Education

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2015

  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

  • Thesis advisor: Professor Prodromos Daoutidis

• B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, 2009

  • Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Professional Experiences

• Assistant Professor (Jul 2023 - present)

  • Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

• Assistant Professor (Mar 2020 - Jun 2023)

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Dankook University, Yongin, Korea

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (Jun 2015 - Feb 2020)

  • Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea (w/ Professor Jay H. Lee)

Professional Activities

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems (Mar 2022 - present)

• Associate Editor, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (Jan 2021 - present)

• National Organizing Committee Member, IFAC World Congress (2026)

• National Organizing Committee Member, IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems (2022)

• International Program Committee Member, International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (2021)

• Associate Editor, American Control Conference (2021)

Awards

• Best Associate Editor Award, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems (2023)