EDUCATION 

2013 Ph.D. Univ. of Technology Sydney, Environmental Engineering 

2009 M.S. Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Construction Environment Engineering 

2005 B.S. Hong-ik Univ., Chemical Engineering 

CAREER 

2019~present Assistant Professor, Pusan National University 

2017~2019 Research Professor, Sungkyunkwan University 

2015~2017 Post-doc, WDRC, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia 

2007~2010 Research Associate, CTWW, Univ. of Technology Sydney, Australia

AWARDS 

2016 Best Poster Award, 1st International Conference on Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability, Sitges, Spain 

2017 Best Award, World water challenge at Korean International Water Week, Gyoengju, South Korea 

2017 Best oral presentation award of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, International Desalination Workshop, Busan, South Korea 

SOCIETY SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP 

2006~present Member, Korean Society of Environmental Engineering (KSEE) 

2010~present Member, International Water Association (IWA), International Desalination Association (IDA) 

2015~2017 Young Leaders Program Committee (YLPC), International Desalination Association (IDA) 

2017~present Member, The Membrane Society of Korea (MSK), Korean Society of Civil Engineers (KSCE), The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC) 

PUBLICATIONS (Recent 5 Years) 

Chemical-free scale inhibition method for seawater reverse osmosis membrane process: Air micro-nano bubbles,

Desalination, 461, 1-9 (2019)

Fouling development in direct contact membrane distillation: Non-invasive monitoring and destructive analysis,

Water Research, 132, 34-41 (2018)

New concept of pump-less forward osmosis (FO) and low-pressure membrane (LPM) process, Scientific

Reports, 7(1), 14569 (2017)