B.S. : Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Chonnam National University, 1996 M.S. : Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Chonnam National University, 1998 Ph.D. : Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Kansas State University, USA, 2005

Assistant, Associate, Full Professor, Chonnam National University, Korea, 2010-present. - Research Areas: Intelligent Biosystems, Agricultural Robotics, Micro/Nano Devices, Digital Agriculture - Teaching: Electronics for Biosystems, Introduction of Computer Engineering, Instrument and Measurements for Biosystems, Precision Agriculture, Statistics for Engineers, etc. Research Assistant Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science Technology (GIST), Korea, 2010. - Research Areas: Microfluidics, BioMEMS Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida, USA, 2006-2008. - Research Areas: Agricultural robotics, sensors for biosystems, precision technology for fruit production Researcher, Rural Development Administration, Korea, 1999-2004. - Research Areas: Sensors for monitoring fruit and vegetable quality, control system for post-harvesting processing

-Membership American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery (KSAM) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE Robotics and Automation Society IEEE Computational and Intelligence Society IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology IEEE Nanotechnology Council Institute of Controls, Robotics, and Systems (ICROS) Korean Artificial Intelligence Association (KAIA) -Government Services Director, Fully-automated Digital Agriculture Complex Project, 2020-present. Member, Chonnam Local Government Committee on Science and Technology, 2020-present. Member, Presidential Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, 2018-2019.

Outstanding Reviewer Award, ASABE, 2023. International Academic Award, KSAM, 2018. Outstanding Teaching Award, Chonnam National University, 2014. Outstanding Research Paper Award, KSAM, 2012. Honorable Mention Paper Award, ASABE, 2008. The Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award, ASABE, 2006. Graduate Student of the Year Award, Kansas State University, 2005.

Associate Editor, Journal of the ASABE, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, 2010-present. Editor, Engineering in Agriculture, Environment, and Food, 2016-2022.