Experience

한국해양대학교 Korea Maritime & Ocean University

• South Korea
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Oct 2021 - Present

  Principal Investigator at Lab. of Marine MicrobiologyMajor in Marine BiotechnologyDivision of Convergence on Marine ScienceCollege of Ocean Science & EngineeringKOREA MARITIME & OCEAN UNIVERSITY- Understanding of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in marine-borne bacteria- Study of bioactive components against pathogens from diverse marine-derived environments and organisms- Understanding of pathogenesis mechanism in fish pathogens- Development of live attenuated bacterial vaccine, and infectious disease control system in fish pathogens- Development of novel infection models in fish pathogens Show less

• • Aug 2020 - Present

  Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at KOREA MARITIME & OCEAN UNIVERSITY- Management of KMOU Animal Care and Use in compliance with the Animal Protection Act and Experimental Animal Use Law

• • Apr 2018 - Present

  Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) at KOREA MARITIME & OCEAN UNIVERSITY- Management of KMOU biosafety in compliance with the LMO (Living Modified Organisms) Law

• • Sep 2017 - Sep 2021

  Principal Investigator at Lab. of Marine MicrobiologyDivision of Convergence on Marine Science (prev. Division of Marine Bioscience)College of Ocean Science & Engineering (prev. College of Ocean Science & Technology)KOREA MARITIME & OCEAN UNIVERSITY- Understanding of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in marine-borne bacteria- Study of bioactive components against pathogens from diverse marine-derived environments and organisms- Understanding of pathogenesis mechanism in fish pathogens- Development of live attenuated bacterial vaccine, and infectious disease control system in fish pathogens- Development of novel infection models in fish pathogens Show less

• • Sep 2018 - Mar 2021

  Division Chair of theDivision of Marine Bioscience, College of Ocean Science and TechnologyKOREA MARITIME & OCEAN UNIVERSITY

• • Mar 2019 - Feb 2020

  Department Chair of theDepartment of Marine Bioscience and Environment, Graduate SchoolKOREA MARITIME & OCEAN UNIVERSITY



Washington University School of Medicine

• United States
• Medical Practices

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

  Department of Molecular Microbiology (Dr. Mario Feldman Lab) Worked with the multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii - Understanding the folate stress that prevent biofilm formation through inhibition of Csu pili expression - Understanding evolutionary evidence through study regulatory mechanism between endogenous drug-resistance plasmid and type VI secretion system Department of Molecular Microbiology (Dr. Mario Feldman Lab) Worked with the multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii - Understanding the folate stress that prevent biofilm formation through inhibition of Csu pili expression - Understanding evolutionary evidence through study regulatory mechanism between endogenous drug-resistance plasmid and type VI secretion system



The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Graduate Student Research Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Aug 2016

  Worked with Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease spirochete) - Role of B. burgdorferi CheD, and CheY1, 2, 3 in chemotaxis and infectious life cycle - Discovery and characterization of novel flagellar proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi (, T. denticola, and L. biflexa) - Chemoreceptors ligand searching in B. burgdorferi (and T. pallidum) - Collaboration with Drs. Nyles Charon (West Virginia Univ.), Jun Liu (Univ. of Texas), Mark Wooten (Univ. of Toledo), Monica Gerth (Univ. of Otago), and Anne Spuches (ECU) Show less



Microbiological Resource Research Institute at Pusan National Univ. (South Korea)

• Full-time Researcher

  • Dec 2010 - Jul 2011

  Bacteriology & Vaccine development Section - Worked as a Full-time Researcher and provided bacteria-based background information and knowledge Bacteriology & Vaccine development Section - Worked as a Full-time Researcher and provided bacteria-based background information and knowledge



Pusan National University

• South Korea
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• • Mar 2008 - Feb 2010

  A live recombinant attenuated Salmonella anti-pneumococcal vaccines for newborns; The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Jul. 2005~Jun. 2008)- Collaboration with Dr. Roy Curtiss III in Arizona State University who had been leading the project- Worked as a Research Assistant and provided bacteria-based background information and knowledgeDevelopment of biotechnological systems to prevent diseases caused by various enteric pathogen including Salmonella; Ministry of Knowledge Economy, South Korea (May. 2005~Apr. 2010)- Patent “Salmonella Mutants Deleted lon and/or cpxR Gene and Live Salmonella Vaccines Comprising Thereof. (Dec. 3rd. 2008)”. (Patent No. 10-0873168, The Korean Intellectual Property Office)- Worked as an inventor and provided bacteria-based background information and knowledgeA field survey on the Norovirus contamination in a groundwater (I), (II); National Institute of Environmental Research, South Korea (Apr. 2008~Dec. 2008 / Mar. 2009~Jan. 2010)- Worked as a Field Researcher and provided genetic engineering skills and bacteria-based background information and knowledge Show less

• • Feb 2006 - Feb 2008

  Development of biotechnological systems to prevent diseases caused by various enteric pathogen including Salmonella; Ministry of Knowledge Economy, South Korea (May. 2005~Apr. 2010)- Worked as a Research Assistant and provided bacteria-based background information and knowledgeAnalysis of antigenic diversity in a fish pathogen Edwardsiella tarda; National Fisheries Research & Development Institute, South Korea (Apr. 2007~Dec. 2007)- Worked as a Research Assistant and provided bacteria-based background information and knowledge Show less



Republic of Korea Army

• Armed Forces
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Sergeant

  • Feb 2004 - Feb 2006

  War/Drill organization; - MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) shooter - CBR (Chemical, Biological, and Radiological) scouter Peace organization - Staff of Personnel Department War/Drill organization; - MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) shooter - CBR (Chemical, Biological, and Radiological) scouter Peace organization - Staff of Personnel Department