (in American Society of Nutrition), Experimental Biology 2015, Boston, USA
2015 Winner of Student Awards for Phenolic Research, Experimental Biology 2015, Boston, USA
2015 Recipient of Graduate Student Conference Travel Grant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. USA
2015 Recipient of David H. & Anne E. Larrick Memorial Travel Fund from Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln . USA
2014 Recipient of Robert K. Oswald Memorial Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln . USA
2014 Winner in Obesity RIS Student Poster Competition (in American Society of Nutrition), Experimental Biology, San Diego, USA
2014 Winner of PhenHRIG- Neolife Nutritionals Student Award for Phenolic Research, Experimental Biology, USA
2014 Recipient of Graduate Student Travel Grant from College of Education and Human Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln . USA
2013 Winner in Obesity Research Interest Section Student Poster Competition (in American Society of Nutrition), Experimental Biology, Boston, USA
2013 Winner of PhenHRIG Student Research Award, Experimental Biology, Boston, USA
2013 Recipient of Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Travel Grant, University of Florida . USA
2011 Recipient of Superiority Scholarship, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea
2010 Recipient of Scholarship of Dean of Graduate School, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea