He graduated from the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Hanyang University in 1995. He completed PhD degrees in Nuclear Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2019. He joined Korea Electric Power Research Institute in 1997 and had performed the fluid system design, safety analysis of APR1400 and contributed to acquisition of a Design Certification from Korea regulatory body in 2002. Then, he moves to Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power, the government owned sole nuclear utility in Korea. In KHNP, he works as a technical manager for APR1400 USNRC DC project and got a design certification in 2019. Currently, he works as a director of innovative-SMR development project funded by Korea government. Furthermore, in accordance with the 12th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand, he is responsible for the project to construct the first i-SMR unit (comprising 4 modules), leading the practical implementation and commercialization of Korea’s next-generation nuclear reactors. Also, he is a vice-chair of thermo-hydraulic division of Korean Nuclear Society.