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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. Finance Aug 2019

• 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 (*in Korean)

2019: Southern Finance Association, Korea University Seminar, UNIST Brownbag Seminar 

2020: Allied Korea Finance Associations 

2021: Liaoning University AIFE Workshop, Korea America Finance Association Brownbag Seminar 

2023: Korean Securities Association*

2025: AFA AFFECT Mentoring Workshop

Conference/Seminar Discussions (*in Korean)

2016: Financial Management Association 

2019: Southern Finance Association, Conference on Asian-Pacific Financial Markets

2020:  Allied Korea Finance Associations

2021: Asia-Pacific Association of Derivatives, Conference on Asian-Pacific Financial Markets ,

         Korea America Finance Association Brownbag Seminar

2022: Conference on Asian-Pacific Financial Markets

2023: 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: Allied Korea Finance Associations *

Services

• Moderator & Committee at International Conferences 

Operating Committee, Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association of Derivatives (APAD) 2022 - 2025

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

Moderator for Special Guest Lecture, The 16th 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

• Domestic Services (academic & non-academic)

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

Advisory Committee, Bank of Korea Ulsan Branch, Ulsan, Republic of Korea   2025

Director, Korea Derivatives Association   2025

Director of General Affairs, Korea Derivatives Association   2024

Advisory Committee, Ulsan, Republic of Korea    Apr 2023

Editorial Board, Korean Journal of Financial Studies       Mar 2020 - Jun 2022

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

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

• Ad-hoc Reviewer (*International)

Korean Journal of Financial Studies, Asian Review of Financial Research, Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies*, Financial Information Society of Korea