PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

• Project Scientist (July 2023 - present)

Won Group, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Hospital in Los Angeles, California

(Supervisor: Prof. Kyoung Jae Won)

• Postdoctoral Scientist (Sept. 2022 - June 2023)

Won Group, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Hospital in Los Angeles, California

(Supervisor: Prof. Kyoung Jae Won)

• Postdoctoral Researcher (May 2020 - July 31)

Won Group, Biotech Research & Innovation Center (BRIC), University of Copenhagen (KU)

(Supervisor: Prof. Kyoung Jae Won)

• Postdoctoral Researcher (Sept. 2018 - April 2020)

Laboratory for Self-organizing Systems, Center for Complexity Sciences (C3), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Involved in the project "Antifragility" (Supervisor: Prof. Carlos Gershenson)

• Research Assistant (June 2015 - May 2017)

Center for Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems (CoCo), Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, SUNY at Binghamton

Involved in the National Science Foundation(NSF) project "Robustness and Adaptation in Morphogenetic Collective Systems"

• Teaching Assistant (Sept. 2014 - May 2015)

Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, SUNY at Binghamton

• Post-M.S. Researcher (Feb. 2011 - Aug. 2012)

Laboratory for Systems Biology and Bio-inspired Engineering, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST

• Research Assistant (Feb. 2009 - Feb. 2011)

Laboratory for Systems Biology and Bio-inspired Engineering, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST

• Learning Assistant (Mar. 2006 - Aug. 2008)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, PNU 

AWARDS & HONORS 

• Travel Fellowships for PhD Students & Postdoctoral Fellows, NSF-sponsored BiotICC (Biology through Information Coding and Communication Theory) workshop, Alexandria, VA (Jan. 13. 2020)

• Financial Support for PhD Students & Post-Doctoral Researchers​ (Registration Fee Waiver), 2019 Conference on Complex Systems (CCS 2019), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (Aug. 24. 2019) 

• Foundation Travel Grant, SUNY at Binghamton (Dec. 2017)

• Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Travel Grant, SUNY at Binghamton (Nov. 2017) 

• Provost's Doctoral Fellowship, SUNY at Binghamton, $4,000 (Summer 2017)

• Research Project Assistantship, SUNY at Binghamton (June 2015 - May 2017)

• Provost's Doctoral Fellowship, SUNY at Binghamton, $4,000 (Summer 2016)

• Member of Alpha Pi Mu Industrial Engineering Honor Society, SUNY at Binghamton (April 20. 2016)

• Provost's Doctoral Fellowship, SUNY at Binghamton, $4,000 (Summer 2015)

• Teaching Assistantship, SUNY at Binghamton (Sept. 2014 - May 2015)

• A Korean Government Scholarship Student, KAIST (Feb. 2009 – Feb. 2011)

• Nuri Certificate with the Best Grade (Feb. 18. 2009)

• New University for Regional Innovation (Nuri) Merit-based Korean Government Scholarship & Nuri Female Professional Manpower Korean Government Scholarship, PNU (Mar. 2006 – Feb. 2009)

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

• Teaching Assistant

SSIE 561 Quality Assurance for Engineers, SUNY at Binghamton (Spring 2015)

SSIE 505 Applied Probability and Statistics, SUNY at Binghamton (Fall 2014)

• Learning Assistant

Calculus in Engineering, PNU (Mar. 2008 - Aug. 2008), 

Dynamics, PNU (Sept. 2007 - Feb. 2008)

Calculus in Engineering, PNU (Mar. 2007 - Aug. 2007)

General Chemistry, PNU (Mar. 2006 - Aug. 2006)

ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Cedars-Sinai Cancer (CSC) Trainee membership (April. 8. 2024 - present)

• Member of the Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in Denmark (KSEAD) (Aug. 2020 - Dec. 2022)

• Member of the Young Researchers of the Complex Systems Society (yrCSS) (April 2018 - Jan. 2022)

• Member of the Complex Systems Society (CSS) (April 2018 - Jan. 2022)

• Member of the International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) (April 2018 - Jan. 2021)

• Member of the International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) student/post-doc group (July 2016 - Jan. 2021)

SERVICES

• Reviewer for Artificial Life, A peer-reviewed scientific journal published by MIT Press (Mar. 2024) 

• Reviewer for Computational and Structural Biotechnology, A peer-reviewed open access scientific journal published by Elsevier (July 2021) 

• Reviewer for Complex & Intelligent Systems (CAIS), A peer-reviewed open access journal published under the SpringerOpen brand (Jan. 2019)

• Reviewer for Informatica, An International Journal of Computing and Informatics (Oct. 2018) 

• Member of Graduate Student Advisory Board (SAB), SUNY at Binghamton (Nov. 2016 - May 2018)

• Member of Student Ambassador Program, SUNY at Binghamton (July 2015 - May 2018)

(Department Promotional Video Interview [Link], Student-run Newspaper Interview [Link])

• Educational Outreach Program at Vestal High School Volunteer (Sept. 2015 - Dec. 2015)