Current Position
Professor, Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University
Adjunct Professor, Department of AI-Integrated Education, Seoul National University
Education
B.A., 1989, Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University
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
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.
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
2021, Commendation for 20-Year-Long Service, Seoul National University
2013, Excellent Science and Technology Paper Award, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies
2012, Excellence Teaching Award, College of Education, Seoul National University
2008, Commendation of The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
2007, Outstanding Young Professor Award, College of Education, Seoul National University
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