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

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

May 2026, Korea Water Resources Association (KWRA), Best Paper Award

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

Professional Leadership & Services

Adjunct Research Fellow, Changwon Research Institute (창원연구원), Feb., 2026 – present.

Advisory Member, Ecological River Restoration Project, Gyeongsangnam-do Government, Korea (경상남도 생태하천복원사업 자문위원), 2026 – 2029.

Committee Member, Gyeongsangnam-do Regional Water Resources Management Committee (경상남도 지역수자원관리위원회 위원), Aug. 1, 2026 – July 31, 2028.

Early-Career Researcher Exchange Committee, Korea Water Resources Association (KWRA), Feb., 2026 – present.

Committee Member, Korean Society of Ecology and Infrastructure Engineering (KSEIE), 2025 – present.

Journal Reviewer

Water Resources Research

Geophysical Research Letters

Journal of Hydrology

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

INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS LAB @GNU