Education & Professional Experience

• (2025–present) Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

• (2019–2025) Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University School of Medicine
  Research: Structural basis of the molecular mechanism of thermoTRPV channels
  (Advisor: Dr. Seok-Yong Lee)

• (2013–2019) Ph.D., Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul
  Thesis: Structural and functional studies of SQSTM1/p62 autophagy adaptor and LC3 deconjugating enzyme RavZ
  (Advisor: Dr. Hyun Kyu Song)

• (2007–2013) B.S., Department of Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul
  Research: Structural study of autophagy-related gene 11 (Atg11) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  (Advisor: Dr. Kwang Yeon Hwang)

Honors and Awards

• (2022) Outstanding Postdoc Award, Duke University School of Medicine

• (2021) KSMCB Travel Grant Award, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology

• (2019–2020) Basic Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

• (2018) KU Achievement Award, Korea University Graduate School

• (2013–2015) Graduate Research Scholarship, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

• (2012) Research Award, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• (2007–2012) National Science & Technology Scholarship, Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF)

Invited Talks

• (2024.02) Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

• (2023.04) Chung-Ang University, College of Pharmacy, Korea

• (2023.04) Korea University, Department of Life Sciences, Korea

• (2023.04) Seoul National University, Department of Biological Sciences, Korea

• (2022.11) Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

• (2022.03) The Cryo-EM Current Practices Webinar, National Cryo-EM Centers

• (2022.02) The 66th Biophysical Society Meeting, Platform Session, California, USA

• (2021.11) Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology Annual Meeting, Korea

• (2021.09) Duke University School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, North Carolina, USA