- 2007 Ph.D., Washington State University
- 2003 M.S., Washington State University
- 2002 B.S., Yeungnam University
- 2022-present, Director, The First Center of Excellence (CoE) of DGIST, Korea
- 2021-present, Director, Center for Targeted Neural Networks Reconstruction, National Science Challenge Initiatives, Korea
- 2010-present, Professor, Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, DGIST, Daegu, Korea
- 2013-present, Co-Director, DGIST-ETH Microrobot Research Center, DGIST, Daegu, Korea
- 2009-2010, Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM), Daejeon, Korea
- Micro/Nano-technologies,
- Micro/Nanorobot,
- Micro/Nano Manipulation,
- Magnetic Control System,
- MEMS (BioMEMS & Piezoelectric MEMS) & Body-on-a-chip
- Top 10 Korean Mechanical Technologies of the year, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST), 2022.
- Supported by the National Science Challenge Initiatives, South Korea, Aug. 2021. (only five awards in South Korea)
- Keynote, The 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021), Virtual and Xian, China, May 2021.
- Prime Minister’s Commendation for Science, Information and Communication Day of Korea, April 2020.
- National Intellectual Property Award (Co-chairman’s award), Presidential Council on Intellectual Property of Korea, Sept. 2019. (two such honors are awarded per year in Korea)
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):