Education

• B.S., Dept. of Animal Science, Chung-Ang University, 1996
• M.S., School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, 1998
• Ph.D., School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, 2003

Professional Experiences

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Research Associate), Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, 2003 ~ 2006
• Research Scientist, CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Agriculture and Food, Brisbane, Australia, 2006 ~ 2019
• Honorary Fellowship, CSIRO, 2019 ~ 2021
• Honorary Scientist and Advisor on Agricultural Science and Technology (Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea), 2021 ~ 2023
• Research Fellow (Academic Research), The University of Queensland Frazer Institute, Brisbane, Australia, 2019 ~ 2025
• Honorary Fellow, The University of Queensland, 2025 ~ 2026
• Associate professor, Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, Seoul National University, 2025. 09 ~ present

Society Memberships

• Executive committee member with KASEA (Korean Academy of Scientists and Engineers in Australasia), 2013 ~ present
• Editorial Board member of The World Journal of Gastroenterology (WJG, https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/index.htm): a four-year term, 2014 ~ 2017
• Vice-chairman of KASEA (Korean Academy of Scientists and Engineers in Australasia), 2022 ~ 2023
• Associate Editor of Frontiers in Microbiology (in Microbial Symbioses), 2023 ~ present

Research Interests

• Metagenomic Insights into Gut Microbiome Composition and Function
• Microbial Diversity and Ecological Interactions in the Gastrointestinal Tract
• Comparative Animal Microbiome Research for Health and Agricultural Innovation
• Microbiome Signatures in Gut Health and Disease Progression
• Host-Microbiome Interactions and Therapeutic Potentials

Lectures

• Topics of Probiotics and Gut Microbiota
• Microbial Diversity and Gut Health
• Animal Microbiome
• Metagenomics of Gut Microbiota