CV

EDUCATION

University of Science and Technology

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical Engineering (AI Medical Imaging)

Before starting my Ph.D. studies, I was a grade 5 civil servant in South Korea

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN

Medical School - (Joint admissions)

College of Biological Sciences (CBS) - (Graduated)

May 18, 2013

ACADEMIC HONORS

Scholarships 

Daewoong Foundation & Big Data Scholarship (2021)

University of Science and Technology - KIST School, Admission Scholarship (2018-2025)

University of Minnesota, CBS Medical School Research Full Scholarship (2013-2014)

South Korea Governor Scholarship for Future Leaders (2011-2014)

Honors Class

Honors Composition II 

Awards and Honors

International Academic Research Activity Competition (Jan 2021) #Excellent Award Received with $200

IBS Art in Science 2020 (Dec 2020) #Award Received with $300

Idea Bubbling R&D Technology for Social Problem Solving Design Contest (Sep 2020) #Excellent Award Received with $700
"Prediction of Neurological Abnormalities in COVID-19 using ATLAS"

Creative and Challenging Research Incubating Program Investigator Fellowship, Received $10,000 (Oct 2019)

2019 EKC-Austria, Europe-Korea Conference on Science and Technology 

Best Idea and Patent Award, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea (Oct 2018) Rank #1, Received $3,000

Undergraduate Symposium Best Poster Award (Dec 2012) Rank #1 out of 160

Young Scientist Prize, South Korea Governor (Nov 2011) Rank #1, Made a speech as a representative , Received $10,000

The Best Case Report, Asan Medical Center (July 2011) Rank #1 out of 400, Received $500

The Hope Prize, Northeast Asian History Foundation (Aug 2008)

The Best Team Award, Northeast Asian History Foundation (Aug 2008)

 Presentation

JAN 2021 AOCCN - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Poster Presentation 

Dec 2019 Invited Speaker for The Korean Federation of Science & Technology Societies Forum
"As a Young Scientist chosen by Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea"

July 2019 EKC- Vienna, Austria, Poster Presentation

2014 University of Minnesota Medical School, Poster Presentation

2012 University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences, Collaboration, Poster Presentation #Best Poster Award

Internship

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Histology Laboratory (2012)

Samsung Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Dementia and Aphasia Research (2012) 

Severance Hospital, Department of Rehabilitation, Dementia and Brain Research (2011)

Asan Medical Center, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics Research (2011)

Membership

CPR BLS Provider, American Heart Association (2012)  

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), KIST Brain Science Institute-Center for Functional Connectomics

• LAB Project : Bioimage Informatics, Image Based Brain Connectivity Mapping 

• Design and Implementation of Large Data Analysis Pipeline 

"A 3-D Image Analysis of Human Cerebral Small Vessel Disease(CSVD)" 

• Develop a Medical CAD System

Research Assistant

Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Technology(KRIBB), Genome Editing Research Center

• LAB Project : "Construction and Application of Bioinformatics Service System for Big Whole-Genome Data." , “Prediction and Application of Pathogenicity of Genome Variants by Machine Learning.” 

• Studying RNA Seq Analysis of Human Diseases, Whole Exome Genome Analysis of Rare diseases, Genomic Prediction & Marker Selection, Development of Genomic Prediction and GWAS

Research Assistant /Junior Scientist (2010-2014) 

University of Minnesota, Medical School, Medical Center Fairview 

Department of Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hematology, Oncology

• Research project. “Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells – Comparative Analysis of Differential Stromal Cell Lines Supported for Natural Killer Cell Generation.” (Undergrduate Honors Thesis)

• Undergraduate Research Symposium, Best Poster Award – “Bee-Dazzled by Neurexin-1” (2012) 

• College of Biological Sciences Symposium, Presentation (2013, 2014)

• Cultured Stem Cells, Performed western blotting, PCR, and multi-color flow cytometry

ACTIVITIES

Extracurricular Activities

UST Student Representative Committee Member (Aug 23, 2019 - Aug 22, 2021)

Member of the Computational Medicine Societal Club, The Joeun Academy (2017) 

Member of Florist Society, J-florist School (2017)

Asian Student Association (ASA), University of Minnesota (2012-2014)

SPACE, Activities Planning Board at the University of Minnesota (2008-2010)

Community Service

STLF Students Today Leaders Forever (2008-2014)  

Volunteered at Villa St. Vincent (2009-2011)

Donated for World Vision (2010-2015)

Donating for UNICEF (2017-2021)

Donating for Beautiful Store(non-profit organization) (2018-2021)

SKILLS

Languages

Fluent in English and Korean  

(a little) Spanish, German, Japanese, and Chinese 

Technology

Main Language # Python

# Framework: PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.

Other Language Experience 

Second Language #R

# SQL

# Genomic Research

# Web Design – JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS <Front-End>

# Premiere Pro <3D Video, VR, SW Editing>

# SW Functions Developed - VTK, Rendering, etc

STRENGTHS

LAB Experience (FACS, MACS, Cancer cells, NK cells, T-Cells, Cell culture, PCR, Y2H, etc) 

at the University of Minnesota, Medical Center Fairview (Focused on the Leukemia treatment)

Medical Internship Experience (Clerkship)

at Mayo Clinic, Samsung Medical Center, Asan Medical Center, Severance Hospital

DRY LAB Experience (Whole Genome Sequencing, Exome Sequencing, Pipeline develop, GWAS, 

Google Cloud, Machine learning, Deep Learning, etc)

at Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology

at Korea Institute of Science and Technology

“What unifies both wet and dry work is the conceptual part of the science.” 

I have experienced both Wet and Dry lab

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