2002-2009 Combined M.S and Ph.D, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1998-2002 B.S School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

2022-current Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
2018-2022 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea
2016–2018 Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea
2015–2016 Research Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
2010–2015 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

1. Roles of autophagy in pathophysiology of depression and action mechanism of antidepressants
2. Hypoxia-induced degradation of anti-cancer resistance factor by selective autophagy
3. Identification of novel autophagic adaptor proteins
4. Regulatory mechanisms of autophagic lysosome reformation and their association with pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases