He received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Ajou University and completed his Master of Building Science program at the University of Southern California in 2007. In his MBS thesis research, he has evaluated the glare remediation methods of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. In 2009, he started his Ph.D. in Architecture at the University of Southern California and completed in 2014. His dissertation was to develop a new glare analysis methodology which can predict and quantify levels of interior glare and exterior glare caused by sunlight and daylight.