Professor

EDUCATION

- Ph.D., Dept. Electrical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 2011.03 - 2015.02

Thesis : A Study on Sampled-data Control to Nonlinear Systems

- M.S., Dept. Electrical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 2009.03 - 2011.02

Thesis : A Study on New Synchronization Schemes for Chaotic Dynamical Systems with Uncertainties and Disturbances

- B.S., Dept. Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 2002.03 - 2009.02

HONORS and AWARDS

- The "World's Top 2% Scientists", listed in 2020 - 2025

- The "JBNU Young Fellow" award, presented by Jeonbuk National University, 2021.02

- The "Highly Cited Researcher (HCR)" in Cross-field, listed in 2019, 2020.

- The winner of "2017 Alfread Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship" with Institute for Intelligent Systems for Research & Innovation, Deakin Univesrity, Australia, 2017.

- The "IFAC 2008 participation fund" award for The 19th IFAC World Congress, presented by ICROS, 2014.10.24.

- The "Outstanding Paper" award, presented by Ministry of Knowledge Economy of Republic of Korea in The 2012 International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, 2012.10.19.

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

- Associate Editor in Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2018.06.11 - present.

- Guest Editor in International Journal of Dynamics and Control, for Special Issue "Recent Developments in Modeling, Stability and Control of Nonlinear Dynamics Systems", 2025.06. - ongoing.

- Guest Editor in ROBOMETH, for Special Issue "Enhancing Safety in Intelligent Systems", 2023.06. - ongoing.

- Associate Editor in Journal of IEMEK (Korean journal), 2018.01.01 - present.

- Associate Editor for the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vienna, Austria, , Oct. 05-08, 2025.

- Guest Editor in IET Control Theory and Applications, for Special Issue "Resilient Fuzzy Control Synthesis of Nonlinear Networked Systems Against Various Cyber-Attacks",  2023.05. - 2024.11.

- Associate Editor for the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 09-12, 2022.

- Associate Editor for the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Melbourne, Australia , Oct. 17-20, 2021.

- Topic Editor in Electronics,  2019.12 - 2021.11.

- Guest Editor in Electronics, for Special Issue "Networked Control Technology with Limited Signals",  2020.09.

- Guest Editor in Journal of IEMEK (Korean journal), for Special Issue "Embedded Technology for Cyber-physical Systems", 2019.10.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

- Member, IFAC Technical Committee on TC2.1, TC2.2, TC2.3, 2022 - present.

- Board Member, in IEMEK (Korean institute), 2018.01.01 - present.

- Board Member, of System & Control society in IEIE (Korean institute), 2018.01.01 - present.

- Member of IEEE, ICROS, KIEE, etc.

EMPLOYMENT

- Associate Professor in Division of Electronic Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea, 2021.09.01 - present.

- Assistant Professor in Division of Electronic Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea, 2017.09.01 - 2021.08.31.

- Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation, Deakin University, Australia, 2017.04.02 - 2017.08.16.

- Postdoctoral Research Associate in Department of Electrical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea, 2016.11.01 - 2017.03.30.

- Visiting Research Academic  in Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 2016.09.01 - 2016.10.30.

- Lecturer, Digital Control Systems, Department of Electrical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea, 2016.09.01 - 2017.02.28. 

- Postdoctoral Research Fellow in BK21+ Development of Advanced Smart Mechatronics Systems Team, Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea, 2015.03.01 - 2016.08.31.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES

- Visiting scholar to Northeastern University in Shenyang, P.R. China, supported by BK21+ DASMS Team, 2014.10.09 - 2014.11.08.

- Visiting scholar to Nanjing University of Science and Technology in Nanjing, P.R. China, supported by BK21+ DASMS Team, 2013.12.11 - 2014.01.14.

- Visiting scholar to Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, P.R. China, supported by BK21+ DASMS Team, 2013.11.11 - 2013.12.10. 

REVIEW AWARDS

- The "Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2020", presented by The IET Control Theory and Applications, February 2021.

- The "Outstanding Service from 2019 as Article Reviewer" award, presented by the Journal of Franklin Institute, January 2020. 

- The "Outstanding Reviewer" award, presented by ICROS, 2019.10.18. 

- The "IET Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2018", presented by The IET Control Theory and Applications, May 2019. 

- The "Outstanding Service from 2018 as Article Reviewer" award, presented by the Journal of Franklin Institute, April 2019. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Nonlinear Analysis- Hybrid Systems, November 2018. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, September 2018. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by ISA Transactions, August 2018. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Applied Mathematics and Computation, August 2018. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Journal of Process Control, March 2018. 

- The "Outstanding Service from 2017 as Article Reviewer" award, presented by the Journal of Franklin Institute, February 2018. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Journal of Franklin Institute, June 2017. 

- Top 2% Reviewer, selected by IET Control Theory and Applications,  April 2017.  

- The "2017 Excellence in Reviewing" award, presented by Nonlinear Analysis- Hybrid Systems, January 2017. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, March 2017. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Signal Processing, January 2017. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Neurocomputing, October 2016. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Journal of the Franklin Institute, October 2016. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Nonlinear Analysis - Hybrid Systems,  August 2016. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Applied Mathematics and Computation, August 2016. 

- The "Outstanding Reviewer" award, presented by ICROS, 2015.10.16. 

- The "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" award, presented by Journal of the Franklin Institute, June 2015. 

- The "2013 Excellence in Reviewing" award, presented by Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2014. 

REVIEWER of

- Abstract and Applied Analysis

- Acta Mathematica Scientia
- Actuators
- Advances in Difference Equations
- Aerospace Science and Technology
- Applied Mathematics and Computation
- Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition)
- Applied Mathematical Modelling
- Applied Sciences
- Asian Journal of Control
- Automatica
- Chaos
- Chaos, Solitons & Fractals
- Chinese Physics B
- Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing
- Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
- Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Discontinuity, Nonlinearity, and Complexity
- Electronics
- Entropy
- European Physics Journal Special Topic
- Fuzzy Sets and Systems
- IEEE Access
- IEEE Control Systems Letters
- IEEE Systems Journal
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

- IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
- IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
- IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Brief Papers

- IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
- IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
- IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

- IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
- IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics

- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
- IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
- IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems

- IEEE Transactions on Reliability
- IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics : Systems

- IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
- IET Control Theory and Applications
- IFAC Journal of Systems and Control

- International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
- International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos
- International Journal of Biomathematics
- International Journal of Control
- International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems
- International Journal of Fuzzy Systems
- International Journal of Modelling and Simulation
- International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
- International Journal of Systems Science
- ISA Transaction
- Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing
- Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence
- Journal of Process Control
- Journal of the Franklin Institute
- Journal of Zhejiang University Science C
- Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
- Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- Mathematics
- Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
- Mechatronics
- Neurocomputing
- Neural Computing and Applications
- Neural Processing Letters
- Nonlinear Analysis : Hybrid Systems
- Nonlinear Analysis : Modelling and Control
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Optimal Control, Applications and Methods
- Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering
- PRAMANA Journal of Physics
- Results in Control and Optimization
- SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences
- Sensors
- Signal Processing
- Soft Computing
- Systems and Control Letters
- Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control

- etc