Education

• Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (Statistics)
• M.S., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Applied Statistics)
• B.A., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (Business Administration; Applied Statistics)

Positions

• 2025-Present, Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• 2022-2024, Undergraduate Program Director in Statistics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• 2022-2022, Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Basic Science, Daejeon, South Korea
• 2021-2025, Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• 2021-2022, Faculty Fellow, NCSES Research Ambassadors Program at National Science Foundation (NSF)
• 2018-2020, ASA/NSF/Census Research Fellow, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC
• 2015-2021, Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• 2012-2015, Postdoctoral Fellow, Duke University and National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), Durham, NC

Services

• 2023-2025, Associate Editor, Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
• 2023-2025, Finance Director, Korean International Statistical Society
• 2022-2024, Undergraduate Program Director, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
• 2019-2024, Board of Directors, Korean International Statistical Society

Honors

• Industrial Service Medal of Honor, President of the Republic of Korea, Sep 2024
• A&S Rising Star Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Apr 2018
• Summer at Census Scholar, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC, June 2017
• KISS Career Development Award, Korean International Statistical Society, Aug 2015
• American Statistical Association Student Paper Award, ASA Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, Aug 2012
• Ransom & Marian Whitney Award for Best Dissertation Research, Ohio State University, Dept. of Statistics, June 2012
• American Statistical Association Travel Award, ASA Section on Business and Economics Statistics, Aug 2011
• Edward G. Mayers Travel Award, Ohio State University, Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Aug 2011
• Ransom & Marian Whitney Award for Outstanding Consultant, Ohio State University, Dept. of Statistics, June 2010