People

​Education

Ph.D., Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., Univ. of Connecticut, USA, 2006

            (Supervisor: Prof. Guiling Wang)

S.M.,  Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, 2003 

           (Supervisor: Prof. Elfatih A. B. Eltahir)

B.S., School of Civil and Urban Eng., Yonsei Univ., Korea, 2001

Employment

Yonsei Univ., Assistant Professor, 2015 - 2018 | Associate Professor, 2018 - 2023 | Professor,  2023 - present

[MIT, Visiting Scholar, 2019 - 2020]

Korea Environment Institute (KEI), Senior Research Scientist, 2010 - 2015

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA GISS), NPP Fellow, 2009 - 2010

[Columbia Univ., Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, 2009 - 2010]

Harvard Univ., Postdoctoral Fellow  (Supervisor: Prof. Paul R. Moorcroft), 2006 - 2009 

Univ. of Connecticut, Graduate Research Assistant, 2003 - 2006

MIT, Graduate Research Assistant, 2001 - 2003 

Professional Activities

Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR): Biogeosciences, Associate Editor, 2025 - Present

Journal of Hydro-environment Research, Associate Editor, 2025 - Present

Vadose Zone Journal, Associate Editor, 2025 - Present

Journal of Hydrology, Associate Editor, 2023 - Present

KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research, Associate Editor, 2018 - 2025 | Editor-in-Chief, 2026 - Present

Journal of Korean Water Resources Association,  Associate Editor, 2015 - Present

Awards

Commendation,  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) of Korea, 2025

College of Engineering Young Faculty Award, Yonsei Univ., 2019

NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellowship, NASA/ORAU, 2008

학력

학사, 연세대학교 사회환경시스템공학부, 2001

석사, 미국 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 2003

박사, 미국 Univ of Connecticut, 2006

경력

미국 Harvard Univ, 박사후연구원, 2006 - 2009

미국 NASA 고다드우주연구소, NPP연구원, 2009 - 2010 

[미국 Columbia Univ,  겸임연구원, 2009 - 2010]

한국환경정책평가연구원 [(현) 한국환경연구원], 부연구위원, 2010 - 2015

연세대학교 사회환경시스템공학부, 조교수, 2015 - 2018 | 부교수,  2018 - 2023 | 교수, 2023 - 현재

[미국 MIT, 방문연구원, 2019 - 2020]

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