- 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)