Presentations
2025 UNC DCRP Academic Accelerator
"Local ordinances and large-scale solar development in the United States"
2025 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference
"Grid connection and renewable energy adoption: Towards just transitions in Africa"
2024 Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Annual Conference
"Factors in the Cancellation of Large-Scale Solar Projects in the United States"
2023 Korea's Allied Economic Associations Annual Meeting - Korea Environmental Economics Association
"Development of a comprehensive electricity price knowledge questionnaire: South Korea as a case study"
[Invited Talks]
Seoul National University Graduate School of Environmental Studies 181st Colloquium
"Regulatory filters in the solar transition"
Teaching Assistant
PLAN 704: Planning Theory (2024 Spring/ 2026 Spring)
PLAN 714: Urban Spatial Structures (2025 Fall)
PLAN 656: Climate Impacts Adaptation (2025 Spring)
PLAN 548: Sustainable Energy Systems (2024 Fall)
PLAN 637: Public Transportation (2023 Fall)
Reviewer
Energy Research and Social Science
Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy
Research Experience
2023 Architecture & Urban Research Institute, Architectural & Urban Culture Research Division Assistant Researcher
2021-2022 Seoul National University, Research Assistant
2021-2022 United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction Division Spatial Analysis Intern
2020-2021 Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Research Assistant
2020-2021 Korea Development Institute (KDI) School, Graduate Student Researcher
2016 UNESCO UNITWIN Nepal & Mongolia, Research Assistant
Grants/Awards
UNC Chapel Hill Dept. of City and Regional Planning, PhD Summer Professional Development Funding ($700) (Summer 2025)
UNC Chapel Hill COIL Graduate Fellowship Fellow ($1500) (Fall 2024)
UNC Chapel Hill Dept. of City and Regional Planning, PhD Summer Professional Development Funding ($3000) (Summer 2023)
Seoul National University Institute for Sustainable Development "2020-2021 Thesis Support Fund" ($1,000) (Fall 2021)
Brain Korea 21 FOUR Scholarship – Full tuition & Stipend ($12,600) from Ministry of Education (12/2020, 02/2021)
Scholarship for Academic Excellence from Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University (09/2021)
Korea Development Institute Research Grant ($3,000) (08/2020)
Korea Development Institute 2020 Research Proposal Competition for Graduate Students - Excellence Prize (08/2020)
Urban and Social Innovation Scholarship – Full tuition & Stipend ($4,200) from Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University (03/2020)