Professor

Associate professor
Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Human Ecology
Yonsei University

Education |

Ph.D. in Agricultural Biotechnology (Food Science and Biotechnology), Seoul National University 

B.S. in Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (summa cum laude), Seoul National University

Research Experiences |

Principal investigator, Yonsei Molecular Food Microbiology Lab, Yonsei University (Since Mar. 2017)

Postdoctoral fellow, BK21+ Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University

Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Food Safety and Toxicology, Seoul National University

Postdoctoral fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, HHMI, Boston MA

Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University

Services & Activities |

Civil Nutrition Policy Committee Member, Seoul Metropolitan City (Jun. 2024~)

Food safety countermeasures committee member, Seoul Metropolitan City (Jun. 2024~)

Eco-friendly school meal support deliberative committee member, Seoul Metropolitan City (Feb. 2024~)

Organizing committee member (Scientific program committee), The Microbiological Society of Korea (Jan. 2024~)

Operation committee member, Yonsei Cooperative Center for Research Facilities (Mar. 2018~)

Department chair, Department of Food and Nutrition, Yonsei University (Sep. 2019-Aug. 2023)

Radiation safety management committee member, Yonsei University Radiation Safety Center (Sep. 2019-Aug. 2023)

Expert in technology level evaluation, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (Jul. 2018-Jun. 2023)

Sergeant (ROK Army), honorably discharged, Korea Military Academy, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2006-Mar. 2008)

Contributing (& Postdoctoral, Student) member, American Society for Microbiology (Since Jan. 2011)

Regular member, The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (Since Jan. 2017)

Regular member, Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (Since Jan. 2018)

Board director member, The Korean Socieiity of Food Hygiene and Safety (Since Jan. 2021)

Regular member, The Microbiological Society of Korea (Since Jan. 2022)

Awards & Fellowships |

Award for Excellence in Teaching (2022). Yonsei University (Feb. 2023)

Award for Excellence in Teaching (2021). Yonsei University (Feb. 2022)

Award for Excellence in Teaching (2020). Yonsei University (Feb. 2021)

Award for Excellence in Teaching (2019). Yonsei University (Feb. 2020)

Outstanding abstract. American Society for Microbiology (Jun. 2018)

Best oral presentation award. The Federation of Korean Microbiological Society (Nov. 2017)

Student and postdoctoral travel award. American Society for Microbiology (Jun. 2016)

Achievement award. Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University (Nov. 2013)

Student travel grant award. American Society for Microbiology (Jun. 2012)

Research achievement award. BK21 Dept. of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University (Dec. 2011)

National Research Fellowships for Science and Engineering, Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Korea (Mar. 2009. - Feb. 2011)

Academic excellence award (graduated summa cum laude in College of Agriculture and Life Sciences), Seoul National University (President LEE, Jang-Moo) (Feb. 2009) 

National Scholarship for Science and Engineering, Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF), Republic of Korea (Mar. 2003-Aug. 2005, Mar. 2008-Feb. 2009)

Research Interest |

Control & detection of foodboren pathogens using phages/endolsins

Virulence factors/mechanisms of foodboren pathogens causing foodborn illnesses 

Genome/transcriptome/metagenome analysis of useful/harmful bacteria & its phages living with us

Microbiome modulation using phages and phage derivatives