• Ph.D. in Physics
  University of Vienna
  Vienna, Austria, 1963
• B.S. in Physics
  Seoul National University
  Seoul, Korea, 1956

Professional Experience and Employment

• Professor, Physics Department
  North Carolina Central University
  Durham, NC, 1969-Present
  ( Associate, 1969-73)
  ( Professor, since 1974)
  ( Chairman, 1976-86)
  
• IPA (Inter-Government Personnel Act) Appointment (Program Director/Manager)
  DOE, NIH & EPA
  Research Triangle Park, NC, 1981-1982
  
• National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Resident Research Associate
  NASA-Langley Research Center (Space Radiation Effects Laboratory)
  Hampton, VA, 1966 - 1968
  
• Research Officer
  Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)
  Seoul, Korea, 1963 - 1966
  
• Instructor, Department of Applied Physics
  Seoul National University (SNU)
  Seoul, Korea, 1963 - 1966
  
• Military Service
  Korea Air Force
  1956 - 1958 (Honorary Discharge at a rank of 1st Lieutenant)
  
• Distinguished Visiting Professor
  Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
  Taejon, Korea, Feb. 1994-Aug. 1994
  
• Visiting Fellow/Scientist/Consultant
  NASA-Langley, Sandia National Lab (Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator), Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (Medical Division) and Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab (INEEL)
  June-Aug.1973-1996
  
• Visiting Faculty Fellow/Collaborating Faculty/Consultant
  US Army TACOM, Warren, MI and Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory
  Newport News, VA, Since June 1997

Grants Awarded and Professional Appointments

• ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) Fellow, 1973
• Member, Proposal Review Committee-NSF CAUSE Program, 1976-77
• P.I., NIH Biomedical Research Support Award (Nuclear Medicine), 1972-77
• P.I., NSF Scientific Instrumental Equipment Program, 1979-80
• Kenan Trust Fund Science Improvement Program Director, 1976-81
• P.I. Applied Nuclear Research Program-INEEL, 1989-94
• State of Idaho Science & Technology Program Review Comm., 1991-96
• NASA-NC Space Grant Consortium Executive Board Member/Project Director, 1993-Present

Professional Affiliations and Offices Held/Appointed or Elected

• American Physical Society (Nuclear Physics, Applied & Industrial Physics, Physics and Society Forum), Since 1966
• American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), Since 1974
• Charter Member, Korean-American Scientists & Engineers in America Association, (KSEA) Inc, Since 1974 (Elected President 1986-87)
• Charter Member, Triangle Area Research Director's (TARDC) Club,1976-Present (Elected Chair 1979-80)
• Appointed Science and Technology Advisory Committee Member, U.S. House of Representatives-2nd District N.C., 1986-1994
• Member, Association of Korean-American Physicists in America (AKPA), 1974-Present (Elected President, 1985-86)
• Korean American University Professors Association (KAUPA), Since 1986 (Elected president, 1995-96, 2-year term)

Awards and Honors

• Medal of Honor "Mokryun Jang" (Science & Technology), April 1988
• 25 years Distinguished Service, NCCU, May 1997
• Distinguished Service Medal, KSEA, June 1987 & Dec 1991
• Distinguished Service Medal, KAUPA, Oct 1999
• Outstanding Research and Management Award, NCCU, Sept 2000
  

Foreign Language

• Japanese
• German
• Korean (Native)
• Chinese (Reading only)

Other Community Activities

• "Space Technology to Classroom"
  Annual event-outreach program to help local public school science program
  
• Volunteer Scientific Judge
  Department of Energy sponsored Annual Science Bowl
  
• Local Coordinator
  North American Campaign to "Save North Korean Refugees"
  
• Advisory Council
  Greater Raleigh Korean-American Association