Employment
Professor, Yonsei University, March 2025 - Present
Associate Professor, Yonsei University, March 2019 - February 2025
Visiting Professor, Emory University, January 2022 - December 2022
Assistant Professor, Yonsei University, March 2016 - February 2019
Assistant Professor, Handong University, March 2011 - February 2016
Visiting Fellow (tenure-track), The Korea Institute of Public Finance, October 2010 - February 2011
Junior Economist, The Bank of Korea, January 2004 - July 2004
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Columbia University, October 2010
M.Phil. in Economics, Columbia University, May 2007
M.A. in Economics, Columbia University, October 2006
B.A. in Economics, Yonsei University, February 2002
Honors and awards
University Teaching Award (우수업적교수상: 교육부문), Yonsei University, February 2024, 2025
Department Teaching Award (우수강의교수상), School of Economics, Yonsei University, February 2019, 2021, 2022
Best Public Economist under 45 (재정학상), The Korean Association of Public Finance (한국재정학회), March 2020
Best Paper of the Year (우수논문상), The Korean Association of Public Finance (한국재정학회), March 2019
Teaching Award (우수강의상), School of Economics, Yonsei University, February 2019
Best Paper of the Year (우수논문상), The Korean Association of Public Finance (한국재정학회), March 2016
Wueller Teaching Award, Department of Economics, Columbia University, July 2008
Japan-IMF Scholarship, International Monetary Fund, Fall 2005 - Spring 2007
Faculty Fellowship, Columbia University, Fall 2004 - Spring 2010
Doctoral Study Abroad Fellowship (해외유학장학금), The Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, Fall 2004 - Summer 2009
High Honor Student Graduate (최우등졸업: equivalent to Summa Cum Laude), Yonsei University, February 2002