Education

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), NSW, Australia, 2013

Thesis Title: Novel Membrane Hybrid Systems as Pretreatment to Seawater Reverse Osmosis

Supervisor: Professor Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran

M.S., Construction Environment Engineering, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, Korea, 2009

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea, 2005

Professional Experiences (After Ph.D.)

Assistant Professor: Sep. 2019 - Present, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University

Research Professor: Mar. 2017 - Aug. 2019, Graduate School of Water Resources, Sungkyunkwan University (Advisor: Prof. Am Jang)

Postdoctoral Researcher: Apr. 2015 - Feb. 2017, Water Desalination and Reuse Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (Advisor: Prof. TorOve Leiknes)

Visiting Fellow: Sep. 2015 - Sep. 2016, Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia (Advisor: Prof. Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran)

Visiting Academic Scholar: Oct. 2013 - Sep. 2018, Centre of Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Australia (Advisor: Prof. Scott A. Rice)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Research Associate): Jul. 2013 - Mar. 2015, Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia (Advisor: Prof. Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran)