Deokjong JEONG

Deokjong Jeong

Collegiate Associate Professor
- Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

E-mail: djjeong@postech.ac.kr
Office: Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, POSTECH, 77 Cheongam-ro, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Republic of Korea

Curriculum Vitae (March 2026): In English, In Korean
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Affiliation

February 2026 - Present

- Collegiate Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
- (Pohang, Republic of Korea)

September 2023 - Present

- Adjunct Professor, Division of Humanities & Social Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
- (Pohang, Republic of Korea)

September 2025 - February 2026

- Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics & Department of Global Economics, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
- (Seoul, Republic of Korea)

March 2025 - August 2025

- Lecturer, Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
- (Seoul, Republic of Korea)

February 2023 - February 2026

- Collegiate Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
- (Pohang, Republic of Korea)

September 2022 - January 2023

- Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
- (Pohang, Republic of Korea)

September 2021 - February 2023

- Lecturer, Department of Artificial Intelligence, University of Seoul
- (Seoul, Republic of Korea)

September 2020 - January 2023

- Lecturer, Division of Humanities & Social Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
- (Pohang, Republic of Korea)

September 2019 - August 2020

- Lecturer, Global Business in Division of Convergence Business, College of Global Business, Korea University Sejong Campus
- (Sejong, Republic of Korea)

October 2018 - February 2023

- Senior (Post-Doctoral) Researcher, School of Business and Technology Management, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
- (Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

June 2012 - August 2012

- Internship, Samsung SDS
- (Bundang, Republic of Korea)

Fields of Interest

Finance, Banking, International Finance, Computational Economics, Financial Economics, Financial Engineering

- Financial systems, Systemic risk, Financial institutions, Structured products, FinTech, AI in Finance

Education

Ph.D. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2018 (Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

- Thesis title: Understanding financial systemic risk by analyzing the network structure
- Advisor: Professor Sunyoung Park

M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering, KAIST, 2015 (Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

- Thesis title: Was the establishment of bank holding companies financially beneficial?: evidence from changes in connectedness of Korean financial sector
- Advisor: Professor Sunyoung Park

B.A. in Management Science (IT Business), KAIST, 2013 (Daejeon, Republic of Korea)

- magna cum laude and honor student

Publications

A. Books

The resilient growth (in Korean) (media appearance)

Wonjoon Kim, Yongseok Seo, Jiyong Eom, Hangjung Zo,
Energy Study Group of the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy,
Hyunkook Jang, Bum-Choong Kim, Heejip Kim, Jae-Seung Lee, Joon Mo Ahn, Hyoseop Lee,
Hana Kim, Chaehyun Kim, Songmi Kim, Deokjong Jeong (2021)
Smartbooks, ISBN: 9791190238397

B. Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Network dynamics in global finance: Unraveling the impact of counterparty influence on capital flows

Deokjong Jeong, Tae-Sub Yun, Inbin Hwang, and Sunyoung Park (2025)
- The 14th International Conference of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society, Montpellier, France (June 11–13, 2025)
- The 2018 Conference of the Korea Money and Finance Association, Seoul, Republic of Korea (June 1, 2018)
Under review (SSCI)

When Nature Strikes: Banking Stability, Carbon Pricing, and Proactive Climate Risk Management (link)

- Deokjong Jeong and Sunyoung Park (2025)
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies (SSCI), 54(5), 634–698

The Impact of ESG Regulation on Loan Portfolios and Financial Stability of Korean Banks (in Korean) (link)

- Deokjong Jeong (2025)
- Journal of Social Science (KCI), 32(3), 296–321

The relationship between housing finance and inequality (link)

- Tae-Sub Yun, Hee-Sun Bae, Il-Chul Moon, and Deokjong Jeong (2024)
- Journal of Economic Interaction & Coordination (SSCI), 19, 151-191

CEO Compensation: Holmström and Tirole (1993) Revisited (link)

- Guangsug Hahn, Deokjong Jeong, and Kwanho Kim (2023)
- Journal of Economic Studies (KCI), 41(4), 119-134

Crossing the borders: Foreign investment and sentiment in Korea (link)

Inbin Hwang, Deokjong Jeong, and Sunyoung Park (2019)
Global Economic Review (SSCI), 48(2), 213-236

“Too central to fail” systemic risk measure using PageRank algorithm (link)

