He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry along with earth system science at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. He then obtained his doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry at Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. After receiving his Ph. D in the department of chemistry at Iowa state university, he joined the institute of life sciences and department of pharmaceutical sciences as a post-doctoral associate at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. After 4 years of post-doctoral career, he joined at College of Pharmacy, Keimyung University in 2011 as an assistant professor. His research has focus on structure-based drug discovery, regarding protein homeostasis and epigenetic modifications against cancers.