Current Position
Professor, Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University
Adjunct Professor, Department of AI-Integrated Education, Seoul National University
Adjunct Professor, Integrated Major of Applied Data Science, Graduate School of Data Science, Seoul National University
Education
Ph.D., 2001, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
Advisor: Lawrence Alan Brown (Novermber 22, 1935 – April 6, 2014)
Dissertation: Spatial Association Measures for an ESDA-GIS Framework: Developments, Significance Tests, and Applications to Spatio-Temporal Income Dynamics of U.S. Labor Market Areas, 1969–1999.
M.A., 1991, Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University
Advisor: Ki-Suk Lee (Emeritus Professor, Seoul National University | A Member of The National Academy of Sciences)
Thesis: Geographical Implications of Realism and Relative Autonomy of Space
B.A., 1989, Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University
Careers
September, 2003 - now: Full-time lecturer, Assistant professor, Associate professor, Full professor at Seoul National University
March, 2002 - August, 2003: Full-time lecturer, Kangwon National University
January, 2021 - December, 2022: President, The Association of Korean Geographers
January, 2015 - December, 2016: President, The Korean Cartographic Association
Awards and Honors
2023, Excellence Teaching Award, Seoul National University [서울대학교 학술연구교육상(교육부문)]
2021, Commendation for 20-Year-Long Service, Seoul National University (서울대학교 20년 근속공로표창)
2013, Excellent Science and Technology Paper Award, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (과학기술우수논문상, 한국과학기술단체총연합회)
2012, Excellence Teaching Award, College of Education, Seoul National University (서울대학교 사범대학 강의교수상)
2008, Commendation of The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, The Government of South Korea (국토해양부장관 표창)
2007, Outstanding Young Professor Award, College of Education, Seoul National University (서울대학교 사범대학 우수신진교수상)
2002, E. Williard and Ruby S. Miller Fellow Award, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
2001, Award of Best Student Paper, Spatial Analysis and Modeling (SAM) Specialty Group of American Association of Geographers, The 97th Annual Meeting, New York