Employment

1. •Associate Professor (tenured), School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, USA, 2012-
   

2. •Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2008-2011
   

3. •Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2003-2007
   

4. •Miller Research Fellow, University of California at Berkeley, USA, 2001-2003
   

5. •Army Exploration Scientist, Korea, 1994-1996
   

Education

1. •Ph.D. Geosciences, Princeton University, USA, 2001
   

2. •M.S. Geological Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea, 1994
   

3. •B.S. Geological Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea, 1992
   

Research

I study the structure and evolution of Earth and planets by measuring the properties of materials at the pressure and temperature conditions of the Earth and planetary interiors (for more information, visit our group website).

Teaching

I teach the following topics (both undergraduate and graduate levels).  You may find more information in my CV.

1. •Structure of Earth Materials
   

2. •Introduction to Mineral Physics
   

3. •Phase Transitions in the Mantle
   

4. •The Core-Mantle Boundary
   

5. •Volatiles and Ices in Earth and Planets
   

6. •Hydrogen: From Planetary To Energy Sciences
   

7. •Planetary Materials