Vice Dean, College of Engineering, Chungnam National University

Professor, Dept. Polymer Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University

Visiting Professor, Dept. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, The University of Utah

Post-doctoral Research Associate, Dept. Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, USA

Principal Scientist, Akina, Inc., Purdue Research Park, USA

Post-doctoral Fellowship, Biomedical Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology  (KIST)

Rockit Technology Innovation Award, The Biomaterials Society of Korea

Excellent Research Professor President Award, Chungnam National University

Best Paper Award, The Polymer Society of Korea 

Research Contribution Professor, Chungnam National University

Research and Development Award, Chungnam National University Institute of Nano New Materials 

JAIST Excellent Student Award, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

The Nagai Foundation Tokyo CRS Graduate Student/Postdoc Award 

Japanese Government Scholarship (Munbusho Scholarship) 

Academic Prize for the Excellent Grade 

Associate Editor, Polymer (Korea)                                                                                                                             Editorial Board, Journal of Chitin and Chitosan

Editorial Board, Biomaterials Research

Editorial Board, Korean Journal of Scientific Criminal Investigation

Special Guest Editor, Official Journal of the Korean Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society

Editorial Committee, Polymer Science and Technology