Education

• B.Sc., Department of Genetic Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Kyung Hee University, South Korea, 2003-2007
• Ph.D., Department of Plant Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2007-2014

Professional Experiences

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2014-2016
• Visiting Scholar, Center for Applied Plant Sciences and Department of Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, 2016-2017
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, 2017-2023
• Specialist, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA, 2023-2025
• Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology and Green Bio Science & Technology, Seoul National University, 2025-Present

Teaching Experiences

• Lecturer of “Life sciences experiments” at Sahmyook University in Korea, 2014 Fall
• Lecturer of “Tissue culture techniques” at Sahmyook University in Korea, 2015 Spring

Society Memberships

• American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

Research Interests

• Biosynthesis pathways of specialized metabolites in medicinal crops and model plants
• Regulation of transcription factor
• Plant metabolic engineering

Lectures

• Topics in Seed Biotechnology (종자생명공학특강)
• Seed Biotechnology Research Methods 1 (종자생명공학연구 방법론 1)
• Seed Biotechnology Research Methods 2 (종자생명공학연구 방법론 2)