Professional Experience:
2026 - 2027 Associate Dean of Research, Seoul National University College of Medicine
2022 - present Professor, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Department of Biomedical Sciences
2023 - 2024 Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Department of Laboratory Pathology, School of Medicine
2015 - 2022 Assistant/Associate Professor, Seoul National University College of Medicine
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Department of Biomedical Sciences
2011 - 2015 Assistant Professor, Kyung Hee University, Department of Chemistry
2007 - 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Department of Cell Biology
(Advisor: Daniel Finley, PhD)
Education & Training:
2007 Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy (Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences)
2002 M.S., Seoul National University, Department of Chemistry (Major: Biochemistry)
2000 B.S., Seoul National University, Department of Chemistry (1995 - 1997, served as a Republic of Korea Army)
Honor & Award:
2024, 2019,. 2017 서울대학교 의과대학 연구우수교원 (Best Researcher Award, SNU College of Medicine)
2024/2018 한국분자세포생물학회 레드/블루리본렉처 (Red/Blue Ribbon Lecturer, KSMCB Winter Symposium)
2022 삼성미래기술육성센터 과제 선정
2022 서울대학교 의과대학 연구안전 우수연구실 (대상)
2020 서울대학교 의과대학 이달의 연구 (Research of the Month, 8월)
2019 생화학분자생물학회 사석상 (KSBMB Sasuk Award)
2018 한국도레이 과학기술진흥재단 지원사업 (Korea Toray Science & Technology Foundation Grant)
2018 생화학분자생물학회 동천신진과학자상 (Dongchun Young Scientist Award, KSBMB)
2017 서울대학교 의과학과 의과학 우수강의교수상 (Best Biomedical Science Lecturer, SNU)
2016 대한화학회 이대실 젊은생명화학자 학술상 (Dae-sill Lee Research Excellence Prize, KCS)
2016 서울대학교 창의선도우수연구자 (SNU Creative-Pioneering Researchers Program)
2016 두산연강재단 암 연구 지원사업 (Doosan Yonkang Foundation Cancer Research Fellowship)
2015 브릭 연구자가 선정한 2015 국내 바이오분야 연구성과 TOP5 (Best Research in 2015, BRIC)
2015, 2018 한국분자세포생물학회 경암바이오굿랩
2014 Best Oral Presentation Award (ICBCE International Symposium)
2013 경희대학교 우수강의교수상 Best Teaching Professor Award
2012 경희대학교 우수강의포트폴리오(생화학) Best Lecture Portfolio for Open Education Resources
2011 대한화학회 세계화학의 해 화학홍보대사 "Chemistry Ambassador" of Korean Chemical Society
2010 - 2012 American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) Alzheimer’s Disease Research Postdoctoral
Fellowship ($100,000, 2 years). Title: Role of Usp14 in degradation and aggregation of tau
http://www.ahaf.org/research/grants/migrated/role-of-usp14-in-degradation.html
2007 Merck Sponsored Research Program Fellowship (Harvard Medical School)
2007 Graduate and Professional Student Association Travel Award (University of Pittsburgh)
2006 School of Pharmacy Graduate Program Counsel Scholarship (University of Pittsburgh)
2006 Center for Pharmacogenetics Research Excellence Award (University of Pittsburgh)
2004 The University Book Center Graduate Student Award (University of Pittsburgh)
Other Relative Experience
2026 – 2027 Associate Dean for Research, Seoul National University College of Medicine
2026 – SNU Research Operation Committee
2026 – SNU Equipment Evaluation Committee
2025 – SNU Research Safety Committee
2025 – International Member of eCOST (European Cooperation in Science & Technology) Action Working group: ProteoCure (CA20113)
2025 – 2026 Chair, KSMCB Public Affair Committee
2023 – 2024 Chair, KSBMB Academic Affair Committee
2022 – 2023 Director, Core Research Facility of Seoul National University College of Medicine
2021 – 2024 Korea Research Foundation Review Board (RB) Member (Area: Biochemistry)
2021 – present General Affair Manager of Winter Symposium Committee (KSBMB)
2021 – present General Affair Manager of the Organoid Society
2019 – 2020 General Affair Manager of "Autophagy" division (KSBMB)
2019 – present Delegate of KSBMB
2018 – 2019 KSBMB Managing Committee, Ethics Committee (KSBMB)
2018 – 2020 KSMCB Winter Symposium Committee (KSMCB)
2018 – 2019 KSMCB Ilchon Committee (KSMCB)
2018 KSBMB Election Committee (KSBMB)
2017 – 2020 International Member of eCOST (European Cooperation in Science & Technology) Action PROTEOSTASIS (BM1307) & UbiPATHY (proposal #OC-2017-1-22217) networks
2017 – 2019 Biochemistry Online Encyclopedia Committee (KSBMB)
2017 – 2018 General Affair Manager of "Life Chemistry" division (KCS)
2017 EMM Management Committee (KSBMB)
2017 Welfare Committee (KSMCB)
2013 – 2017 General Affair Manager of "Protein Kinesis and Diseases" division (KSMCB)
2013 – 2017 Committee member, Chapter Affairs Committee (KSMCB)
2013 – 2014 General Affair Assistant of "Life Chemistry" division (KCS)
2013 – 2014 Member of Scientific Excellency Committee of KCS
2012 – 2013 Member, Special Task Force Team for Future Science, Kyung Hee University
2021 – present Member of the Organoid Society
2019 – present Member of the Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences (KSBNS)
2017 – present Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea (PSK)
2011 – present Member of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB)
2011 – present Member of the Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (KSBMB)
2011 – present Member of the Korean Chemical Society (KCS)
2007 – 2011 Member of the New England Bioscience Society (NEBS)
2007 – 2011 Member of the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)
2002 – 2007 Member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS)
2002 – 2005 Teaching Assistant. Biochemistry 1& 2, and Principle of Drug Action. University of
Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy