She was a Geological Postdoc Fellow in the Energy Geosciences Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from January 2015 to August 2017. She holds a PhD in petroleum engineering from the Texas A&M University, a MS in energy system engineering, and a BS in energy resources engineering from the Seoul National University of Korea. Her research topics include unconventional resources, environmental effects of hydrocarbon production, pressure transient analysis, geologic carbon sequestration, control and protection of groundwater, diverse processes of subsurface energy production, and enhanced geothermal systems.