Awards and Services
Selected Awards, Honors, and Grants
National Research Foundation of Korea, Mid-career Researchers Program Grant, PI (2022-2025)
Hyunwoo Research Excellence Award (현우 학술상), Korea Production and Operations Management Society (2021)
Y-KAST member (한국과학기술한림원 차세대회원), Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2020-)
Outstanding Teaching Award, College of Business, Seoul National University (2019-)
Creative-Pioneering Researchers Program Grant (창의선도연구자), Seoul National University, PI (2018-2021)
National Research Foundation of Korea, Young Researchers Program Grant, PI (2018-2020)
Winner, MSOM Best Paper Award, INFORMS (2018)
List of Excellent Teachers, University of Illinois (2010-2017)
M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, INFORMS (2016)
Finalist, UIUC College of Business Alumni Association Award, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Illinois (2015)
Winner, INFORMS ENRE (Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment) Young Researcher Prize, INFORMS (2014)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Research Grant, co-PI (2013-2015)
Campus Research Board, Research Grant Award, University of Illinois (2011-2012)
Center for International Business Education and Research, Research Grant, University of Illinois (2011)
SOLA-AIR Dissertation Award, Honorable mention, INFORMS (2009)
Transportation Center Dissertation Fellowship, Northwestern University (2008-2009)
Delta Nu Alpha Foundation Scholarship (2008)
Services
Senior Editor, Production & Operations Management (2022- ), Associate Editor, Decision Sciences (2018-2022)
President, College of Sustainable Operations, Production and Operations Management (2025)
Track chair (with Can Zhang), Sustainable Operations, POMS (2024)
Cluster chair (with Natalie Huang), MSOM/Sustainable Operations, INFORMS (2022)
Chair (with Ioannis Bellos), POMS College of Sustainable Operations Student Paper Competition (2018)
Mini Conference co-organizer (with Tim Kraft), POMS College of Sustainable Operations (2016)
Judge for various paper competitions and conferences: MSOM SIG, POMS Student Paper Competition, INFORMS ENRE Best Publication Award (2013- )
Session chair at various major conferences: INFORMS Annual Meeting, POMS Annual Conference (2010- )
Referee for various journals: Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production & Operations Management, Transportation Science, Decision Sciences, Annals of Operations Research, IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, Transportation Research-Part B, etc