Research interest

Measurement and analysis of air pollutants

Monitoring of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs)

Pollution characterization of atmospheric volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their health risk assessment

Education

2016.03 – 2021.08 Ph.D. Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea

2014.03 – 2016.02 M.S.   Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea

2007.03 – 2014.02 B.S.    Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Ulsan (UOU), Korea

Work and research experience

2025.12 – current Assistant Professor Department of Environment & Energy Engineering, Changwon National University (CWNU), Korea

2025.03 – 2025.11 Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Professor Department of Civi, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea

2022.07 – 2025.01 Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University (CSU), United States

2021.09 – 2022.06 Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea

2018.07 – 2018.08 Visiting Researcher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Germany

2007.07 – 2007.08 Exchange Student University of Regina, Canada

Award

2025.10 Early-Career Scientist special session award, The Korean Society of Atmospheric Environment

2021.10 Participation oral presentation award (3rd), Student Colloquium of The Korean Society of Atmospheric Environment

2019.11 Best oral presentation award (1st), Student Colloquium of The Korean Society of Atmospheric Environment

2017.11 Oral presentation award, 17th IUAPPA World Clean Air Congress and 9th CAA Better Air Quality Conference

2016.09 Oral presentation award, The Korean Society of Analytical Sciences

2015.11 Poster presentation award, The Korean Society for Environmental Analysis

2013.12 UNIST-Winter Undergraduate Research Fellowship (U-WURF)

Thesis

PhD thesis “Spatial-temporal variations and source identification of volatile organic compounds and their potential for O3 and SOA formation in the urban and industrial areas”

MS thesis “Investigation on the seasonal and temporal variations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Ulsan”

Academic advisors

Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr. (Professor) Postdoctoral Fellow supervisor

Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University (CSU), United States

https://collett.atmos.colostate.edu/

Sung-Deuk Choi (Professor) Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Fellow supervisor

Department of Civi, Urban, Earth, and Environmental Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea

https://home.unist.ac.kr/professor/sdchoi/

Ph.D. Committee

서용원, 울산과학기술원 지구환경도시건설공학과

송창근, 울산과학기술원 지구환경도시건설공학과

이병규, 울산대학교 건설환경공학부

서영교, 국립환경과학원 대기환경과