Present address:

Department of Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences,
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,

Seoul National University College of Medicine (103, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, Korea)

Education:

Seoul National Universiy College of Medicine 1990 M.D. Medicine

Graduate School of Seoul National Univerisity 1996 Ph.D. Physiology

Professional Experience:

1990-1994 Teaching Assistant Dept. of Physiology, Seoul Nat. Univ. Coll. Med.

1994-1997 Research Fellow Korea Institute of Science and Technology

1997-1999 Assistant Professor Dept. of Physiology, Seoul Nat. Univ. Coll. Med.

1999-2004 Assistant Professor Dept. of Physiology, Kangwon Nat. Univ. Coll. Med.

2002-2004 Research Fellow Dept. of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins Univ. SOM

2004-2005 Associate Professor Dept. of Physiology, Kangwon Nat. Univ. Coll. Med.

2005-2010 Associate Professor Dept. of Physiology, Seoul Nat. Univ. Coll. Med.

2010- Professor Dept. of Physiology, Seoul Nat. Univ. Coll. Med.

2011- Director Neuro-immune Information Storage Network Research Center

2014- Director Neuroscience Research Center, Seoul Nat. Univ.

2014- Chair Dept. of Physiology, Seoul Nat. Univ. Coll. Med.

2015- Chair Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul Nat. Univ. Coll. Med.

Honors and Awards:

1999 Young Physiologist Award, Korean Physiological Society

2007 HamChun Medical Award, Seoul Nat Univ Coll Medicine Alumni

2008 SNUH Academic awards (Myungjuwan award), Seoul Nat Univ Hospital

2008 Top 100 National R&D achievements in 2007, Ministry of Edu., Science and Tech.

2009 Basic Medical Science Academic Award, Korean Institute of Medicine/Korean Association of Basic Medical Scientists

2009 Yudang Academic Award, Korean Physiological Society

Membership:

1990- Korean Physiological Society

1995- Society for Neuroscience

2001- Korean Society for Brain and Neural Sciences

Present address:

Department of Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences

Seoul National University College of Medicine (103, Deahak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 110-799, Korea)

Education:

1994.3-1998.2 B.S Dept. of Biology, Seoul Nat. Univ.

1998.3-2000.2 M.S Interdisciplinary Program in Genetic Engineering, Seoul Nat. Univ. (Advisor: Dr. Bong-Kiun Kaang)

2004   -2005 Visting Student Dept. of Physiology, Univ. of Toronto (Advisor: Dr. Min Zhuo)

2000.3-2006.2 Ph.D Interdisciplinary Program in Genetic Engineering, Seoul Nat. Univ. (Advisor: Dr. Bong-Kiun Kaang)

Professional Experience:

2006-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow Insititute of Molecular Biology and Gentics, Seoul Nat. Univ. (Advisor: Dr. Bong-Kiun Kaang)

2007-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow Dept. of Neurobiology, UCLA (Advisor: Dr. Alcino J. Silva)

2013-2015 Assistant Professor Dept. of Life Science, Chung-Ang Univ.

2015-2015 Associate Professor Dept. of Life Science, Chung-Ang Univ.

2015- Associate Professor Dept. of Physiology and Biomedical Sciences, Seoul Nat. Univ. Coll. Med.

Honors and Awards:

BRI/Semel Postdoctoral Scholars Travel Award

Association of Korean Neuroscientists Reseach Award

Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Korea Research Foundation

BK21 Research Fellowship from Korea Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development