Remote Sensing | Satellite remote sensing of aerosol and trace gas concentrations; Retrieval algorithm development

Atmospheric Environment | Air quality monitoring from ground-based, airborne and satellite platform; Intensive field campaigns to understand distributions and transport of air pollutants and trace gases; Ozone layer monitoring with its long-term trends

Climate Change | Climate change monitoring from satellite and ground-based data; Retrieval algorithm development for greenhouse gas concentrations from hyperspectral instruments

Radiative Transfer | Radiative transfer in UV, visible, and near Infrared; Deep Neural Network based radiative transfer models

Ph.D., May. 1991 | Atmospheric and Space Sciences, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

M.S., Dec. 1987  | Atmospheric Science, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

B.S., Feb. 1986   | Atmospheric Science, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

2003 - Present Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2007-2009, 2018-2020  Department Chair)

2023 - Present Associate member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK)

2021 - Present Fellow, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)

2021 - 2022 Director, Particulate Matter Research Institute/Carbon Capture Research Institute, Samsung Advanced Institute of 

                                        Technology(SAIT)

2016 - 2017 Visiting Scientist, Atmospheric Measurement Group, Harvard and Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A

2015 - 2016 Deputy Director, Institute of Natural Sciences (INS) / Director, Institute of Convergence Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

2010 - 2011 Visiting Scholar, JIFRESSE, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

2009 - 2010 Visiting Independent Advisor, NASA JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

1991 - 2003 Principal Researcher/Senior Researcher, Space R&D Division, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Daejon, South Korea

2023 - present Member, Governing Committee on Industry-Academia Research Collaboration, Yonsei University, 연세대 연구산학 총괄위원회 위원

2023 - present Member, Steering Committee, ASIA-AQ Campaign, NASA, NIER 

2023 - 2025, 2020-2021 Member, National Committee on Air Pollutant Emission Information Management 국가 대기오염물질 배출정보 관리위원회 위원

2020 - 2022 Guest Editor, Focus Issue, Environmental Research Letters

2020 - 2020 Member, Faculty Personnel Committee, Yonsei University 연세대학교 교원인사위원회 위원

2019 - 2021 Member, Science & Technology Committee, National Council on Climate and Air Quality (NCCA) 국가 기후환경회의

2017 - 2024 Member, WMO GURME (GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment)

2017 - 2024 Member, International Radiation Commission (IRC), IAMAS, IUGG

2016 - present Guest Editor, Atmospheric Measurement Technique (AMT)

2017 - 2020 Editorial board, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS)

2016 - 2018 Editorial board, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (APAS)

2015 - 2017 Steering Committee, NIER-NASA KORUS-AQ Campaign

2014 -2017 Member, WHO Global Platform for Air Quality and Health 

2012 - 2020 Member, International Ozone Commission(IO3C), IUGG

2012 Co.I., DRAGON-NE Asia Campaign (NASA-NIER joint project)

2011 - 2012 Co-chair, MEST-NASA Joint Meeting for Collaboration

2010 - Present Member, CEOS (Committee on Earth Observation Satellite) ACC(Atmospheric Composition Constellation)

2012 - Present Principal Investigator, Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer(GEMS), supported by the Ministry of Environment, Korea

2008 - 2012 Co-chair, WG3(Atmosphere, Climate and Weather), Commission VIII on Remote Sensing Applications and Policies, ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)

2025 Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

     NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal, NASA Headquarter, U.S.A. 미국 NASA 특별공로훈장

2024 NASA Group Achievement Award for ACCLIP Project, NASA Administrator, U.S.A.

Alumni Merit Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

2023 Yonsei Lee Youn Jae Fellow 연세 이윤재 펠로우 교원

2020 Top 100 Outstanding Achievements in 2020 National R&D, Ministry of Science & ICT 국가 연구개발 우수성과 100선 (에너지·환경 부문)

2019 Medal of Honor in Science and Technology, the President of the Republic of Korea 과학기술포장

     Top 20 Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Technology, KEITI, Ministry of Environment  환경 R&D 우수성과 20선

2020, 2019, 2013, 2012 Best Lecture Award, Yonsei University 우수강의교수상

2019, 2012 Grand Prize, Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Advisor Award, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), 

한국과학기술한림원 올해의 우수학위논문 대상 (지도교수상) 

2014 - 2019 Outstanding Achievement Award in Research, Yonsei University 우수업적교수상(연구부문)

2018 Contributed Professor Award, Yonsei University 공헌교수상

Scientist of the Month, National Research Foundation (NRF) 한국연구재단 '이달의 과학기술인상'

2017 NASA Group Achievement Award for "KORUS-AQ - an airborne Earth Science Mission" project, NASA Administrator 

2016 Fellow, Smithonian Institute, U.S.A.

2014 Grand Prize, Environmental Technology of the Year, Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) 올해의 환경기술 최우수상

2009 Citation, the President, Republic of Korea 대통령 표창

2010, 2004 Praque of Appreciation, The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

2008 Citation, The Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea 환경부장관 표창

Wolbong Academic Award, Korea Meteorological Society 한국기상학회 월봉학술상

Top 50 Papers in Next Generation Key Environmental Technologies, KEITI 차세대 핵심환경기술 우수연구논문 50선

2003 Citation, The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea 국무총리 표창

2000 Researcher of the Year, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) 한국항공우주연구원 우수연구원상

1998 Medal for Distinguished Services, KARI 한국항공우주연구원 우수연구원 메달

1993 Citation, The Minister of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea 과학기술처장관 표창

Radiative Transfer | radiative transfer theory, observation and modeling of solar radiation

Ozone Layer | ozone layer observation and monitoring using Dobson and Brewer spectrophotometer

Ph.D., Aug. 1983 | Department of Atmospheric Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

M.S., Feb. 1961  | Department of Atmospheric Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

B.S., Feb. 1957   | Department of Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

1957 - 1971 Researcher, Korea Meteorological Administration, South Korea 

1981 - 1982 Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, USA 

1984 - 1986 President, Korean Meteorological Society, South Korea 

1971 - 1999 Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, South Korea 

1991 - 1994 Chairman, Committee in South Korea, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 

1998 - President Emeritus, Korean Meteorological Society, South Korea 

1999 - Professor Emeritus, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, South Korea 

Cho, Hi Ku, Myeong J. Jeong, Jhoon Kim, Young J. Kim (2003) Dependence of diffuse photosynthetically active solar irradiance on total optical depth, J. Geophys. Res., 108, D9, 4267, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JD002175

Cho, H. K., J. Kim, Y. Jung, Y. G. Lee, and B. Y. Lee (2008) Recent Changes in Downward Longwave Radiation at King Sejong Station, Antarctica. J. Climate, 21, 5764–5776, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JCLI1876.1.

Chun, Y., H. Cho, H. Chung, and M. Lee, 2008: Historical Records of Asian Dust Events (Hwangsa) in Korea. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 823–828, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2159.1.

Kim, Jhoon, Hi-Ku Cho, Jungbin Mok, Hee Dong Yoo, Nayeong Cho (2013) Effects of ozone and aerosol on surface UV radiation variability, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 119, 46-51, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2012.11.007.

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