Academic background

Experience

Research, education, and service.

Research experience

Mar. 2026 – Present
Kangwon National University
Research Assistant | South Korea
Researching silent speech input from facial and head-motion signals and memory architectures for LLM-driven VR agents.
Mar. 2026 – Jul. 2026
Empathic Computing Lab, Adelaide University
Virtual Intern
Participated in research supervised by Mark Billinghurst.
Mar. 2024 – Feb. 2026
KAIST
Master’s Researcher | South Korea
Conducted research on interaction and human factors in virtual and mixed reality under the supervision of Shuping Xiong.
Jul. 2023 – Sep. 2023
KAIST Human Factors & Ergonomics Lab
Undergraduate Researcher | South Korea
Analyzed gait in VR across avatar fidelity levels.

Mar. 2024 – Feb. 2026
KAIST
M.S. in Data Science
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | Advisor: Shuping Xiong
Mar. 2018 – Feb. 2024
Hanyang University
B.A. in Philosophy; Second Major in Industrial Engineering
Cum laude

Sep. 2025
Future Research Award
Korean Data Science Society
Outstanding research at the Korean Data Science Conference.
Nov. 2024
Q-Day Special Student Award
KAIST
Excellence in creative education and research through active participation in “QAIST.”
Hanyang Brain (Academic Excellence) Scholarship
Hanyang University
Academic excellence: Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2023.

Apr. 2021 – Jan. 2023
Long-Term Care Facility
Alternative Military Service | South Korea
Fulfilled compulsory national service by supporting elderly residents in daily living.

Software: Python, R, Unity, XR development, Minitab
Instrumentation & Sensors: OptiTrack motion capture, Xsens inertial motion capture, Delsys surface EMG, Tobii eye-tracking, exoskeleton
Languages: English (fluent, IELTS 7.5); Korean (native)