Awards

• 과학기술유공자 정부포상 대통령표창, 「2024년 과학기술·정보통신의 날」 기념식, 과천과학관, April 22, 2024. 

• Outstanding Lecture Award, Commemoration of the 53rd Founding Anniversary, KAIST, February 14, 2024.

• Proud Mathematics Alumni Award; Academic division, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Mathematics (수학과 창립70주년 자랑스런 동문상; 학술상 부문 수상), Ewha Womans University , Sept. 22, 2023.

• Excellent Teaching Award, College of Natural Sciences, KAIST, March 2020.

• Amore Pacific Women Young Scientist Award, October 2009. 

• William B. Wilcox Mathematics Award, in recognition of outstanding mathematical achievement in Department of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, April 2002.

• David A. Rothrock Teaching Award, in recognition of outstanding performance in teaching mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, April 2000.

• Glenn Schober Memorial Travel Award, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2000, 2003, 2004.

• College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Travel Grants, College of Arts and Sciences, Graduate Division, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2004.

• James P. Williams Memorial Award, in recognition of outstanding performance in the first year of graduate school, Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, April 1998.

• Kim Aeda Award (김애다 상), given to the best GPA (summa cum laude) in College of Natural Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, February, 1995.

Grants

• Research Funds from NRF(National Research foundation) (2023.03.01-2028.02.29)

• Research Funds from NRF(National Research foundation) (2020.03.01-2023.08.31)

• Research Funds from NRF(National Research foundation) (2017.03.01-2020.02.29)

• Research Funds from KAIST (2016.09.01-2019.12.31)

• Research Funds from NRF(National Research foundation) (2014.11.01-2017.04.30)

• Research Funds from NRF(National Research foundation) (2011.05.01-2014.04.30)

• Research Funds from NRF(National Research foundation) (2009.09.01-2012.08.31)

• Research Funds from KOSEF(Korea Science and Engineering Foundation) (2007.5.1-2010.2.29)

• The NSF-AWM Travel Grants, the AWM (the Association for Women in Mathematics), February, 2006.

• Summer Research Assistantships: Summer 1999 (under the NSF fund by James Davis, Indiana University), Summer 2000, 2001, 2002 (under the NSF fund by Michael Larsen, Indiana University)