Education
1991 B.S.
Seoul National University, Department of Agricultural Biology, Seoul, Korea
1994 M.S.
POSTECH, Department of Life Science, Neurophysiology, Pohang, Korea
1997 Ph.D.
POSTECH, Department of Life Science, Molecular Neurophysiology, Pohang, Korea
Research Experiences
1997 ~ 2001
Postdoctoral Fellow, in lieu of 3-year military service requirement
Basic Science Research Center, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea
2001 ~ 2004
Senior Fellow, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2004 ~ 2010
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
2011 ~ 2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Techonology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea
2015 ~ 2019
Associate Professor, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Techonology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea
2019
Dean of Graduate School
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Techonology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea
2019 ~
Professor, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Techonology (DGIST), Daegu, Korea
Honors, Awards, Experience, and Other Professional Activities
2022- Review Editor of Frontiers in Endocrinology
2021- Editorial Board Member of the Journal LIFE
2021- Topic Editor of Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
2018- Editorial Board Member of THE JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY
2018 Editorial Board Member of THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
2017.02. Citation for Distinguished Service Award from the Journal of General Physiology
2016 Organizer of symposium session, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB)
2016.09.05. DGIST Achievement Award
2016 Academic Council Committee, Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (KSMCB)
2014 Editorial Board Member of THE JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY RESEARCH
Ad Hoc reviewer for: Cell Discovery, Cell Reports, Cell Chemical Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Physiology, PLoS One, Brain Research, Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Molecular Brain, Neuroscience Letters, Molecules and Cells, Experimental Neurobiology, etc.
2011 ~ 2012 Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI) Research Planning Team Leader
Invited Presentations (Selected)
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Federation of the Asian and Oceanian Physiological Societies (FAOPS), Kobe, Japan, 2019.03.28-2019.03.31. “Regulation of ion channel functions by phosphoinositides”
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European Calcium Channel Conference (ECCC) 2018, Alpbach, Tyrol, Austria, 2018.05.08~2018.05.12. “Translocatable CaV β systems”
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3rd Taiwan-Korea Bilateral Biophysics Workshop, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. 2017. 05. 19-20. “Membrane phospholipid-dependency of CaV channel gating”
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International Calcium Channel Conference (ICCC), Hoi An, Vietnam, 2016.10.01~2016.10.07. “Calcium channel biophysics revealed by translocatable CaV β subunits”
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European Calcium Channel Conference (ECCC) 2015, Alpbach, Tyrol, Austria, 2015.05.11~2015.05.18. “Phospholipid regulation of voltage-gated Ca2+ channels”
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SFB 889 Colloquium, Institut für Auditorische, Neurowissenschaften, University of Goettingen Medical Center, D-37099 Göttingen, Germany, 2015.03.31. “Phospholipid dynamics in plasma membrane: A new paradigm for the regulation of ion channels in neurons”
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10th Korea-Japan Joint Symposium of Brain Sciences and Cardiac and Smooth Muscle Sciences. Gyeongju TEMF Hotel, Gyeongju, Korea, 2012.02.17-19. “Modulation of voltage-gated ion channels by membrane phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate”
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HHMI International Early Career Scientist Competition, Janelia Farm, Ashburn, VA. 2011. 11. 5-8. “Lipid Modulation of Ion Channels in Excitable cells”
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Inositide Signaling Symposium Janelia Farm, Ashburn, VA. Nov. 4-7, 2007 “Regulation of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels by phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate”
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Gordon Research Conference "Ion Channels" July 2002, Tilton, NH Lecture title, "Muscarinic modulation and recovery of M-current may be breakdown and resynthesis of PIP2