• Ph.D. in Political Science / Keio University

• M.A. in Political Science / Keio University

• B.A. in Political Science / Yonsei University

• Post-doc Fellow, BK21 Research Project for Department of Political Science & International Studies, Yonsei University (Sep. 2012-Feb. 2013)

• Research Fellow, Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies, Yonsei University (Sep. 2013-Mar. 2014)​

• Research Fellow, Institute of Japanese Studies, Kookmin University (Apr. 2014-Aug. 2015)​ 

• Research Fellow, Korea Institute for National Unification (Sep. 2015-Oct. 2024)​ 

• “What Abe Diplomacy was: Limitations of the ‘Abe Line’”, The Korean Journal of Japanology (2023)

• “Japan 2021: Inauguration of the Kishida Government and Effects of Cooperation between the Prime Ministerial Executive-LDP”, The Journal of Asiatic Studies (2022)

• “Japan’s Regional Strategy: Open Geoeconomics Seeking International Cooperation”, The Korean Journal of Japanology (2021)

• “Japan-Europe Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific”, National Security and Strategy (2021)​ 

Japanese Security Policy, Korea-Japan Relations, Japan-North Korea Relations​​