Professor

Education

 Sep 2010-Feb 2012

Post-Doctor, Applied Science Institute, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

• Advisor: Prof. Jong-In Han & Prof. Mamadou Diallo

Sep 2004-Aug 2010

Ph.D of Engineering, Program in Rural Systems Engineering Program, Department of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

• Dissertation: Bacterial interaction with metal oxide-coated sand surfaces

• Advisor: Prof. Songbae Kim

Mar 2001-Aug 2004

Bachelor of Engineering, Program in Agricultural Civil Engineering Program, Department of Bioresource Engineering, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea

Experiences

Nov 2022 – Oct 2025

Reviewer Board Member of Korea National Research Foundation (한국연구재단 RB)

Feb 2024 – Dec 2024

Public Enterprise Management Evaluation Committee Member (공기업 경영평가 위원)

Jan 2023 – Dec 2024

Financial Director of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers  (대한환경공학회 재무이사)

Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

Visiting scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI, USA

Sep 2019 – Aug 2020

Vice dean of Industrial-Academic Cooperation Affair, Hankyong National University, Republic of Korea

Jan 2015 – Dec 2018

The head of a department, Department of Bioresources and Rural Systems Engineering, Hankyong National University, Republic of Korea

Apr 2021 – Present

Professor, Department of Bioresources and Rural Systems Engineering, Hankyong National University, Republic of Korea

Apr 2016 – Mar 2021

Associate Professor, Department of Bioresources and Rural Systems Engineering, Hankyong National University, Republic of Korea

Mar 2012 – Mar 2016

Assistant Professor, Department of Bioresources and Rural Systems Engineering, Hankyong National University, Republic of Korea

Mar 2010 – Feb 2012

Part-time Lecturer, Department of Environmental Engineering, Hankyong National University, Republic of Korea

Course: Waste Treatment Engineering, Waste Resource Engineering

Awards and Honors

Prime Minister's Award for Scientific and Technological Meritorious Service (Apr 2024)

KSAE (Korean Society of Agricultural Engineering) Academic Award (Oct 2024)

HKNU (Hankyong National University) Academic Award 

• Jan 2025, Jan 2024, May 2023, May 2022, May 2020, Dec 2015, Dec 2013 (7 times)

HKNU Award for Best Teaching (Mar 2014)

Best Paper Prize of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers  (Jun 2018)

Best Paper Prize of Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers (Oct 2014)