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ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Professor of Finance, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) Aug 2019 - present

EDUCATION

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

• Ph.D. Business Administration Aug 2019

  • Major in Finance

  • Minor in Econometrics

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL

• M.S. Statistics May 2013

Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

• B.S. Computer and Communication Engineering and Financial Engineering (double major) Aug 2011

• First major: Computer and Communication Engineering

• Second major: Financial Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Behavioral Finance

• Empirical Asset Pricing

• Corporate events in behavioral perspective

• Textual Analysis with Machine Learning

• Uncertainty

• ESG and Climate Change Risk

Conference/Seminar - Presentations/Discussions (*in Korean)

2016: Financial Management Association 

2019: Southern Finance Association, Conference on Asian-Pacific Financial Markets, Korea University Seminar, UNIST Brownbag Seminar 

2020: Allied Korea Finance Associations 

2021: Asia-Pacific Association of Derivatives, Conference on Asian-Pacific Financial Markets, Liaoning University AIFE Workshop, Korea-America Finance Association Brownbag Seminar 

2022: Conference on Asian-Pacific Financial Markets

2023: Korean Securities Association*, Allied Korea Finance Associations*, Korea Academic Society of Business Administration*, Conference on Asian-Pacific Financial Markets

2024:  Financial Information Society of Korea*; Korea Derivatives Association*

2025: AFA AFFECT Mentoring Workshop, Allied Korea Finance Associations *

2026:  Korea Institute of Public Finance Seminar*; KAFA-KIF-KCMI Joint Symposium*

Services

• Session Chair/Moderator & Committee at International Conferences 

Operating Committee, Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association of Derivatives (APAD) 2022 - 2026

Review Committee, Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association of Derivatives (APAD)     2026

Review Committee, Asian Finance Association (Asian FA) Annual Meeting     2026

Program Committee, Annual Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (CAFM) 2019, 2024, 2025

Session Chair, Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting     2025

Moderator for Special Guest Lecture, Annual Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (CAFM)   2021

• Moderator & Committee at Korean Policy Symposium (in Korean)

“Joint Policy Forum on ETF Market in Korea”, Korea Derivatives Association, Korea Capital Markets Institute     Dec 2024

“Policy Forum on ELS Sales in Korea”, Korea Derivatives Association   Feb 2024

• Academic & Non-academic Services

Associate Editor, Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies         Jan - Dec 2026

Director, Korean Securities Association (한국증권학회)              Mar 2026 - Feb 2027

Director, Korean Finance Association (한국재무학회)       Jan - Dec 2026

Director, Korea Derivatives Association (한국파생상품학회)        Jan 2025 - Dec 2026

Director of General Affairs, Korea Derivatives Association (한국파생상품학회) Jan - Dec 2024

Associate Editor, Korean Journal of Financial Studies       Mar 2020 - Jun 2022

Advisory Committee, Bank of Korea Ulsan Branch, Ulsan, Korea     May 2025 – May 2026

(한국은행 울산본부 자문위원)

Advisory Committee, Ulju County, Ulsan, Korea       Mar 2023 – Mar 2027

(울주군 출자-출연기관 운영심의위원회 자문위원)   

Advisory Committee, Ulsan, Korea   Apr 2023

(울산광역시 물류단지 실수요검증위원회 자문위원)

Consulting Service: GS-Caltex Risk Management Professional Program     Jun - Jul 2021

 - Topic: Estimation of implied/historical/SMA/EWMA/GARCH volatilities

• Ad-hoc Reviewer

Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies, Korean Journal of Financial Studies, Asian Review of Financial Research, Financial Information Society of Korea, Journal of Derivatives and Quantitative Studies