brain science, systems neuroscience, reinforcement learning, decision making, learning, dopamine
Education
2013 Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester, NY, USA
2007 M.S. in Neuroscience Program, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2005 B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Experience
2021- Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, South Korea
2021- Faculty, Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research, IBS, South Korea
2019-2021 Research Associate, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
2014-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Associate, University of Rochester, NY, USA
2001-2004 Software Engineer, Korea WISENut
Journal Articles
(2024)
A normative framework dissociates need and motivation in hypothalamic neurons.
SCIENCE ADVANCES.
10,
45
(2023)
Distinct roles of the orbitofrontal cortex, ventral striatum, and dopamine neurons in counterfactual thinking of decision outcomes.
SCIENCE ADVANCES.
9,
32
(2023)
Prior expectation enhances sensorimotor behavior by modulating population tuning and subspace activity in sensory cortex.
SCIENCE ADVANCES.
9,
27
(2022)
A neural mechanism for detecting object motion during self-motion.
ELIFE.
11,
(2022)
The role of state uncertainty in the dynamics of dopamine.
CURRENT BIOLOGY.
32,
5
(2020)
A Unified Framework for Dopamine Signals across Timescales.
CELL.
183,
6
Publications
(2023)
차세대 융합바이오와 정밀의학.
성균관대학교출판부.
Co-author
Honors / Awards
2019 SfN travel grant, International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) World Congress 2019
2019 Travel grant, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) 2019
2018 Meselson Prize for the Most Beautiful Experiment, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
