• Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

• Founding Director of the Responsive Design Lab

• Founder and Investigator, Envitect.LLC.

• External Affiliated Faculty, The Center for Environmental Building & Design, University of Pennsylvania.

• Faculty, Center for Analyzing Evolved Structures as Optimized Products: Science and Engineering for the Human Habitat. Research group.

Educational Background:

• University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., Architecture, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008

• University of Pennsylvania, M.S., Architecture, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2005

• Yonsei University, M.S., Architectural Engineering, Korea (South), 2001

• Hong-Ik University, B.S., Architectural Engineering, Korea (South), 1995

List of Academic Positions since Final Degree:

• 2016 – Present : Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

• 2009 – 2016 : Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 2008 – 2009 : Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Other Professional Employment:

• 2009-2016 : Research Faculty, T.C. Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 2013-2015 : Founder and Investigator, Envitect. LLC, Delaware, USA

• 2008-2009 : Post-DOC, T.C. Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 2005-2008 : Researcher, T.C. Chan Center for Building Simulation and Energy Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 2002-2005 : Researcher, Building Simulation Group (School of Design), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• 1997-2000 : Construction Manager, Paradise Construction Industrial, Seoul, Korea (South)

• 1995-1997 :  Assistant Researcher, Advanced Building Science and Technology Research Center, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (South)

• 1993-1994 : Architectural Intern, Mooyoung Architects & Engineers, Seoul, Korea (South)

• 1992 : Architectural Intern, Yae Architects, Cheong-Ju, Korea (South)