Tae-Sub Yun, Deokjong Jeong, and Sunyoung Park (2019)
- The International Conference on Finance and Economic Growth in Aftermath of the Crisis, Milan, Italy (September 11–13, 2017)
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (SSCI), 162, 251-272

The more connected, the better?: Impact of connectedness on volatility and price discovery in the Korean financial sector (link)

Deokjong Jeong and Sunyoung Park (2018)
- The 10th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Seoul, Republic of Korea (December 5, 2015)
- Korea Operations Research and Management Science Society Conference, Seoul, Republic of Korea (November 1, 2014)
Managerial Finance (SCOPUS), 44(1), 46–73

Which net capital flows matter? (link)

Inbin Hwang, Deokjong Jeong, Hyungsoon Park, and Sunyoung Park (2017)
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (SSCI), 53(2), 289–305

C. Domestic Conference Papers

Agent-based modeling for the Korean housing sector (in Korean)

Inbin Hwang, Deokjong Jeong, Minjung Park, Seojoon Choi, and Sunyoung Park (2017)
- Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers Conference, Daejeon, Republic of Korea (November 1, 2017)

D. Working Papers

Understanding the patterns of inter- and intra-day price movements of emerging stock markets in Asia

Deokjong Jeong, Sunyoung Park, and Woo Chang Kim (2025)

E. Awards

Valuing ABS on smartphones by modeling prepayment rates and its expectations (in Korean) (media appearance)

Yonghan Jung and Deokjong Jeong
- Second place—The 4th Dongbu Financial Essay Competition (October 31, 2013)
- Dongbu Cultural Foundation & CFA Korea Society

Developing intellectual property-based financial products focused on ABS, SPAC, ETF on patents (in Korean) (media appearance)

Gilyoung Lee, Deokjong Jeong, Seokwoong Choi, and Byunghyun Jeon
- Third place—The 7th Korea Exchange Securities and Derivatives Contest (March 2, 2012)
- Korea Exchange

Research Projects and Research Grants

Second Place, 2nd Editage Grant (2025) (media appearance)

By the Editage (Cactus Communications)
Recipient, December 2025

Measuring Systemic Risk Considering Interconnectedness of Financial Institutions and Its Policy Implications

By the Bank of Korea
Principal Investigator, November 2025 – February 2026

2025 Asan UniverCT Climate Tech Entrepreneurship Culture Promotion Initiative

By the Asan Nanum Foundation
Principal Investigator, September 2025 – December 2025

2024-2025 Early-career scholar travel grant to the American Finance Association 2025 Annual Meeting

By the Korean Securities Association
Recipient, January 2025

Strategic reaction to the changes of energy technology and the new global order after COVID-19 crises

By the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning
Researcher, September 2020–January 2021

Understanding network characteristics in the financial system and its impacts on global capital flows and economy: interdisciplinary research from finance and computer science

- By the National Research Foundation of Korea
- Principal Investigator, June 2020–May 2023

Industrial future strategy for sustainable economic development

- By the National Research Foundation of Korea
- Researcher, October 2018–May 2020

Analyzing database and management system of the Korea Exchange

- By the Korea Exchange
- Research Assistant, February 2018–May 2018

A model of capital flow determinants of the Korean capital market

- By the Ministry of Strategy and Finance
- Research Assistant, September 2017–January 2018

Impact of social investment for National Pension Service Funds

- By the National Pension Service
- Research Assistant, August 2017–November 2017

Self-evolving agent-based model simulation for socio-economic change prediction

- By the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion
- Research Assistant, April 2016–July 2017

Establishing agreements among international organizations (including ASEAN+3) for macroprudential policy measures in response to capital volatility

- By the Ministry of Strategy and Finance
- Research Assistant, January 2015–May 2015

The risk topography and risk detection system of Korean financial market and Korea Exchange for systemic risk management

- By the National Research Foundation of Korea
- Research Assistant, December 2013–November 2016

Shadow banking system and the role of financial derivative products

- By the KAIST
- Research Assistant, March 2013–June 2013

Professional Services

A. Referee

- SSCI: Applied Economics Letters; Finance Research Letters; Humanities and Social Sciences Communications; Journal of Financial Stability; Korean Economic Review; Pacific-Basin Finance Journal
- SCI(E): Scientific Reports
- SCOPUS: Discover Artificial Intelligence; Discover Sustainability; International Planning Studies; Managerial Finance
- Others: Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development

