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Academic Background

Mar. 1976 – Feb 1980 Korea University Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s
Mar. 1980 – Feb. 1982 Korea University Mechanical Engineering Master’s
Mar. 1985 – Feb. 1994 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Mechanical Engineering Ph.D

Career

Mar. 1982 – Jan. 2020 Principal Researcher/Research Fellow, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)
Sep. 2009 – Dec. 2011 Director, Human Perception and Environment Research Headquarters (Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology-designated)
Sep. 2009 – Sep. 2012 President, International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)
Dec. 2011 – Dec. 2014 President, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)
Dec. 2012 – Dec. 2014 Chair, Council of Heads of Government-funded Research Institutes (51 institutions)
Jan. 2014 – Mar. 2019 Member, International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM)
Nov. 2014 – Oct. 2016 Member, National Science and Technology Advisory Council
Mar. 2016 – Dec. 2018 Director, Convergence Research Institute and Vice President for Research, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
Jan. 2020 – May 2022 CEO, Hexa Co., Ltd.
Nov. 2022 – Oct. 2024 Director, National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST)
Aug. 2022 – Jan. 2025 Research Professor, Chungnam National University
Mar. 2023 – Present Invited Research Fellow, Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI)
Feb. 2025 – Present University of Science and Technology President

Honors

April 2002 Scientist of the Month Award (Minister of Science and Technology, Korea)
April 2007 Order of Science and Technology Merit – Jinbo Medal (Korea)
April 2014 Medal of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Sep. 2015 IMEKO Distinguished Service Award
Nov. 2017 Asia-Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP) Award
Nov. 2019 Asia-Pacific Metrology Forum (APMF) Award