- Ph.D. Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

- M.A. Economics, Seoul National University, 1999

- B.A. Economics, Seoul National University, 1997

- 2016.8 ~ Present : Senior Research Fellow, Department of International Macroeconomics and Finance, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)

- 2018.4 ~ Present : Director General, Department of International Macroeconomics and Finance, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)

- 2015.7 ~ 2016.6 : Senior Research Fellow, Center for Research on the Economics of Ageing (CREA), Singapore Management University

- 2006.7 ~ 2015.6 : Assistant Professor of Economics, Singapore Management University

[Academic Publications]

- “Entropy-Based Analysis and Bioinformatics-Inspired Integration of Global Economic Information Transfer” (with J. Kim, G. Kim, Y. Kwon, and S. Yoon), PLOS ONE, 8(1):e51986, 2013. 

- “Oil Shocks in a DSGE Model for the Korean Economy” (with H. Kang, in Commodity Prices and Markets, NBER-EASE, Vol.20, ed. by T. Ito and A. Rose, pp.295-321, 2011.

- “Can a Representative Agent Model Represent a Heterogeneous Agent Economy?” (with Y. Chang and S. Kim), American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 1(2), pp.29-54, 2009.

- “Bayesian Analysis of DSGE Models” (with F. Schorfheide), Econometric Reviews 26(2-4), pp.113-172, 2006.