B. Reviewer

- 2026 Interview Panelist, PhD-Level Researcher Recruitment (Bank of Korea)
- 2026 Undergraduate Admissions Interviewer (Office of Admission, POSTECH)
- 2025 Research Proposal Evaluation for ICT&Convergence Field (National Research Foundation of Korea)
- Equipment Review Committee for the Korean I-Corps Program (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, POSTECH); 2025 Start-up 48 (APGC-Lab, POSTECH); Global Student Startup Competition, Asian Leadership Conference 2025 (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, POSTECH); 2025 Ten Dollar Project (APGC-Lab, POSTECH); 2025 Techathon (Tech-Review, POSTECH); 2024 Crakathon∙(APGC-Lab, POSTECH)
- 2025 AI & Data-Based Convergence Entrepreneurship Idea Competition (Department of Industrial & Management Engineering, POSTECH); 2022 New Industry Intellectual Property Idea (Patent/Startup/Research Topics) Competition (New Industry Intellectual Property Convergence Talent Development Program, POSTECH)
- 2026 16th DB Insurance & Finance Contest; 2025 15th DB Insurance & Finance Contest; 2024 14th DB Finance & Economics Contest; 2023 13th DB Finance & Economics Contest; 2021 11th DB Finance & Economics Contest (DB Kim Jun Ki Cultural Foundation)

C. Invited Talks/Seminar

- System Risk Analysis Team, Financial Stability Department, Bank of Korea
- R&D Policy Team, National Research Foundation of Korea

D. Advisory & Consultancy

- Mentor Group, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, POSTECH
- Digital Statistics Center, Software Policy & Research Institute
- 2030 Advisory Group, Financial Services Commission
- R&D Policy Team, National Research Foundation of Korea
- Field-based Support Task Force, National Research Foundation of Korea
- Office of Basic Research Planning, National Research Foundation of Korea

E. Membership

- American Economic Association
- American Finance Association
- Asian Finance Association
- European Finance Association
- Financial Management Association
- Global Association of Risk Professionals
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- Korea Money and Finance Association
- Korean Economic Association
- Korean Economic and Business Association
- Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
- Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
- Korean Securities Association
- DB Finance and Economics Forum

F. Column, Editorial, and Interview

Our Graduate Students Become First Korean Team to Win International Venture Capital Competition (in Korean) (link)

- The POSTECH Times (May 28, 2025)

Homeplus' Surprise Rehabilitation Filing: Where Does the Blame Lie? (in Korean) (link)

- The POSTECH Times (April 23, 2025)

Lovely Failure (in Korean) (link)

- The POSTECH Times (January 1, 2025)
- Deokjong Jeong

What Are Your Thoughts on POSTECH’s Branding? (in Korean) (link)

- The POSTECH Times (November 27, 2024)

Entrepreneurship: An Essential Competency for Everyone (in Korean) (link)

- The POSTECH Times (March 20, 2024)
- Deokjong Jeong

“Looking for Past Exams” During Exam Season … Tradition or Bad Practice? (in Korean) (link)

- The POSTECH Times (June 15, 2022)

