Research Experience

September 2025 –

Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

July 2022 – August 2025

Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)
School of Energy and Environment
City University of Hong Kong

April 2020 – June 2022

Senior Researcher (Oberassistent)
Spatial Ecology & Remote Sensing Group
Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich

April 2019 – March 2020

Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Global Change Ecology Lab.
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh

April 2014 – August 2016

Researcher
Institute of Environmental and Energy Technology,
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
(alternative service in agency appointed by
Korean administration for Military Manpower Administration)

February 2013 – April 2014

Project Based Researcher
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)
(alternative service in agency appointed by
Korean administration for Military Manpower Administration)

Awards and Honors

Personal research grant of Fostering the Next Generation of Researchers (Post-Doctoral Overseas Training) 2020-2021 funded by National Research Foundation of Korea

Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, October 2019, Korean Meteorology Society (KMS)

Best Thesis Award in the field of Natural Science, 2018 Sung-Kee Chung Thesis Award,
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Nominated as the Best Young Scholar in the Inter-Academy Seoul Science Forum 2018 (IASSF) organized by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)

Won the Minister’s award for excellence and outstanding performance under the Brain Korea 21+ project, Deputy Prime Minister for Society and Education, Republic of Korea

Bursary to cover registration fees for 5th The Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS) Science Conference & Early Career Scientists Workshop, September 2017

Young Researchers Exchange Program between Korea and Switzerland 2016-2017,
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), Switzerland

Travel grant from International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP),
Advanced School on Earth System Modelling 2016

Best Poster Award in Climate Session,
 Korean Meteorological Society Conference 2015

Best Student Poster Award in Physical Oceanography,
Korean Society of Oceanography Autumn Conference 2011

Award-Winning in International Year of Planet Earth Student Contest (Korean delegate),
International Year of Planet Earth 2008, UNESCO

Honor scholarship for high GPA (remit tuition), 2006 – 2009, Seoul National University

Honor full scholarship, autumn 2006, Seoul National University

Gold medal (the Second Prize), Science High School Session, Korean Earth Science Olympiad in 2005

Bronze medal, Korean Astronomy Olympiad in 2005

Certification

Engineer Meteorology,
Korean National Technical Qualification

Engineer Meteorology Appraiser,
Korean National Technical Qualification