Professional Experiences

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

2025.10 – 2026.02     Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Control Agents for Microorganisms, Korea University (PI: Dr. Jaejoon Han)

2024.09 – 2025.08     Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Food Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst (PI: Dr. D. Julian McClements)

2023.03 – 2024.06     Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Control Agents for Microorganisms, Korea University (PI: Dr. Jaejoon Han)

2023.03 – 2023.08     Part-time Lecturer, Dept. of Food Bioscience & Technology, Korea University

2017.07 – 2019.01     Researcher, Industrial Technology Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi

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

Educations

2019.09 – 2023.03     Ph.D., Dept. of Biotechnology, Korea University (Major: Food Bioscience & Technology │ Advisor: Dr. Jaejoon Han)

2014.09 – 2016.08     M.S., Dept. of Biotechnology, Korea University  (Major: Food Bioscience & Technology │ Advisor: Dr. Jaejoon Han)

2012.03 – 2014.08     B.S., Dept. of Life Science, Ewha Womans University

Certificates

2026.07     Better Process Control School (식품 열처리 공정 전문가 과정)

2017.05     식품기사 (現 식품안전기사) 

2017.05     식품산업기사

2017.05     한식조리기능사

2017.03     제과기능사

2017.03     제빵기능사

2017.03     바리스타 2급

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"

Teaching

Spring 2026     Health Functional Foods (건강기능식품학)

                           Advanced Culinary Science (조리과학특론)

Fall 2026          Food Microbiology (식품미생물학)

                           Advanced Food Processing (식품가공학특론)

                           Introduction to Blue Foodtech (블루푸드테크개론)