Professor

Experiences |

• Principal investigator, Molecular Systems Microbiology Lab. (Since Mar. 2018)

• Associate Professor, Dept. of Life Science, College of Natural Science, Sogang University (Since Sep. 2025)

• Assistant & Associate Professor, Dept. of Food Sci. & Biotech., College of Engineering, Ewha Womans University (Mar. 2018 ~ Aug. 2025)

• Post-doctoral fellow, Infection and Immunity Research Lab, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB) (Research adviser: Myung Hee Kim, Ph.D.)

• Research associate, Dept. of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (Research adviser: Karla J. F. Satchell, Ph.D.)

• Post-doctoral fellow, Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University. (Research adviser: Sang Ho Choi, Ph.D.)

• Visiting Pre-doctoral scholar, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Research Adviser: Dr. Everett Peter Greenberg, Ph.D.)

Services & Activities |

• IUMS 2020 Organizing Committee Member for International Cooperation (2019~2020)

• The Microbiological Society of Korea (MSK, 한국미생물학회):
  평의원 (2020~현재), 공익위원 (2019, 2020), 재무위원 (2021, 2022), 생리/생화학분과 위원 (2023~현재)

• The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (KMB, 한국미생물생명공학회):
  평의원 (2020~현재), 소식지편집간사 (2020, 2021), 홍보간사 (2022), 학술간사 (2023, 2026), MBL 편집간사 (2024~2025), 의과학분과 학술간사 (2019~현재)

• Ministry of Science and ICT (과학기술정보통신부): Expert in Technology Level Evaluation (2018~2023)

• Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(식품의약품안전처): Evaluation committee member for GMO & novel food items (2022~현재), 새로운 식품원료 전문가 자문단 (2024~현재)

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters (한국미생물생명공학회 Letters) [Deputy Editor(2024-2025) & Editor(2019~현재)]

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology (한국미생물생명공학회 영문지) [Editor(2023~현재)]

• Journal of Microbiology (한국미생물학회 영문지) [Editor(2026~) and Guest Editor(2018, 2025)]

• Food Science and Biotechnology (한국식품공학회 영문지) [Editor(2024~현재)]

• 전국식품공학교수협의회 등기이사 (2025)

Fellowships & Awards |

• 2025. Award for Best Editor, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology

• 2023. Research Encouragement Award. The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology

• 2021; 2024. Award for Best Editor, Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters, The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology

• 2017. Travel Grant, ASM conference on Vibrio 2017: The biology of Vibrios. American Society for Microbiology

• 2013. Post-doctoral fellowship. National Research Foundation of Korea

• 2011. Research achievement award. BK21 Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University

• 2009. Excellent presentation award. The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology

• 2007. Academic excellence award (summa cum laude in College of Agriculture and Life Science), Seoul National University (President LEE, Jang-Moo)

• 2004. Excellent Paper in Liberal Arts Courses, Seoul National University (President CHUNG, Un-Chan) 

Lectures |

Undergraduate course

• • • BIO3711 Microbiology

    • STS2002 Life and Environment

    • 36311-01 Food Microbiology (at EWHA)

    • 36314-01 Food Microbiology Lab. (at EWHA)

    • 38771-01 Microbial genetics and genomics (at EWHA)

    • 36330-01 Microbial genetics and Fermentation (at EWHA)

    • 36305-01 Food Science and Laboratory (at EWHA)

Graduate course

• • • G17621 Advanced Foodborne Pathogens (at EWHA)

    • G16808 Advanced Molecular Biology of Microorganisms (at EWHA)

    • G17620 Bacterial Protein Toxins (at EWHA)

    • G18054 Foodborne Viruses and Virus Engineering (at EWHA)