Education

Ph.D. in Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (2023)

• Dissertation:  Novel function of heliorhodopsin in regulation of glutamine synthetase activity

• Advisor: Prof. Kwang-Hwan Jung

M.S. in Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea. (2018)

• Thesis: Characterization of Light-driven outward-sodium pump from DTG motif microbial rhodopsins

• Advisor: Prof. Kwang-Hwan Jung

B.S. in Department of Marine Biotechnology, Anyang University, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (2016)

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow (funded by National Research Foundation of Korea) in Stress-Responding Bionanomaterial Center (SRBC), Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (2025–present)

• Research on light-regulated membrane proteins and metabolic enzyme activation mechanisms 

Postdoctoral Researcher in Research Institute for Basic Science, Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (2023–2025)

• Conducted research on light-regulated membrane proteins and cell-free protein synthesis while fulfilling mandatory military service as a professional research personnel 

Researcher in Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (2022–2023)

• Carried out doctoral research while fulfilling mandatory military service as a professional research personnel 

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Graduate School of Sogang University (2025)

• Taught a graduate course on How to Write a Research Article

• Fully responsible for course design and lecture delivery 

Teaching Assistant / Co-Instructor, Department of Life Science, Sogang University (2024)

• Taught a graduate course on How to Write a Research Article

• Responsible for 75% of the lecture content

Funding

Sejong Science Fellowship (Domestic Track, Principal Investigator), National Research Foundation of Korea (Daejeon, Daejeon, Korea (2025–present)