Work Experience

● Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea

Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Engineering

Associate professor           Mar. 2026 – Present 

Assistant professor                                                                      Mar. 2022 – Feb. 2026

● National Institute of Environmental research, Incheon, South Korea

(Soil and Groundwater Research Division)

Researcher                                                                              April. 2021 – Feb. 2022

● USDA-ARS, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, CA, USA

  Visiting scholar (Mentor: Dr. Scott A. Bradford)                       Aug. 2017 – Jun. 2018

Education

Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea

 - Ph.D.: Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Engineering,       Sep. 2015 – Aug. 2020

Dissertation: “Aggregation and Deposition of Colloidal Particles in Aqueous Solution: Importance of Non-DLVO Interaction”

Advisor: Professor Hyunjung “Nick” Kim

Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea

- M.Sc.: Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Engineering,           Mar. 2013 - Aug. 2015

Dissertation: “Deposition and Release Behaviours of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Saturated Quartz Sand: Role of Biofilm”

Advisor: Professor Hyunjung “Nick” Kim

Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea

- B.Sc.: Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Engineering,           Mar. 2009 - Feb. 2013

Honors

● Postdoctoral training program, the National Research Foundation of Korea, Sep. 2020 – April. 2021

● Global Ph.D. Fellowship Program, the National Research Foundation of Korea, Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2019