Employment

Oct 2024 - Present : Research Assistant Professor. Seoul National University, South Korea

Mar 2021 - Sep 2024 : Research Professor. Yonsei University, South Korea

Mar 2019 - Feb 2021 : Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea

Visiting Research

Oct - Dec 2022, Feb - Apr 2023 : University of Melbourne, Australia; collaboration with Prof. Andrew D. King

Education

Mar 2014 - Feb 2019 : Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea

Ph.D. (major : Climate Dynamics, Advisor : Prof. Seung-Ki Min)

Thesis : Understanding global hydroclimatic effects of explosive volcanic eruptions

Mar 2009 - Feb 2014 : Kwangwoon University, South Korea

B.S. (major : Environmental Engineering, minor : Chemical Engineering)

Research Project

Core Research Grants Type A (Principal Investigator, National Research Foundation of Korea, Mar 2026 - Feb 2031)

Predictability of Extreme Precipitation in Future Climate Using a Diffusion Model

Sejong Science Fellowship (Principal Investigator, National Research Foundation of Korea, Sep 2021 - Feb 2026)

An integrated understanding of past changes and future projection for Arctic amplification

Awards

Young atmospheric scientist award, Korean Meteorological Society (Oct 2021)

Editorial Service

Guest Editor, Special Issue "Climate Responses and Extremes Under Net-Zero and Net-Negative Carbon Dioxide Emission Pathways" Environments

Conference, Workshop, Invited Seminar Presentations

AGU 2026 / KMS 2026 Fall / ACM 2026

AI-Carbon-Climate Modeling Joint Workshop (15th July 2026, KIST Gangneung Institute): AI-Based Downscaling of Summertime ‘Extreme’ Precipitation Forecast over South Korea

AI Climate Modeling Joint Workshop (13th Jan 2026, KIST): High-resolution, probabilistic precipitation downscaling using a residual corrective diffusion model

AGU 2025 (17th Dec 2025, New Orleans): No significant weakening of East Asian summer extreme precipitation under net-zero CO2 emissions

SNU SEES seminar (11th Dec 2025, SNU): East Asian summer extreme precipitation responses to net-zero CO2 emissions

BACO 2025 (Pusan): No significant weakening of East Asian summer extreme precipitation under net-zero CO2 emissions scenario

KMS 2025 Spring (Seoul): Extreme precipitation and associated synoptic-scale weather system responses to CO2 emission reduction

9th GEWEX (10th July 2024, Sapporo): Response of Indian summer monsoon precipitation to carbon dioxide removal: subseasonal evolution and regional characteristics

Hanyang University BK21 seminar (11th Oct 2023, Ansan) : Hysteretic behavior of sub-seasonal/daily Indian summer monsoon precipitation to carbon dioxide removal

AOGS 2023 (4th Aug 2023, Singapore): Constraining global to continental future extreme precipitation intensification 

AOGS 2023 (1st Aug 2023, Singapore): Hysteretic behavior of global to regional monsoon area under CO2 ramp-up and ramp-down