Research Interests

• Sustainable functional textiles from unconventional resources

• Process–structure–property relationships in fiber materials

• Bio-derived and regenerated textile systems

• Water–textile interactions across multiple length scales

• Functional textile systems for filtration, protection, and responsive materials

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Professional Appointment

• [2025-current] Associate Professor, Department of Clothing and Textiles, Yonsei University

• [2021-2025] Assistant Professor, Department of Clothing and Textiles, Yonsei University

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Education 

• [2019-2021] Postdoctoral Research Associate, City University of New York, Advanced Science Research Center

• [2014-2018] Ph.D. in Fiber and Polymer Science, North Carolina State University

• [2012-2014] M.S. in Clothing and Textiles, Seoul National University

• [2008-2012] B.S. in Clothing and Textiles, Seoul National University

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Selected Research Highlights

• Research on bio-derived and sustainable textile systems, including fibers and materials derived from unconventional biological resources

• Publications in journals such as Nature Materials, Materials Today, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, and Journal of Materials Chemistry A

• Principal investigator of a National Research Foundation of Korea Early Career Research Grant on bio-derived fibril assembly for sustainable textile fibers (2024–2027)

• Contributor to international collaborations on resource-circular advanced textile materials through the Basic Research Laboratory (BRL) program

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Teaching

Courses taught at Yonsei University include:

• Understanding Apparel Materials (undergraduate course)

• Care and Maintenance of Clothing (undergraduate course)

• Science of Textile Finishing (graduate course)

• Functional Fibers and Polymeric Materials (graduate course)

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Professional Service

• Textile and Fashion Research Center Director 

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles

• Board Member, Korean Fiber Society

• Board Member, Korean Society of Fashion & Textile Industry

• Former Department Chair, Clothing and Textiles, Yonsei University (2023–2025)

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