She received her BSc (physics) and MSc (physics) degrees in 1995 and 1997 from Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea. After completing her PhD studies at the Colour & Imaging Institute, University of Derby, UK, in July 2003, she worked for Samsung Electronics, South Korea. Since February 2009, she has been working as the professor at the School of Design and Human Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea. Her main research interests include human color perception, color emotion, visual appearance, and the quality of 2D and 3D images.