Experience

Professional Appointments

• Chonnam National University, Korea
  • Assistant Professor, Mar 2023 - Present.
  • Graduate School of Data Science
• Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany
  • Associate Research Scientist, Mar 2023 - Present.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Mar 2020 - Feb 2023.
  • Center for Humans and Machines (Director: Iyad Rahwan), Machines and the Future of Work Group (PI: Alex Rutherford)
• Seoul Institute of Technology, Korea
  • Visiting Researcher, Aug 2020 - Dec 2020.
• Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Korea
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Sep 2019 - Feb 2020.
  • Statisical Physics of Complex Dynamics Lab (Leader: Hang-Hyun Jo)
• Kellogg School of Management & Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University, USA
  • Visiting Predoctoral Fellow, Oct 2017 - Aug 2018. (Supervisor: Hyejin Youn)

Visiting experience

• Data Science Group, Institute for Basic Science (Korea), Feb 2020.
• Growth Lab, Harvard Kennedy School (USA), Jun 2017.
• Santa Fe Institute (USA), Feb 2016.
• Aalto University (Finland), Feb 2015.

Project experience

• Physicia Upgrade
  • Upgrade and develop educational software “Physicia” for demonstrating simulations on statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics, March 2016 - September 2016.

Teaching experience

• Teaching assistant at Pohang University of Science and Technology
  • Analytical Mechanics, Spring 2013.
  • Electrodynamics I, Spring 2011.
  • Electronics & Instrumentation Lab, Fall 2010.
  • Electronics & Instrumentation Lab, Spring 2010.

Awards and honors

• Young Statistical Physicist Award
  • The Korean Physical Society, Apr 2021.
  • Award news by MPIB
• Global Ph.D. Fellowship Program
  • National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), March 2014–February 2017.
• Best Paper Award
  • Korea Computer Congress 2021, Jun 2021.
• Excellent Poster Presentation Award
  • 2017 Korean Physical Society Spring Meeting, April 2017.
  • 2013 Korean Physical Society Fall Meeting, October 2013.
• Excellent Oral Presentation Award
  • 2016 Korean Physical Society Fall Meeting, October 2016.
• Excellent Teaching Assistant Award
  • Electronics & Instrumentation Lab, Dept. of Physics, POSTECH, Fall 2010.
  • Electronics & Instrumentation Lab, Dept. of Physics, POSTECH, Spring 2010.
• Best Paper Award
  • Undergraduate Research Program, POSTECH, 2009.
• Excellent Bachelor Thesis Award
  • Dept. of Physics, POSTECH, 2009.
• Samsung Undergraduate Scholarship
  • Samsung Electro-Mechanics, March 2006-February 2010.