1.  EDUCATION

           1988-1994      M.D. Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

1998-2000     M.S. Seoul National University, Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.

Thesis (Sang Chul Park, MD, PhD, Advisor): The substrate specificity of tissue type transglutaminase observed from histones

2001-2007    Ph.D. Washington University in St.Louis, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, St.Louis, U.S.A.

Thesis (William C. Parks, PhD, Advisor): Cytoplasmic SYT (SS18), a novel regulator of cell-matrix specific adhesion

2.  POSTGRADUATE TRAINING 

1994-1995    Internship trainee, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

1995-1998    First Lieutenant, Republic of Korea Army       

2000-2001    Research Associate, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Suwon, Korea

2007-2008    Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. (William C. Parks, PhD, Advisor)

2008-2011    Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A. (Mark H. Ginsberg, MD, Advisor)

3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

2011-2012,          Director, Division of Translational Research, National Medical Center Research Institute, Seoul, Korea

2012- Present,  Associate Professor/Professor, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea

2020-,            

Reviewer board member of Cancers

Editorial board member of Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering              

Evaluation expert for NCSTE in Kazakhstan

Evaluation expert for NRF and KHIDI in Korea

2023-,

Editorial board member of Cells