Research Scientist
NASA Ames Research Center/Science and Technology Corporation
I participated in NASA DCOTSS (Dynamics and Chemistry of Tropical Summer Stratosphere) field campaign for supporting with forecasting and flight planning during the summer deployment (July-August) 2021.
I supported NASA ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) and airborne science mission with Dr. Lenny Pfister and Dr. Rei Ueyama as a part of NASA Ames airborne science Meteorological Forecasting Support team. https://bocachica.arc.nasa.gov/ since January 2017.
I served as a CAARE (Center for Applied Atmospheric Research and Education, led by Prof. Sen Chiao, SJSU) mentor of four SJSU students during 2017-2020 summer on ARs Research. I have also taught synoptic meteorology/atmospheric dynamic class at SJSU in Fall 2018 - spring 2020.
I participated in California Baseline Ozone Transport Study (CABOTS) project as a member of AJAX team in 2016.
I was involved in the NOAA El Nino Rapid Response (ENRR) Field Campaign in late 2015 and early 2016 as a part of AJAX team. From this field campaign, I have led a study regarding a coastal barrier jet associated with atmospheric rivers, to understand its kinematic and thermodynamic characteristics.
I joined AJAX (Alpha Jet Atmospheric eXperience,PI: Dr. Laura Iraci) team in Sept. 2014.
I worked with Prof. Inez Fung from 2012 to 2014, focusing on the urban CO2 sources in Salt Lake city, Utah.
I worked at Caltech JPL from 2011 to 2012, as a Caltech postdoctoral fellow I was one of the main team members of CALWATER, studying extreme precipitation (i.e. atmospheric rivers (ARs)) using in-situ/satellite data, model, and theory. I worked with Dr. Duane Waliser and AIRS Dr. Eric Fetzer
I received MA and Ph.D from Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University from Fall 2004 to July 2009. I was advised by Prof. Darryn Waugh,
I received B.S. degree from Dept. of Mathematics and B.S. and M.S. degree from Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, S. Korea, under supervision of Prof. Hye-Yeong Chun.
"I felt successful when others considered me unsuccessful because I was in full control of what I was doing"
- Katalin Kariko (Biochemist, Nobel prize winner)