• RESEARCH AREA [CV]
  • 1. Developing Climate-Environment System Models:
    • Develop Global Climate Models (GCMs)
    • Interested in atmospheric moist physics - Deep convection, Cloud Microphysics, Aerosols, Radiation Interaction
    • Evaluate the impact of horizontal/vertical grid spacing
    • Evaluate the Data Assimilation Scheme
    • Regional and Urban-scale Modeling (WRF/UCM)
  • 2. Sciences on Climate Variability and Change:
    • Study the dynamical mechanisms of the global warming process
    • Investigate the role of aerosols in precipitation process
    • Study periodic weather-climate phenomena (Diurnal Cycle, Tropical Madden-Julian Oscillation, El-Nino, and Decadal Oscillation)
  • EDUCATION
    • Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, 2001 - Seoul National University
    • Thesis: Impacts of cumulus parameterization and cloud-radiation interaction processes in GCM simulation of tropical intraseasonal oscillation
    • Advisor: Professor In-Sik Kang
    • M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, 1996 - Seoul National University
    • Thesis: Temperature variability and its secular warming trend in Korean peninsula
    • Advisor: Professor In-Sik Kang
    • B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, 1994 - Seoul National University
  • EMPLOYMENTS
    • Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
    • February 2020 - Present, Professor
    • February 2014 - Feburary 2020, Associate Professor
    • February 2010 - Feburary 2014, Assistant Professor
    • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    • March 2003 - January 2010, Research Associate, Assistant Research Scientist
    • Climate Environment System Research Center, Seoul National University
    • March 2001 - March 2003, Post-doctoral Research Scientist
  • TEACHING EXPERIENCES
    • Climate Dynamics (graduate), SNU, 2002
    • An Introduction to the Climate System Modeling (graduate), SNU, 2002
    • Introduction to the Environmental Engineering (undergraduate, co-teaching), UNIST, 2010-
    • Introduction to Climate Change (undergraduate), UNIST, 2010
    • Global Environment (undergraduate), UNIST, 2010-
    • Climate and Environmental Modeling (graduate), UNIST, 2010-
    • Atmospheric Dynamics (undergraduate), UNIST, 2011-
    • Advanced Statistics (graduate), UNIST, 2013-
    • Statistics in Earth and Environmental Sciences (undergraduate), UNIST, 2014-
    • Tropical Meteorology (graduate), UNIST, 2014-
  • PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
    • Advisor Professor, APEC Climate Center, 2011-
    • Advisory member, Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction System (KIAPS), 2011-
    • Advisory Board, Korean Meteorological Administration, 2012-2014
    • Executive Member & Int’l Cooperation, Korean Meteorological Society, 2012-2013, 2015-
    • Director of International Cooperation Committee, Korean Meteorological Society, 2015
    • Member, Working Group for the APEC Climate Center (APCC), 2007-2010
    • Editor, Korean Atmospheric Scientists in America (KASA), publish on-line newsletter, 2006
    • Member, Korean Meteorological Society, since 2001
    • Member, American Meteorological Society, since 2008
    • Member, American Geophysical Union, since 2008
    • Journal Peer Reviewer: Tellus A, Atmos. Environ., J. Climate, J. Atmos. Sci., J. Geophys. Res, Geophys. Res. Lett., Climate Dynamics, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, since 2003
    • Proposal/Award Reviewer: NASA Earth System Science (ESS) Fellowship (2006-2008), NOAA Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Outstanding Paper Award (2008)
  • HONORS/AWARDS
    • Songchon Academic Award, Korean Meteorological Society, 2019
    • Presidential Citation, Korean Government, 2018
    • Associate Member, Korean Academy of Science and Engineering, 2015
    • Hallim Leading Scientist, Korean Academy of Science and Engineering, 2014
    • Outstanding Performance Award, UNIST, 2014
    • President Award for Best Teaching, UNIST, 2010
    • Outstanding Performance Award, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, 2004
    • Best PhD Dissertation Award, Korean Meteorological Society, 2001
  • INVITED SEMINAR/PRESENTATIONS
    • ISPRS 2019, Nanjing 2019
    • The 3rd Korea-Germany Environmental Workshop 2019
    • Department Seminar, Stony Brook University 2016
    • The Climate Prediction Program for the Americas (CPPA) 2008
    • APEC Climate Symposium, Lima, Peru 2008
    • APEC Climate Symposium, Busan, Korea 2007
    • Climate Diagnostics & Prediction Workshop, Boulder, USA 2006
    • A Workshop on the Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction, Taipei, Taiwan 2003
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