Education
Ph.D. in Horticulture at Cornell University, 2011
M.S. in Horticulture at Cornell University, 2007
M.S. in Agronomy at Seoul National University, 2000
B.S. in Agronomy at Yeungnam University, 1998
Professional experience
2023 ~ Professor, Postharvest Physiology, Department of Plant Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University
2020 – 2023 Associate Professor, Postharvest Physiology, Department of Plant Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University
2017 – 2020 Assistant Professor, Postharvest Physiology, Department of Plant Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University
2015 – 2017 Assistant Professor, Postharvest Physiology, Department of Horticulture, Mokpo National University
2014 – 2015 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University
2010 – 2014 Plant Physiologist at USDA-ARS, Tree Fruit Research Laboratory in Wenatchee, WA, USA
Ad hoc reviewer
Postharvest Biology and Technology
Scientia Horticulturae
Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
Journal of the American Society of Horticultural Science
HortScience
Food Chemistry
Food Chemistry: X
Food Research International
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
More than 60 international journals
The research program of postharvest physiology laboratory is mainly focused on postharvest fruit and vegetable quality management and understanding/elucidation of the underlying physiological and biochemical mechanisms on the incidence of physiological disorders in harvested or cold-stored fruits and vegetables, based on the application of the multi-omics-based approaches.
Research objectives
Understanding differential phenotypic responses of diverse physiological disorders in horticultural crops through targeted and untargeted cutting-edge multi-omics technology approaches, including transcriptomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, and proteomics.
Development and application of real time biomarkers (specific metabolites or biochemical metabolic pathways) to predict the risk development of physiological disorders prior to symptom appearance and to investigate more precise understanding of physiological and biochemical responses of specialty crop products to applied postharvest technologies and applications.
Development of value-added technologies to a given commodity applied by a combination of innovative, promising, and current applied technologies for better postharvest quality maintenance.