Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. adviser: Dr. Shun Karato Dissertation title: Effect of water on the plastic deformation and deformation microstructure of olivine
1993
M. A., Geology, Univerisity of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A adviser: Dr. Harve S. Waff Thesis title: Crystal growth kinetics of upper mantle xenoliths and olivine-basalt partial melt samples representative of the upper mantle
1990
M. S., Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.
1988
B. S., Physics, Pai Chai University, Korea
Honors and awards
2022. 10.
Academic prize, Geological Society of Korea, for achievement in the studies of mineral deformation and seismic anisotropy in the crust and mantle
2020. 6
Appointed as the president of The Petrological Society of Korea http://news.unn.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=231381
2020. 4.
Assigned as the member of The Pohang Earthquake Fact-Finding Committee https://www.ajunews.com/view/20200403022601202
2020. 1.
Elected as the regular member of The Korean Academy of Science and Technology https://kast.tistory.com/899
2013. 9.
Outstanding Research Award, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University
2010
Selected as one of the “Top -50 most cited articles” published in Tectonophysics
2010
Selected as National Laboratory to study “Deformation structure of the upper mantle”
2008
Selected as World Class University (WCU) project “Dynamic Processes of Earth’s Interior”
2000-2001
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Graduate School, University of Minnesota
2000-2001
William H. Emmons Fellowship
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota
Invited for talks & seminars
2024. 06.
Special Lecture, 2014 Petrological Society Meeting of Korea (한국암석학회), Jeonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea. Title: Rock deformation in the crust and mantle and implications for seismic anisotropy (지각과 맨틀의 암석변형과 이것이 지진파 이방성에 주는 영향).
2024. 01.
The United Arab Emirates University, Alain, U.A.E. Title: Rock deformation and geophysical implications.
2023. 11.
Special Lecture, 2023 Joint Fall Meeting of Korean Geological Societies and the 78th General Assembly of the Geological Society of Korea, Bexco, Busan, Korea. Title: Rock deformations in the crust and mantle and their geophysical implications (지각과 맨틀의 암석변형과 지구물리학적 영향).
2022. 11.
Research Institute for Earth Resources, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea Title: Crystal preferred orientation of olivine and hydrous minerals and implications for seismic anisotropy in subduction zones
2022. 11.
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Title: Crystal preferred orientation of olivine and hydrous minerals and implications for seismic anisotropy in subduction zones
2018. 05.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chungnam National University, Korea Title: Crystal preferred orientation of olivine and hydrous minerals and implications for seismic anisotropy in subduction zones
2017. 12.
Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, Korea Title: Crystal preferred orientation of olivine and hydrous minerals and implications for seismic anisotropy in subduction zones
2016. 11.
China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China. 2016 International Conference on the Earth’s Deep Interior. Keynote speaker. Title: Importance of hydrous minerals such as amphibole and chlorite on seismic anisotropy in subduction zone.
2016. 09.
Department of Energy Resources, Chonnam National University. Gwangju, Korea. Title: Rock deformation and its applications to energy resources.
2016. 07.
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Title: Deformation of olivine and implications for seismic anisotropy in the upper mantle.
2014. 07.
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) meeting, Sapporo, Japan. Title: Lattice preferred orientation of olivine and chlorite in chlorite peridotites and implications for seismic anisotropy in subduction zone.
2013
Department of Geology, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
2013
Goldschmidt 2013 Meeting, Firenze, Italy
2012
Misasa-2012 and Geofluid-2, Misasa, Japan
2011
Goldschmidt 2011 Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic
2010
China University of Geoscience, Wuhan, China
2010
Japan Geosciences Union Meeting, Chiba City, Japan.
2010
European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria.
2009
Polar Research Institute, Inchon, Korea.
2009
8th International Eclogite Conference, Xining, China.
2009
An International Workshop on Geodynamical Phenomena: From field, observational, computational, seismological and rheological perspectives, Suzdal, Russia.
2009
Department of Geology, Peking University , Beijing, China.
2008
Department of Earth and Planetary System Science, Hiroshima University, Higasi Hiroshima, Japan.
2008
Ehime University, , Workshop on “Towards formation of the Asian Network in Deep Earth Mineralogy (TANDEM)”, Matsuyama, Japan.