About Me
I am an assistant professor of molecular medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. As assistant director for the Proteomics and Metabolomics Shared Resource (PMSR), I provide support with advanced mass spectrometry analysis.
My research focuses on omics method development to help researchers decipher biological events, advance biomedical science and improve clinical care.
In research, my interests lie primarily in analytical biochemistry that integrates instrumental analysis techniques into biomedical studies. I also investigate more challenging proteomics analyses in both bottom-up and top/mid-down strategies, particularly single-cell proteomics and antibody drug characterization.
I started my early career in pharmaceutical analysis, where chromatography was mainly utilized in combination with spectrophotometric detection to assess pharmaceutical drugs and naturally derived compounds in a variety of sample types.
My biological research experience during my doctoral studies led to the field of biological mass spectrometry at the time when large-scale proteome identification techniques were introduced by leading groups. Since then, my research has focused on biomarker discovery utilizing mass spectrometry-based omics platforms.
I received my master of science degree at Kangwon National University and my doctoral degree at Seoul National University, both in Korea.