Professor

2021 –                Associate Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University

2020- 2021        Associate Professor, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
2017-2020        Assistant Professor, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
2015-2017         Visiting Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University
2013-2017         Assistant Professor, Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento
2010-2013         Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento
2010-2013         Visiting Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
2009-2010         Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Harvard University

Education

Harvard University – Cambridge, MA
PhD in Psychology                                                                                                June 2009
MA in Psychology                                                                                                 June 2006
California Institute of Technology – Pasadena, CA
B.S. in Astronomy (with Honors)                                                                             June 2002

Awards and Distinctions

2018      World Economic Forum’s Young Scientists of 2018
2018      Teaching Award, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
2013–5  Research Fellowship, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy
2012      Best Poster Award, Workshop on Cognitive Modules & Interfaces, held in honor of Noam Chomsky, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy
2010      Invited Young Researcher, 24th International Symposium on Attention and Performance, Paris, France
2010       Poster Prize, Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution, Rovereto, Italy
2009       Poster Prize, Rovereto Workshop on Cognition and Evolution, Rovereto, Italy
2008–9  Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University
2008       Research Fellowship, Norman H. Anderson Fund, Harvard University
2004–7  National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship for Graduate Student Research
2005       Stimson Fund Grant, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
2003–4  Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Fellowship
2000       Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, California Institute of Technology
1998       Summer Research Award, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, Pasadena, CA