EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2011-2017                  Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience

                                   Yale University, New Haven, CT

2004-2010                  Ph.D., Human Nutrition

                                   The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2001-2003                  M.S., Food and Nutrition

                                   Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

1996-2001                  B.S., Food and Nutrition

                                   Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024 – Present           Associate Professor

                                   Department of Human Nutrition

                                   The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

2017 – 2024               Assistant Professor

                                   Department of Human Nutrition

                                   The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

2017 – 2017               Associate Research Scientist

                                   Department of Internal Medicine

                                   Yale University, New Haven, CT

2011 – 2017               Postdoctoral Associate

                                   Department of Internal Medicine

                                   Yale University, New Haven, CT

2006 – 2010               Graduate Research Assistant,

                                   Department of Surgery

                                   The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

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CERTIFICATION

2001 – Present           Dietitian, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Alabama Research Institute on Aging

American Heart Association

American Society for Nutrition

Society for Neuroscience