Professional Experiences

2026.03 – Present      Associate Professor, Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition, Pusan National University

2025.10 – 2026.02     Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Control Agents for Microorganisms, Korea University

2024.09 – 2025.08     Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst

2023.13 – 2024.06     Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Control Agents for Microorganisms, Korea University

2018.06 – 2019.01     Full-time Researcher, Industrial Technology Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi

2017.07 – 2018.06     Contract Researcher, Industrial Technology Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi

2016.08 – 2018.10     Researcher, Product Development Team, Jeju Special Self-governing Province Development Corporation

Educations

2019.09 – 2023.03     Ph.D., Department of Biotechnology, Korea University (Major: Food Bioscience & Technology)

2014.09 – 2016.08     M.S., Department of Biotechnology, Korea University (Major: Food Bioscience & Technology)

2012.03 – 2014.08     B.S., Department of Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University

Projects

2026.04 – 2030.12     해양수산부 - 해양수산 융합형 전문인력 양성사업

2026.03 – 2031.02     한국연구재단 - 과학기술분야 기초연구사업 > 개인연구사업(과학기술정보통신부) - 세종과학펠로우십(국내트랙)

2024.09 – 2025.08     한국연구재단 - 과학기술분야 기초연구사업 > 개인연구사업(교육부) - 박사후 국외연수

2022.07 – 2023.07     삼양이건장학재단 - 삼양이건 학술연구 지원사업

2021.06 – 2023.02     한국연구재단 - 과학기술분야 기초연구사업 > 개인연구사업(교육부) - 박사과정생 연구장려금 지원

Awards

2023.03     Best Research Award, Samyang Igeon Scholarship Foundation

2023.06     Young Scientist Award, Korean Society of Food Science & Technology

2021.11     Best Paper Award, Korea University

2021.10     Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Society of Food Science & Nutrition

2021.07     Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Society of Food Science & Technology

2021.02     2020 KU Graduate Student Achievement Award, Korea University

2020.10     Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Society of Food Science & Nutrition

2019.11     Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Society of Packaging Science & Technology

2018.12     Outstanding Support Award, World Institute of Kimchi

Invited Talks

2026.05     Korean Society of Fisheries & Aquatic Science (한국수산과학회), Busan, South Korea 

                    — "Various structuring technologies for the development of sustainable seaweed-based meat"

2026.04     Korean Society of Food Engineering (한국산업식품공학회), Yeosu, South Korea

                    — "Toward a new paradigm of sustainable alternative foods driven by technological innovation and convergence"

2026.04     Korean Society of Food Engineering (한국포장학회), Goyang, South Korea

                    — "Strategies for applying bacterial cellulose as a sustainable food packaging materials"

2023.11     Eureka Project, Department of Food & Nutrition, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea

                    — "How foodtech is transforming the future table: The sustainable food revolution, alternative foods"

2023.06     Korean Society of Food Science & Technology (한국식품과학회), Jeju, South Korea

                    — "Exploring the versatile uses of bacterial cellulose, a microbial-derived edible polymer, in the food industry"