Remote Sensing | Satellite remote sensing of aerosol and trace gas concentrations; Retrieval algorithm development

Atmospheric Environment | Air quality monitoring from ground-based, airborne and satellite platform; Intensive field campaigns to understand distributions and transport of air pollutants and trace gases; Ozone layer monitoring with its long-term trends

Climate Change | Climate change monitoring from satellite and ground-based data; Retrieval algorithm development for greenhouse gas concentrations from hyperspectral instruments

Radiative Transfer | Radiative transfer in UV, visible, and near Infrared; Deep Neural Network based radiative transfer models

Ph.D., May. 1991 | Atmospheric and Space Sciences, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

M.S., Dec. 1987  | Atmospheric Science, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

B.S., Feb. 1986   | Atmospheric Science, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

2003 - Present Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

2023 - Present Associate member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK)

2021 - Present Fellow, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)

2026-2027 Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute, Germany

2021 - 2022 Director, Particulate Matter Research Institute, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)

2016 - 2017 Visiting Scientist, Harvard and Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A

2015 - 2016 Deputy Director, Institute of Natural Sciences (INS), Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

2010 - 2011 Visiting Scholar, JIFRESSE, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

2009 - 2010 Visiting Independent Advisor, NASA JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

1991 - 2003 Principal Researcher, Space R&D Division, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Daejon, Korea

2023 - present Member, Steering Committee, ASIA-AQ Campaign, NASA, NIER 

2020 - 2025 Member, National Committee on Air Pollutant Emission Information Management 국가 대기오염물질 배출정보 관리위원회 위원

2020 - 2022 Guest Editor, Focus Issue, Environmental Research Letters

2019 - 2021 Member, Science & Technology Committee, NCCA 국가 기후환경회의

2017 - 2024 Member, WMO GURME

2017 - 2024 Member, International Radiation Commission (IRC), IAMAS, IUGG

2016 - 2025 Guest Editor, Atmospheric Measurement Technique (AMT)

2015 - 2017 Steering Committee, NIER-NASA KORUS-AQ Campaign

2014 -2017 Member, WHO Global Platform for Air Quality and Health 

2012 - 2020 Member, International Ozone Commission(IO3C), IUGG

2012 Co.I., DRAGON-NE Asia Campaign (NASA-NIER joint project)

2012 - Present Principal Investigator, Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer(GEMS), supported by the Ministry of Environment, Korea

2010 - Present Member, CEOS AC-VC

2008 - 2012 Co-chair, WG3(Atmosphere, Climate and Weather), Commission VIII on Remote Sensing Applications and Policies, ISPRS

• AC-VC Atmospheric Composition - Virtual Constellation

• CEOS Committee on Earth Observation Satellite

• GURME GAW Urban Research Meteorology and Environment

• ISPRS International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

• NCCA National Council on Climate and Air Quality

2025 Humboldt Research Award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

   NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal, NASA Headquarter, U.S.A. 미국 NASA 특별공로훈장

2024 NASA Group Achievement Award for ACCLIP Project, NASA Administrator, U.S.A.

  Alumni Merit Award, College of Engineering, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

2023 Yonsei Lee Youn Jae Fellow 연세 이윤재 펠로우 교원

2020 Top 100 Outstanding Achievements in 2020 National R&D, Ministry of Science & ICT 국가 연구개발 우수성과 100선

2019 Medal of Honor in Science and Technology, the President of the Republic of Korea 과학기술포장

2020 Best Lecture Award, Yonsei University 우수강의교수상 (2012, 2013, 2019)

2018 Contributed Professor Award, Yonsei University 공헌교수상

   Scientist of the Month, National Research Foundation (NRF) 한국연구재단 '이달의 과학기술인상'

2017 NASA Group Achievement Award for "KORUS-AQ - an airborne Earth Science Mission" project, NASA Administrator 

2014 Grand Prize, Environmental Technology of the Year, Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) 올해의 환경기술 최우수상

2012 Grand Prize, Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Advisor Award, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), 

          한국과학기술한림원 올해의 우수학위논문 대상 (지도교수상) 

2009 Citation, the President, Republic of Korea 대통령 표창

2008 Citation, The Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea 환경부장관 표창

   Wolbong Academic Award, Korea Meteorological Society 한국기상학회 월봉학술상

   Top 50 Papers in Next Generation Key Environmental Technologies, KEITI 차세대 핵심환경기술 우수연구논문 50선

2003 Citation, The Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea 국무총리 표창

2000 Researcher of the Year, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) 한국항공우주연구원 우수연구원상

1993 Citation, The Minister of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea 과학기술처장관 표창