Research Interests

• Field-based structural studies for deciphering full cycle spatio-temporal tectonic evolution of orogenic belts from rifting to collision processes.

• Kinematic studies using various modern structural techniques for inferring the 3D evolution of fold-thrust belts.

• Applied Structural Geology in Petroleum and Geological Engineering

Employment

2024.9 – Present Associate Professor of Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Chonnam National University (CNU)

2020.9 – 2024.8 Assistant Professor of Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Chonnam National University (CNU)

2018.7 – 2020.8 Senior researcher of Geology Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

2017.12 – 2018.6  Researcher of Geology Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)

2010 – 2018  Researcher of Institute of Natural Sciences, Yonsei University

2007 – 2010  Staff of Oil, Gas and Mineral Resource Development Team, Keangnam Enterprises, Ltd., Seoul, Korea.

Education

2012 – 2018  Ph.D. in Geological Sciences (Earth System Sciences; Specialized in Structural geology and tectonics): Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; Advisor: Prof. Sanghoon Kwon.

2010 – 2012  M.S. in Geological Sciences (Earth System Sciences; Specialized in Structural geology and tectonics): Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; Advisor: Prof. Sanghoon Kwon.

2003 – 2008  B.S. in Geological Sciences (Earth System Sciences): Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Thesis

• Jang, Y., 2018. Structural style of the Phanerozoic polyphase orogenic belt in the western Taebaeksan Zone, Okcheon Belt, Korea: Insights from multidisciplinary analyses: Ph. D. thesis, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 220 p.

• Jang, Y., 2012. Structural geometry of the Yeongwol thrust system, Taebaeksan zone, Korea: M.S. thesis, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 122 p.

Editorial Experiences

2025.1 – Present  Habitable Planet, Associate Editor

2023.7 – Present  Geoscience Frontiers (Elsevier), Associate Editor

2022.1 – Present  The Journal of The Petrological Society of Korea, Associate Editor

2022.1 – Present  Journal of the Geological Society of Korea (SCOPUS), Associate Editor

2022.3 – 2025.3  Geological Journal (Wiley), Associate Editor

2022.1 – 2023.7  Geosystems and Geoenvironment (Elsevier) Associate Editor

Scientific Career

2025.6 – Present  한국광해관리공단 광해방지사업 자문∙심의 위원

2025.3 – Present  광주광역시 지하안전위원회 위원

2024.1 – Present  광주광역시 저수지댐 안전관리위원

2024.1 – Present  대한지질학회 전문위원

2023.1 – Present  대한자원환경지질학회 이사

2022.7 – Present  한국암석학회 이사

2022.1 – Present  IAGR (International Association of Gondwana Research) Executive Council-Secertary

2021.8 – Present  광주광역시 환경영향평가심의위원

2021.5 – Present  한국석유지질퇴적학회 이사

2021.3 – Present  행정안전부 지진∙화산방재정책 전문위원

2019.5 – Present  대한자원환경지질학회 전문위원

2020.8 – 2023.8  환경부 자연발생석면영향조사 검토위원

Award

International award

• Student poster award during 2016 IAGR Conference, International Association for Gondwana Research.

• Student poster award during 2014 ICCD Conference, International Association for Gondwana Research.

• Certificate of student poster competition at the OCEANS’12 MTS/IEEE Yeosu for MTS/IEEE.

Korean award

• 제16회 젊은과학자상, 2019, (사)대한자원환경지질학회

• Student poster award during 2015 Spring Joint Conference of the Geological Science & Technology of Korea, The Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Geology.

• Student oral presentation award during 2012 Spring Joint Conference of the Geological Science & Technology of Korea, The Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Geology.

Academic award

• 교육우수상, 2025, 전남대학교

• 교육우수상, 2024, 전남대학교