Education:

Aug. 2000 – Dec. 2007    : Doctor of Philosophy, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

Thesis: The role of allopolyploid speciation in the diversification of Persicaria (Polygonaceae).  

Awarded, The John Spangler Nicolas Prize

Mar. 1997 – Feb. 1999    : Master of Science, Dept. of Biology, Seoul National University

Thesis: A systematic Study on Fallopia sect. Fallopia s. lat. (Polygonaceae)

Mar. 1991 – Feb. 1997    : Bachelor of Science, Dept. of Biology, Seoul National University

(Research Project): Flora of Mt. Hwaya, Korea

Research Experiences:

Apr. 2024 – current          : Associate Professor, Department of Medical & Biological Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea

Mar. 2020 – Mar. 2024   : Assistant Professor, Department of Medical & Biological Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea

Oct. 2014 – Feb. 2020    : Research Fellow, Center for Genome Engineering, Institute for Basic Science.

Research interests: Genome editing in plant and model organisms including genomics and informatics.

Sep. 2007 – Oct. 2014    : Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Dept. of Molecular Biology.  

Research interests: Evolutionary genomics and population genetics in model plants.

Teaching Experiences:

2020 ~                         : Asst. Prof., Assoc. Prof., The Catholic University of Korea. 

“Plant systematics”, "Molecular Phylogenetics", “Evolutionary Biology”, “Evolutionary Genomics”, “Topics in Genome Editing”

2017                            : Lecturer (part-time), Ajou University, Korea. “Biological Evolution”

2002, 2006, and 2007 : Graduate Teaching Fellow, Yale University. "Diversity of Life"

2003, 2005, and 2006 : Graduate Teaching Fellow, Yale University. "Conservation Biology"

Sep. 1998 – Dec. 1998      : Graduate Teaching Assistant, Seoul Nat’l Univ. "General Biology"