Need to strengthen real estate tax

- Student Corner, The Korea Times (January 21, 2009)
- Deokjong Jeong

Certifications

CFA Level 1 exam pass

- CFA Institute

Financial Risk Manager Part 1&2 pass

- Global Association of Risk Professionals

Foreign Exchange Manager

- Korea International Trade Association

Level 2 Japanese-Language Proficiency Test

- The Japan Foundation

Level 2 Certificate HANJA-Literary (Chinese character) Proficiency

- The Society for Korean Language & Literature

Teaching Experiences

A. Instructor

Economics and Finance Courses

- IMEN388 Investments (Spring 2026, POSTECH)
- GEC2009 Introduction to Microeconomics (Fall 2025, SKKU)
  - Teaching evaluation: 97/100 (Class 01, Fall 2025), 95/100 (Class 02, Fall 2025)
- ECO2003 Principles of Microeconomics (Fall 2025, Spring 2025, SKKU)
  - Teaching evaluation: 95/100 (Fall 2025), 95/100 (Spring 2025)
- CMEF402 Money and Finance (Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2020, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.90/5.0 (Spring 2025), 4.97/5.0 (Spring 2024), 4.91/5.0 (Fall 2020)
- CMEF305 Financial Management (Spring 2026, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.94/5.0 (Fall 2024), 4.93/5.0 (Fall 2023)
- CMEF304 Financial Economics (Fall 2025, Spring 2022, Spring 2021, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.94/5.0 (Fall 2025), 4.97/5.0 (Spring 2022), 4.88/5.0 (Spring 2021)
- CMEF301 Principles of Economics (Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2020, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.94/5.0 (Class 01, Fall 2022), 4.94/5.0 (Class 02, Fall 2022), 4.98/5.0 (Spring 2022), 5.0/5.0 (Class 01, Fall 2021), 4.97/5.0 (Class 02, Fall 2021), 4.93/5.0 (Spring 2021), 4.84/5.0 (Fall 2020)
- GLOB321 Corporate Finance (Spring 2020, Korea University Sejong Campus)
  - Teaching evaluation: 5.44/6.0 (Spring 2020)
- GLOB222 Financial Management (Spring 2020 & Fall 2019, Korea University Sejong Campus)
  - Teaching evaluation: 5.45/6.0 (Spring 2020), 5.42/6.0 (Class 01, Fall 2019), 5.20/6.0 (Class 02, Fall 2019)

Business, Management, and Entrepreneurship Courses

- IMEN412/ENTP301 Business Planning (Fall 2024, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.49/5.0 (IMEN412, Fall 2024), 5.0/5.0 (ENTP301, Fall 2024)
- IMEN303 Principles of Marketing (Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.88/5.0 (Fall 2025), 4.90/5.0 (Fall 2024), 4.95/5.0 (Fall 2023)
- IMEN302 Principles of Business Administration (Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.99/5.0 (Spring 2025), 4.92/5.0 (Spring 2024), 5.0/5.0 (Spring 2023)
- IMEN411/ENTP201 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.85/5.0 (IMEN411, Fall 2025), 5.0/5.0 (ENTP201, Fall 2025), 5.0/5.0 (IMEN411, Spring 2025), 4.88/5.0 (ENTP201, Spring 2025), 4.60/5.0 (IMEN411, Fall 2024), 4.99/5.0 (ENTP201, Fall 2024), 5.0/5.0 (IMEN411, Spring 2024), 5.0/5.0 (ENTP201, Spring 2024), 5.0/5.0 (IMEN411, Fall 2023), 4.96/5.0 (ENTP201, Fall 2023), 5.0/5.0 (IMEN411, Spring 2023), 5.0/5.0 (ENTP201, Spring 2023), 4.97/5.0 (IMEN411, Fall 2022), 5.0/5.0 (ENTP201, Fall 2022)
- IMEN110 Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation (Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 5.0/5.0 (Class 01, Fall 2025), 4.90/5.0 (Class 03, Fall 2025), 4.91/5.0 (Class 01, Spring 2025), 5.0/5.0 (Class 03, Spring 2025), 4.88/5.0 (Class 02, Fall 2024), 4.83/5.0 (Class 03, Fall 2024), 4.90/5.0 (Spring 2024), 5.0/5.0 (Fall 2023), 4.92/5.0 (Spring 2023)

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Computer Programming Courses

- NUCE719F/PSDS502 Statistical Research Methodology (2024 Fall, POSTECH)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.81/5.0 (NUCE719F, Fall 2024), 4.67/5.0 (PSDS502, Fall 2024)
- 01918 Introduction to Data Analysis (Fall 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, University of Seoul)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.50/5.0 (Fall 2022), 4.49/5.0 (Spring 2022), 4.60/5.0 (Fall 2021)
- 01916 Mathematics for Artificial Intelligence Ⅰ (Summer 2022, Spring 2022, University of Seoul)
  - Teaching evaluation: 4.54/5.0 (Spring 2022)

Seminar Courses

- ENTP491 Entrepreneurship Seminar (Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, POSTECH)
- ENTP451A Practical Entrepreneurship A (Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, POSTECH)
- ENTP451B Practical Entrepreneurship B (Fall 2023, Spring 2023, POSTECH)

B. Course Development

- From Ideas to Opportunities: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
  - Innovation Center for Education, POSTECH
- Introduction to Data Analysis
  - Convergence and Open Sharing System for Artificial Intelligence, University of Seoul

