Professor

• Current Position Title

Associate Professor at Ewha Womans University

• Education and Training

2018-2019         Visiting Scholar, Department of GI (Liver Division), Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Beverly Hills, CA 

2007-2012         Post-doctoral research training, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (PI: Shelly C Lu, MD) 

2002-2006       PhD, Graduate Program in Nutritional Biology, Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of                                        California Davis, Davis, CA (Advisor & PI: Quinton R Rogers PhD) 

1998-2000       MS, Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea  (Advisor & PI: Yong-Seok Son PhD) 

1992-1998        BS, Department of Animal Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea (Advisor & PI: Yong-Seok Son PhD) 

• Position

2017-present Associate Professor at the Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

2012-2017 Assistant Professor at the Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

2023-present Department Chair: Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University

2023-present Director of Global Research Center for Food and Nutrition, Ewha Womans University

2023-present Director at the Center for Children's Foodsesrvice Management of Yeongdeungpo-Gu (영등포구 어린이급식관리지원센터 센터장)

2023-present Committee Member of K-Foodtech Initiative Technical Plaining, Korea Institute of Plaining and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, and Forestry (농림식품기술기획평가원 K-푸드테크 이니셔티브 기술기획위원)

2023-present Committee Member of Regulation of Food and Drug Safety, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 

(식품의약품안전처 규제입증위원회 위원)

2023-present Committee Member of Food and Drug safety, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (식품의약품안전처 식품의약품안전기술위원회 위원)

2022-present Review Board Member of Health Functional Food Advertising, Korea Health Functional Food Association 

(한국건강기능식품협회, 건강기능식품 자율표시광고심의위원회 위원)

2021-present          Associate Editor-in-Chief of Food Supplements and Biomaterials for Health (FSBH)

2021-present         Chairman of Keunheung Scholarship (재단법인 건흥장학회 이사장)

2021-present Expert Committee for Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation 

(식품의약품평가원 식품의약품 안전기술 수준평가 핵심전문가)

2021-present Business Director of Korean Society of Food Culture (한국식문화학회 사업이사)

2020-present Secretary of Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition (한국식품영양과학회 간사, 운영위원, 대외협력위원장 등)

2018-present Board member of Health Functional Food Committee, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety 

(식품의약품안전처 건강기능식품위원회 위원)

2017-2021 Chair Secretary of Korean Society of Coffee Science (한국커피과학회 간사장)

2019-2021 Vice Dean of HOKMA College of General Education, Ewha Womans University

2018-2020 Editor Board of Journal of Medicinal Food

2018-2018 Committee Chair of Academia-Industry Cooperation at Korean Society of Nutrition

2017-2020 Chair of Institutional Review Board (IRB), Ewha Womans University (이화여자대학교 생명윤리위원회 위원장)

2015-2020 Academic Advisory Committee Member of Korean Society of Nutrition

2016-2018 Council Board, Jeju-Seoul Scholarship Selection Committee

2016-2018 Department Chair of Graduate School of Education (Human Ecology Major)

2015-2017 Editor of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition (KFN)

2015-2017 Editorial Board of the Korean Society of Food Science and Technology

2015-2017 Expert Secretary of Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Ewha Womans University

2014-2020 Board member of Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Ewha Womans University

2014-2015 Editorial Board of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition (KFN)

2014-2014 Secretary of Functional Food Subcommittee of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition (KFN)

2013-2016 Council Board, Jeju-Seoul Scholarship Committee (재단법인, 제주도민회 장학회 이사)

2007-2012 Post-doctoral research associate, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

2002-2006 Research assistant, Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, CA

1998-2000 Research assistant and teaching assistant, Department of Animal Science, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

• Honors

2003 Fellowship Award, Center for Companion Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of  California Davis

2003 Graduate Student Research Project Support Fellowship, Center for Companion Animal Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis

2003 Block Grant Fellowship Award, Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology, University of California Davis

2004 GSSP Fellowship Award, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis

2004 Block Grant Fellowship Award, Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology, University of California Davis

2005 Block Grant Fellowship Award, Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology, University of California Davis

2007 The Shapiro Family Fund for Excellence in Science Award for Excellent Dissertation (PhD)

2012 Best e-Class ‘Functional Food and Nutrition’ Ewha Womans University

2012 Best e-Class ‘Nutrition in Life Cycle’ Ewha Womans University

2016 Best IRB board member award, Institutional Review Board, Ewha Womans University

2016 Honorary Appreciation Award of Certificate for IRB contribution, Institutional Review Board, Ewha Womans University

• Professional Society

2005-present American Society of Nutrition (ASN), Associate Member

2010-present American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), International Member

2010-present The Korean Nutrition Society (KNS), Member

2012-present The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition (KFN), Member

2012-present Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (KoSFoST), Member

2015-present Korean Society of Cancer Prevention (KSCP), Member

2017-present Korean Society of Coffee Science (KOSCOS)

2021-present Korean Society of Food Culture

• Research Focus for Degree

PhD Degree 'Biochemical and metabolic causes of taurine deficiency in large dogs’, using in vivo dog model

MS Degree ‘Effect of nitrate on bovine thyroid in vitro’, using primary culture of bovine thyroid 

BS Degree ‘Effect of clay minerals on buffering capacity, fermentation pattern and digestion rate in lambs’