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I am an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Korea University. Formerly, I was a Leverhulme Trust fellow and a faculty member at the University of Nottingham and Sungkyunkwan University. I received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, San Diego in 2015. I also studied at Georgetown University where I graduated with an M.A. in public policy. 

My research interests lie at the intersection of the political economy of institutions and public administration/policy. My research projects cover a wide array of topics but share a focus on quantitative and experimental methods and research design.

My first book, titled The President's Dilemma in Asia, was published with Oxford University Press. My second book manuscript on party system closure in Asia (with Fernando Casal Bertoa) is under contract with Cambridge University Press. 

My research has been introduced in the Washington Post and the Conversation, mentioned in the Economist and TV Chosun News, and published or forthcoming in peer-reviewed academic journals, including Comparative Political Studies, Governance, Journal of Public Policy, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Party Politics, Policy & Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Public Administration, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Public Opinion Quarterly, Regulation & Governance, and among others. I have also been interviewed for a commentary by TIME and BBC.