Professor

Positions

Assistant Professor, Gyeongsang National University, Department of Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Sept. 2025 – Present.

Visiting Scholar (Postdoc.), The University of Texas at Austin,  Center for Water and the Environment, Maseeh Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Sept. 2023 – Aug. 2025.

Guest Professor, Myongji University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Mar. 2023 – Aug. 2023, Mar. 2025 – Aug. 2025.

Research Fellow, Seoul National University, Institute of Construction and Environmental Engineering (ICEE), Sept. 2022 – Aug. 2025.

Education

2022, Ph.D. Seoul National University, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering

2018, B.E. Pusan National University, Dept. of Civil Engineering

Awards and honors

2022-2026, Sejong Science Fellowship, NRF of Korea

Sep. 2025, 44th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Natural Disaster Science (JSNDS), Excellent Research Presentation Award

Oct. 2022, Korea Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE), Best Paper Award

Oct. 2021, Korea Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE), Best Paper Award

July 2021, IAHR 9th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics (ISEH), Best Young Professional Award

June 2021, Korea Water Resources Association (KWRA), Best Paper Award

Oct. 2020, Korea Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE), Best Paper Award

June 2020, 2020 Korea Water Resources Association (KWRA), Best Paper Award

Journal reviewer

Water Resources Research

Geophysical Research Letters

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Science of the Total Environment

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Water Resources Management

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

GIScience & Remote Sensing

Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing

Current Projects

Mar. 1, 2023 – Present

Development of remote sensing-based measurement method for global-scale spatio-temporal monitoring of discharge and sediment load in rivers

• Role: Principal Investigator 

• Funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), Sejong Science Fellowship

April 1, 2024 – Present

Continuous automated measurement technology: development for river sediment discharge using acoustic and optical sensors

•   Role:  Development of CCTV-type hyperspectral system for estimating sediment load

•   Funded by the Ministry of Environment (South Korea)

INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS LAB @GNU