■ EDUCATION
Ph. D. Engineering Food science & technology, Ewha Womans Univ, Korea
M. S Food science & nutrition, Ewha Womans Univ, , Korea
B. S. Food science & nutrition, Ewha Womans Univ,, Korea
■ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Research Professor Center for Food & Bioconvergence, Seoul National Univ, Korea (current)
Research Professor Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Sejong Univ, Korea
Research Food Technologist USDA, ARS, US Horticultural Laboratory, Fort Pierce, FL, USA,
Postdoctoral Researcher Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National Univ, Korea
■ RECENT MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
Charged Functional Domains Introduced into a Modified Pectic Homogalacturonan by a Mixture of Pectin Methylesterases isozymes from sweet orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck var. Pineapple). 2019. Food Hydrocolloids 96: 589-595
Structural and functional effects of manipulating the degree of methylesterification in a model homogalacturonan with a pseudorandom fungal pectin methylesterase followed by a processive methylesterase. 2018 Food Hydrocolloids 77: 879-886
Introduction and characterization of charged functional domains into an esterified pectic homogalacturonan by a citrus pectin methylesterase and comparison of its modes of action to other pectin methylesterase isozymes. 2017. Food Hydrocolloids, 69: 422-431
■ CURRENT PROJECTS
Elucidation of the mechanism of human sweet taste receptor and its relationship with sweet taste perception by applying various dihydrochalcone sweeteners
Development of novel sweeteners with superior taste quality driven by sensory and in vitro sweet receptor based evaluation
Developing novel targeted drug delivery system using nano-structure specified pectic homogalacturonan and elucidating its effectiveness through the gut-brain axis