C. Special Lecture

- 2025 UGRP Track 2 Orientation: Introduction to Entrepreneurship (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, POSTECH)
- One-Day One-Skill Module Class (Center for Gifted Students, POSTECH)
- 15th Dream the Future, 14th Develop the Future (Center for Gifted Students, POSTECH)

D. Award

- 2025 Outstanding Mentor Award in Track 2 of the 2025 Undergraduate Group Research Program
  - POSTECH (February 6, 2026) (media appearance)
- 2024 Best Practices for Online Course
  - POSTECH (February 14, 2025)
- 2024 Outstanding Mentor Award in Track 2 of the 2024 Undergraduate Group Research Program
  - POSTECH (February 13, 2025)
- 2023 Best Teacher Award
  - Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, POSTECH (November 10, 2023)
- 2022 Student-centered Teaching-learning Best Practices using EduTech
  - Third place
  - POSTECH (February 16, 2023)
- 2021 Best Practices for Online Class Operation using EduTech
  - Third place
  - POSTECH (November 2, 2021)

E. Teaching Assistant

- IE473 Financial Economics (Fall 2014, KAIST)

F. Student Advice & Students’ Achievements

- SeungLak Son, Seunghyun Baek, Cherry Yoon, and Jae Uk Lee (POSTECH)
  - First place—Track 2, 2025 Undergraduate Group Research Program (February 6, 2026)
  - Innovation Center for Education, POSTECH
- Sunwoo Choi, Hyeonmin Koh, and Eunsung Cha (POSTECH)
  - Third place—Track 2, 2025 Undergraduate Group Research Program (February 6, 2026)
  - Innovation Center for Education, POSTECH
- Jiwon Park, Byeonggyu Kim, Subin Kim, Yonghun Park, Hyein You, and Hyeyeon Jung (POSTECH)
  - Second place—University Venture Investment Competition of Korea (January 16, 2026) (media appearance)
  - Korea Venture Capital Association
- Jihyun Kim, Joonho Lee, and Jungyoon Choi (POSTECH),
  JuYeon Kim, Honggi Kim, Junha Yun, and Eunkyu Jo (POSTECH)
  - Track 2 of the 2025 Undergraduate Group Research Program
  - Innovation Center for Education, POSTECH
- Seunghyuk Cho, JinSoo Choi, and Han Vit Park (POSTECH)
  - 2025 Public Technology-Based Market-Linked Startup Exploration Support Program (Korean I-Corps Program)
    - Commercialization Promotion Agency for R&D Outcomes,
    - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, POSTECH
- Hansol Kang, Sang Soo Kim, Jieun Baek (POSTECH), Heesang Ryu (Dongguk University), and Junhyun Bae (Kyungpook National University)
  - 2025 Public Technology-Based Market-Linked Startup Exploration Support Program (Korean I-Corps Program)
    - Commercialization Promotion Agency for R&D Outcomes,
    - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, POSTECH
- Jihoon Lim, Minho Kim, and Gain Shin (POSTECH)
  - First place—Track 2, 2024 Undergraduate Group Research Program (February 13, 2025)
  - Innovation Center for Education, POSTECH
- Seongjae Lee, Subin Kim, TaeHyeon Kim, Saemi Moon, and Sebin Jeong (POSTECH)
  - Finalist—2025 Venture Capital Investment Competition Global Finals, NC, USA (April 11–12, 2025) (media appearance)
    - UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School
  - First place—University Venture Investment Competition of Korea (December 19, 2024) (media appearance)
    - Korea Venture Capital Association
- Taehyeong Jeong, Dohyung Kim, and Jihyun Lee (POSTECH)
  - Undergraduate Group Research Program (2023)
  - Innovation Center for Education, POSTECH
- Younghoon Kim, Sekyu Lee, and Heejae Lee (POSTECH)
  - First place—The 2nd Case Study Competition for University Students by the Asan Entrepreneurship Review (August 17, 2023) (Case Study, Teaching Note) (media appearance)
  - Asan Nanum Foundation
- Yonghun Park, Ahra Kim, Yun Woo Jang, and Minju Chae (POSTECH)
  - Third place—National final of the 19th Monetary Policy Contest (August 12, 2022) (media appearance)
  - First place—Daegu·Gyeongbuk Regional qualifier of the 19th Monetary Policy Contest (July 21, 2022) (media appearance)
  - Bank of Korea

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