Hi!

I am a climate dynamicist with a passion for understanding the role of the ocean and its interactions with other Earth systems in a changing climate. My work focuses on quantifying and understanding large-scale climate variability and predictability, with particular interests in interactions between ocean and atmosphere fluctuations. I have received my Ph.D. degree in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Institute of Technology under the advisement of Prof. Emanuele Di Lorenzo.

I am currently an associate research scholar working with Dr. Tom Delworth at Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES), a research collaboration between the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) Program at Princeton University and the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Climate Variability & Change
• Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
• Seasonal and Decadal prediction
• Extratropical-tropical Interactions
• Hydroclimate extremes

EDUCATION

• 2015-2020        Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• 2010-2012         Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, M.S. Environmental Marine Sciences
• 2006-2010        Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea, B.S. Environmental Marine Sciences

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

• 2023-present      Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University & GFDL/NOAA 
• 2020-2023           Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University & GFDL/NOAA 
• 2015-2020           Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology
• 2012-2015            Junior Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Ocean Sciences and Technology, South Korea