Professional experiences

• Associate professor (Sep. 2024 - Present)

Department of Food Science & Biotechnology, Sejong University 

• Associate professor (Mar. 2020 - Aug. 2024)

Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Gachon University 

• Assistant professor (Mar. 2015 - Feb. 2020)

Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Gachon University 

• Postdoctoral researcher (Mar. 2012 - Feb. 2015)

Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Education

• Ph.D. (2012)

Department of Food Science
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA (Advisor: Prof. Bruce R. Hamaker)

• M.S. (2007)

Department of Food Science and Biotechnology
Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea (Advisor: Prof. Sang-Ho Yoo)

• B.S. (2005)

Department of Food Science and Biotechnology
Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea

Member

• American Society of Nutrition (ASN), USA

• American Association of Cereal Chemistry International (AACCI), USA

• Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), USA

• Korean Society of Food Science and Technology(KoSFoST), South Korea 

• Korean Society for Food Engineering, South Korea

• Food Science Meeting (FSM), South Korea

HONORS and AWARDS

• Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), 32nd Outstanding Research Paper Award at 2022 Korea Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Seoul, Korea, June 2022

• AACC International Best Student Research Paper Competition, Palm Springs, CA, USA, Oct 2011 (3rd Prize)

• American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) Student Travel Award, Palm Springs, CA, USA, Oct 2011

• Korean American Food Technologists Association (KAFTA) Outstanding Research Award, Chicago, IL, USA, July 2010

• American Association of Cereal Chemists (AACC) Student Travel Award, Baltimore, MD, USA, Sep 2009

• Graduate with Honors Student (Cum Laude) Sejong University, Seoul, Korea, Feb 2005