CURRENT APPOINTMENT

2023 Mar – Present            Professor, College of Pharmacy, Gachon University            

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS

2017 Apr – 2023 Feb          Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Gachon University
2020 Feb – 2022 Jan          Chairperson (Department of Pharmacy)
2011 Mar – 2017 Mar         Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Gachon University            

EDUCATION

2003 Mar – 2007 Feb          Ph.D.
Department of Pathophysiology, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
Dissertation: “Studies on the mediation of histamine-induced itch by TRPV1”

1999 Mar – 2003 Feb          Master of Science
Department of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University
Thesis: “Cloning of a novel ion channel candidate by in silico gene mining”

1995 Mar – 1999 Feb          Bachelor of Science
College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University                                                                            

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Neuromolecular mechanisms of itch in various pruritic disorders 
• Itch signaling pathways in the peripheral nervous system
• Interaction between ion channels and G-protein-coupled receptors in itch transmission