Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, School of Management, Korea University of Technology and Education (KOREATECH), Mar 2024 – Present

  ∙ Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management (OB/HRM)

Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP), Sep 2016 – Feb 2024

  ∙ S&T policy planning and research commissioned by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)

Expert Committee, Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology (PACST), Nov 2017 – Feb 2019

  ∙ Technical Advisor for the Office of the President’s Science and Technology Advisor

Postdoctoral Fellow, KAIST College of Business, Mar 2016 – Aug 2016

Professional Service/External Activities 

(1) Governmental & Advisory Committees

 ∙ Committee Member, Working Group on the Establishment of Korea AI Ethical Principles, Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Feb 2026 – Present

 ∙ Committee Member, Advisory Committee on Technology Impact Assessment, Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), 2024 & 2026 (Present)

 ∙ Chair, Corporate Innovation Subcommittee, 5th Master Plan for Special R&D Zones, Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Oct 2025 – Dec 2025

 ∙ Committee Member, Policy Research Review Committee on Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs (TIPA), Nov 2023 – Dec 2025

 ∙ Committee Member, Social Poilcy Expert Advisory Committee on Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI), Mar 2024 – Mar 2025

 ∙ Expert Reviewer, R&D Talent Growth Issue Paper, National Institute of S&T Human Resources Development (KIRD), Apr 2024 – Mar 2025

 ∙ Planning Committee Member, Master Plan for Sejong Smart National Industrial Complex Ecosystem, Sejong Techno Park, Oct 2022 – Dec 2022

 ∙ Committee Member, AI Committee on SME Innovation Network Forum, Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), Jul 2021 – Jan 2022

(2) Board Memberships

 ∙ Director, Korean Association of Human Resource Management (KAHRM), Mar 2026 – Present

 ∙ Director, Special Committee on R&D Policy Evaluation, Korean Association for Policy Analysis and Evaluation (KAPAE), Jan 2026 – Present

 ∙ Director, Digital Policy Analysis and Evaluation Committee, Korean Association for Policy Analysis and Evaluation (KAPAE), Jan 2025 – Dec 2025

 ∙ Editorial Board Member, Defense Policy Research, Jul 2025 – Present

(3) Industry & Corporate Advisory

 ∙ Senior Advisor, FairLabs (https://www.fairlabs.io/), Mar 2024 – Present

(4) Full-time Recruitment Committees

 ∙ Korea Customs Service (KCS), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Korea Automotive Technology Institute (KATECH), Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), among others.