Professional Activities

Work Experience

  • Sep. 1986-Jul. 1993: Graduate Research Assistant, Dept of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Apr. 1995-Feb. 1996: Guest Investigator, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Feb. 1996-Jan. 1998: Senior Research Assistant, Dept of Geological Sciences, University of Durham, England
  • Feb. 1998-Feb. 2003: Senior Research Scientist, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
  • Mar. 2003-Dec. 2003: Principal Research Scientist, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
  • Dec. 2003-Mar.2010: Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University
  • Apr. 2010-Present: Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University (promotion to full professor expected in 2022)
  • Mar. 2009-Present: Adjunct Professor and Chair, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Computational Science and Technology, Seoul National University
  • Sep. 2009-Present: Adjunct Professor, College of Liberal Studies, Seoul National University
  • Nov. 2009-Present: Director, Institute of Technologies for Living Together, Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology, Seoul National University
  • Jun. 2010-Present: Program Manager, QoLT Industrial Infrastructure Development Center, Ministry of Knowledge and Economy, Republic of Korea
  • Mar. 2011-Present: Chair, Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Program in Computational Sciences, Seoul National University
  • Apr. 2014-July 2014: Visiting Scientist, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), University of Paris VII, Diderot
  • Jan. 2019-Mar. 2019, Visiting Scientist, Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), The University of Tokyo Dec. 2021-Present: CEO of Planet A Scientific

Professional Society and Committee Service

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU), Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Korean Oceanographical Society, Korean Geophysical Society, Geological Society of Korea
  • Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Associate Member (Oct. 2009-Present)
  • Korean Academy of Marine Sciences, Fellow (Oct. 2020-Present)
  • Program Committee, Ocean Sciences, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting (WPGM), July 2002, Wellington, New Zealand
  • Korean Oceanographical Society, 2001-Present, Editorial Board
  • Korean Geophysical Society, 2004-Present, Executive Committee
  • Ocean and Polar Research, Guest Editor, 2002
  • InterRidge National Correspondent (Korea), 1996-2005
  • InterRidge Steering Committee, 2000-2005
  • InterRidge Back-Arc Basin Working Group Chair, 2001-2004
  • InterRidge Workshop, Beijing China, October 2003, Organizing Committee
  • RIDGE 2000-InterRidge Joint Theoretical Institute on Back-Arc Basin, Jeju Island, May 2004, Korea, Local Organizer
  • Korea Ocean Drilling Program (KODP), Scientific Committee, 2001-2003
  • Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Interim Council Secretary, 2003-2004.
  • Ocean Sciences Journal, editorial board, 2004-2007
  • Geosciences Journal, editorial board, January 1, 2005-Present
  • Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Local Advisory Committee for 2008 General Assembly in Busan, Korea
  • Presidential Council for Informative Society, Member (Nov. 2009-Present)
  • Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), Convergence Committee, Member (May 2010-Present)
  • Prime Ministerial Committee for Disability Policy Coordination, Member (Dec. 2012-Present)
  • Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Special Committee on Happy Education, Member (Feb. 2013-Jan. 2015)
  • Sustainable Development Committee of Metropolitan City of Seoul, Member (Sep. 2013-Aug. 2015)
  • Research Vessel Shared Use Committee, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Member (Sep. 2015-Present)
  • International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Korean Committee, President (Mar. 2016-Present)
  • Member of Research Vessel Shared Use Committee, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea (2017-Present)
  • Asia-Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Chair of Local Organizing Committee for 2020 General Assembly in Hongcheon, Gangwon Province, Korea
  • Chair of the Organizing Committee of PyeongChang Forum on Earth Environment as the legacy of the 2018 Winter Olympics (Sep. 2017)
  • Member of Committee on Mathematical Geophysics (CMG) International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Sep. 2019-Present)
  • Chair of InterRidge (May 2020-Present)
  • Program Manager of PLANET A, 10-10 Initiative of Seoul National University (April 2020-Present)
  • Frontiers in Earth Sciences, UK, Review Editor (Mar. 2021-Present)

Field Experience

    Chief scientist and participant in more than 15 scientific cruises since 1988, including:

    • Near-bottom sidescan sonar (TOBI) survey of the Southwest Indian Ridge, FUJI cruise (1997), R/V Marion Dufresne, Scientist.
    • Three campaigns in the western Pacific (Ayu Trough, Manus Basin, and Caroline plate) under Daeyang Program (2000-2002), R/V Onnuri, Chief Scientist
    • KORDI-University of Hawaii joint survey of the manganese nodule field in the eastern Pacific using MR1 (KAIMANA) (2000), R/V Onnuri, Chief Scientist
    • ODP Leg 193, Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea (2000-2001), R/V JOIDES Resolution, Paleomagnetist
    • Geophysical survey of the Hero Fracture Zone and Antarctic margin under Korean Antarctic Program (1999-2000), R/V Onnuri, Scientist
    • Deeptow magnetic survey of the Jurassic Quiet Zone (2002-2003), R/V Thomas G. Thompson, Co-Chief Scientist with Maurice Tivey and Will Sager
    • Collaborations with Japanese scientists onboard R/V Hakuho-maru, Tansei-maru, and Natushima.
    • Marine heat flow measurements in Ulleung Basin, East Sea/Sea of Japan using R/V Tamhae II, Project Leader.