Principal Investigator

Principal Investigator

Appointments

• 2026. 3 - Present
   Professor, Department of Chemistry, SoGang University
  
  
• 2021. 4 – 2026. 2
   Professor, Department of Physics & Chemistry, Korea Military Academy (Lieutenant Colonel in ROK Army) Lab Director of AI Research center, Lab Director WMD R&D center
  
  
• 2020.12 – 2021.12
   Visiting scholar/Senior Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University
  
  
• 2017. 4 – 2021.3
   Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea Military Academy

Education

• 2016
   Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley (Chemical Biology Program, Biophysical Chemistry, PI : Alex Pines
  
  
• 2007
   Master of Science in Chemistry, Seoul National University (Bioorganic Chemistry, PI: Junghun Suh)
  
  
• 2003
   Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry, Korea Military Academy

Advisory and Committees Activity

• Permanent member of Validation group of the OPCW Central analytical database, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (2025-Present)
  
  
• Scientific Advisory Board Member, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (2025-Present, 6-year term, 25 members worldwide)
  
  
• OPCW Validation Group Member, NMR subgroup (2025-Present)
  
  
• AI Working Group Member, OPCW (2025-Present, 15 members worldwide)
  
  
• Civilian Committee Member, Quantum Frontier Strategic Council, Ministry of Science and ICT (2024-Present)
  
  
• Section Chief, Information Exchange and Cooperation Task Development, Civil-Military Quantum Information Council, Ministry of Science and ICT-Ministry of National Defense (2024-Present)
  
  
• Committee Member, Integrated Quantum Science and Technology Project, Ministry of Science and ICT (2023-Present)
  
  
• Policy Advisory Committee Member, Counter-Terrorism Center, Prime Minister's Office (2023-Present)
  
  
• Advisory Committee Member, Arms Control Verification Group, Ministry of National Defense (2024-Present)
  
  
• Advisory Committee Member, Ammunition and Explosives, Ministry of National Defense (2021-Present)

Membership to Professional Societies

• Academic Director, Chemical Safety and Risk Division, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2024-Present)
  
  
• Board Member, Physical Chemistry Division (2023)
  
  
• Environmental Chemistry Division (2024-Present)
  
  
• Korean Chemical Society - Board Member, Korean Association for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (2021-Present)
  
  
• Board Member, Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance (2021-2024)

Selected invited presentation

• 9.23.2025 Countermeasure Technologies Against Chemical Terrorism Using AI and Quantum Science, 4th International High-Level Counter-Terrorism Symposium. Invited speaker
  
  
• 6.24.2025 Recent DFT and AI-based methods for the identification of novel chemical agents and synthetic drugs, OPCW AI TWG, Invited Speaker
  
  
• 11.25.2024 Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention Using AI Technology and Related Recent Research, MIKTA Representative Presentation for Republic of Korea, OPCW
  
  
• 10.22.2024 Conference on Implementation of the Global Chemical Weapons Convention Using AI Technology, OPCW Invited Speaker
  
  
• 8.29.2023 Technical countermeasures using AI technology and quantum chemical calculations for the threat of novel chemical agents, OPCW 37^th session of SAB Invited speaker
  
  
• 8.21.2023 Enhanced-sensitivity in nuclear magnetic resonance with parahydrogen, International Society of Magnetic Resonance Conference 2023 Invited speaker
  
  
• 4.20.2023 Technical countermeasures using AI technology for the threat of novel chemical agents, 2nd International High-Level Counter-Terrorism Symposium. Invited speaker
  
  
• 2.3.2023 Prediction of chemophysical properties of new nerve agents using machine learning and quantum chemical calculations, West Point Chemistry&Life science seminar Invited speaker (First case in South Korea)
  
  
• 12.1.2021 Parahydrogen-based hyperpolarization for reaction monitoring and new catalysts in SABRE, NIST Invited speaker
  
  
• 9.3.2021 Enhanced-sensitivity in nuclear magnetic resonance with parahydrogen, UC Denver Chemistry department seminar Invited speaker
  
  
• 3.25.2021 Enhanced-sensitivity in nuclear magnetic resonance with parahydrogen, CSU Chemistry department seminar Invited speaker