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

Research Professor (funded by National Research Foundation of Korea) in Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (2026–present)

Postdoctoral Fellow (funded by National Research Foundation of Korea) in Stress-Responding Bionanomaterial Center (SRBC), Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea (2025–2026)

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

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

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)