Research in practice
Experience
Research, teaching, and policy experience across Hong Kong, Singapore, and Seoul.
Employment
2023.11–Present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Urban Planning and Design and Urban Systems Institute, The University of Hong Kong. Lecturer in Spring 2025; supervised three master’s theses.
2021.11–2023.04
Postdoctoral Fellow, National University of Singapore. Researched smart management, resilience, and pandemic adaptation in Seoul and Singapore.
2019.11–2021.10
Associate Research Fellow, The Seoul Institute. Worked on Seoul zoning reform and balanced regional development.
2014.09–2019.08
Research Assistant, Yonsei University. Managed data collection, analysis, and reporting across 13 urban planning projects.
Teaching & Mentoring
2025
Master’s thesis supervision, The University of Hong Kong. Three students were nominated for excellent thesis awards.
2022
Data Visualization and Python Programming, Department of Computer Science, Life University, Cambodia (volunteer teaching).
2020–2021
Weekly open lectures on machine learning and visualization with R and Python for students, professionals, and career changers.
Selected Research Projects
2021–2023
Pandemic and Cities: Smart Management, Resilience, and Adaptation in Seoul and Singapore.
2020–2021
Plan for Restructuring the Zoning System of Seoul, Seoul Metropolitan Government.
2019–2020
Balanced Regional Development Plan, Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Awards
2024
Top Prize, Korea Real Estate Analysts Association.
2023
Top Prize, Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation Institute.
2022
Excellence Prize (2nd rank), Korea Developer Association.
Certifications
2019
SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9.
2018
Survey Analyst, Senior; SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst Using SAS 9.
2013
Urban Planning Engineer; Transportation Engineer, HRD Korea.
Academic Service & Leadership
Peer review
Completed 11 reviews for International Journal of Urban Sciences, Papers in Regional Science, and Journal of Transport & Health.
2018
Ewha-Luce International Seminar Women Scholar Leadership Program, Henry Luce Foundation and Ewha Womans University.
2016–2018
Student Chief, Department of Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei University.