Currently Professor at Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dankook University.
Physiatrist specialized in peripheral nerve and spinal cord injury.
Basic research laboratory for regenerative medicine: development of various animal models of peripheral nerve injury and spinal cord injury & therapeutic applications.
No. of patents related to neuronal regeneration and animal models: 48 (39 in Korea, 3 in PCT, 5 in USA, 1 in China).
Various research grants from Korean government: over $ 1 mio / year.
Publications: over 90 papers, H-index = 24.
Collaboration with University College London (UK), Postech, KIST, Columbia University (USA), Temple University (USA), The University of Sydney (Australia).