About me

Research Experiences

● Research Scientist  (Feb 2024–present)

IM System Group Inc., MD, USA 

● Research Scientist  (Dec 2023–Feb 2024)

Chapman University, CA, USA 

● Postdoctoral Scholar  (Oct 2020–Nov 2023)

UCLA JIFRESSE affiliated with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA, USA 

● Post Doctorate Research Associate (Feb 2018–Sep 2020)

Atmospheric Science & Global Change division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA, USA

● Researcher (Sep 2014–Jan 2018)

Numerical Data Application Division, KMA National Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Seoul, South Korea

Radar Analysis Division, KMA Weather Radar Center, Seoul, South Korea

Education

● Ph.D.  Atmospheric Sciences (2011-2014)

 Department of Environmental Atmospheric Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

 (Dissertation Title: Development Mechanism for Extreme Rainfall-Producing Quasi-Stationary Mesoscale Convective System over Southeastern Korea)

● M.S.  Atmospheric Sciences (2009 – 2011)

 Department of Environmental Atmospheric Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

● B.S.  Atmospheric Sciences (2004 – 2009)

 Department of Environmental Atmospheric Science, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

Honors and Award

• Outstanding Performance Award, Weather Radar Center, Korea Meteorological Administration (2017)

• Awarded for best student poster presentation, Korean Meteorological Society (2011)

• Awarded for reporting competition, Pukyong National University (2007)

Professional Skills

• Programming language: FORTRAN, Python, R, and shell (perl and C) script in Linux

• Numerical models: WRF, WRF-Chem, KMA LDAPS (MetOffice UKV), CReSS (Nagoya University)

• Graphic software: NCL, GrADS, GMT (General Mapping Tool)