He received a Ph.D in Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Seoul National University. His research interest are mechanics-based interdisciplinary researches for inelastic materials including metals, organic/polymeric structural materials, fiber-reinforced composites, advanced fiber/textile, and nano-carbon materials. Ongoing works focus on catecholamine-based graphene hybrids and their three-dimensional carbon nanostructures for electrochemical energy storage electrodes. He has over 60 peer-reviewed journal publications.