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[Education]
- Doctoral Degree, Seoul Nat’l University, 2015
- Master Degree, Seoul Nat’l University, 2010
- Bachelor Degree, Chonnam Nat’l Univ., 2008
[Professional Experience]
- Nov. 2026 – Present: Associate Professor, KAIST, Korea
- Jan. 2018 – Oct. 2026: Principal Engineer, National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL), USA
- Mar. 2016 – Jan. 2018: Research Associate, University of Colorado, USA
[Major Publications]
- “Unified Model of Current-Limiting Grid-Forming Inverters for Large-Signal Analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2026.
- “Transient Stability-Enhancing Method for Grid-Forming Inverters Under Current Limiting,” IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 2025.
- “Small-signal analysis of current-limiting grid-forming inverters,” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2026.
- “A Multilevel DC to Three-phase AC Architecture for Photovoltaic Power Plants,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 2019.
[Vision]
- Developing advanced power electronics technologies to enable stable, scalable, and resilient power systems.
[Research Plan]
- Inverter-Based Resource Control for Next-Generation Power Systems: Develop advanced modeling, stability analysis, and control technologies for inverter-dominated power systems to enable stable and reliable operation of future grids.
- Modular Power Conversion Technologies for Large-Scale Electrification: Develop scalable power conversion architectures, topologies, and control technologies to enable efficient and scalable resource integration.
- Distributed Control for Resilient Power Systems: Develop distributed and autonomous control technologies for resilient power systems, with emphasis on communication-less operation, system reconfiguration, and restoration.
[Assigned Course]
- Power System Analysis and Design
- Renewable Energy Grid Integration
- Inverter-Dominant Power Systems
- Power Electronics Control
- Power Electronics System
- Control System Engineering
- Digital Control
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