Education

09/2012 – 02/2017 Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science and Engineering

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Republic of Korea

Dissertation: Optimization of Microbial Fuel Cell based on Multiple Electrode 

for Bio-electrochemical Wastewater Treatment Process

Supervisor: Prof. In Seop Chang, Ph.D

09/2010 – 08/2012 Master of Science in Environmental Science and Engineering

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Republic of Korea

Dissertation: Voltage Enhancement of Microbial Fuel Cells with Multiple Membrane

Electrode Assembly

Supervisor: Prof. In Seop Chang, Ph.D

03/2005 – 08/2010 Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science and Engineering

Inha university, Republic of Korea

Supervisor: Prof. Jeonghwan Kim, Ph.D

Employment

09/2025 – present      Associate professor, Division of Biotechnology, College of Environmental and Bioresource

Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea 

09/2021 – 08/2025 Assistant Professor, Division of Biotechnology, College of Environmental and Bioresource

Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea

09/2019 - 08/2021 Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, 

United  Kingdom

03/2018 – 08/2019 Research Fellow, Sustainable Environment Research Centre (SERC), University of South

Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

03/2017 – 02/2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute

of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea