EDUCATION
August 2000 EMORY UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics Atlanta, United States Ph. D. in
Economics
February 1985 YONSEI UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics Seoul, Korea M.A. in
Economics
February 1983 YONSEI UNIVERSITY, Department of Economics Seoul, Korea B.A. in
Economics
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Internaltional Energy Cooperation in Multilateral and Bilateral Framework
- Global Energy Governance through International Organizations
- Regional Energy Cooperation with Economic Growth and Geopolitics
MAIN CAREER INFORMATION
- Managing Director in International Energy Cooperation Group of KEEI during 2013-2018
- Senior Research Fellow in Korea Energy Economics Institute(KEEI) during 2001-2020
- Expert Member in Presidential Committee on Sustainable Development during 2008-2009
- Presidential Transit Committee’s Fellow for Climate Change and Energy Task Force in early
2008
EXPERIENCE
May 2001 - Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)
Present Center for International Energy Cooperation
Provided over strategic consulting services to Ministry of Trade, Industry, Energy(MOTIE) of
Korea in areas of multilateral and bilateral energy cooperation, Northeast Asia energy
cooperation and national-level energy sector situation.
Selected Multilateral Energy Cooperation Experiences
- Participated all IEA SLT and GB Meeting four times per year since June 2008
- Participated all the IEA Ministerial Meeting every two year since 2009.
- Conducted the review on all the IEA Ministerial and GB Meeting agenda as the Senior Advisor
- Conducted all the process of In-Depth Review(IDR) of Korea in 2011-2012 including Review
Team Meeting and Final Publication of Korea IDR Report
- Conducted all the preparation for the requisite documents and events for the 2019-2020 Korea
IDR/ERR Report Process including Review Team Meeting and Launching Event in Korea
- Developed cooperation agenda for 2013 World Energy Council(WEC) as a main advisor to the
Korea WEC Organizing Committee during 2009-2013
- Participated WTO DDA Service Negotiation Meetings focusing energy service as Korean
Delegation Member during 2003-2008
- Contributed to Korea international energy cooperation strategies through the related KEEI
research reports and advising to the Korea Ministry(MOTIE)
Selected Bilateral Energy Cooperation Experience
- Participated in the Korea-US energy cooperation inter-governmental dialogue
- Participated in the Korea-China and Korea-Russia energy cooperation inter-governmental
dialogue
- Developed agenda for regular bilateral inter-institutional cooperation workshops with Energy
Research Institute of China, Institute of Energy Economics in Japan, KAPSARC of Saudi Arabia
and other major energy institute of United States, Russia, Mongolia since 2007.
Selected Regional Energy Cooperation Experience
- Developed energy cooperation strategies in Northeast Asia since 2004
- Participated in Intergovernmental Collaboration Mechanism in Northeast Asia Energy
Cooperation as one of main organizers including UNESCAP during 2005-2015
- Developed agenda for Government-Business Dialogue for Northeast Asia Energy Cooperation
during 2005-2015
- Participated and developed agenda for Northeast Asia Energy Forum since 2016 with more focus
on inter-institute and business sector cooperation activities
Selected Joint Research Experience with International Energy Agency(IEA)
- Conducted the Joint Researches on Electricity Market focusing on decarbonization and
net-zero target implementation
- Conducted the Joint Researches on coal and gas sector for just transition and securing gas
security
Selected National-Level Energy Sector Research Experience
- Conducted the studies on Chinese energy sector including overseas energy development,
natural gas industry, renewable sector, and energy efficiency policy
- Conducted the studies on US energy sector including US clean energy policy, oil and gas
industry.
SELECTED RESEARCH REPOTRTS
- Natural Gas Supply in Korea: Insights from the 2022 Gas Supply Shock(2023) [IEA Joint
Research]
- Strengthening the Energy Cooperation Measures for the making inroad into Emerging
Markets(2023)
- Strategies for Coal Transition in Korea(2022) [IEA Joint Research]
- Reforming Korea's Electricity Market for Net-Zero(2021) [IEA Joint Research]
- Korea Electricity Security Review(2020) [IEA Joint Research]
- Mid- and Long-term Strategies and Roadmap for Enhanced International Energy
Ecooperation(2019)
- Promoting more effective Korea’s multilateral energy cooperation mechanism(2018)
- The impact of next US presidential election on US clean energy policy(2016)
- The impact of Paris Agreement on China's renewable energy policy and the potential
Korea-China energy cooperaton opportunities