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Professor Ji-eun Hwang's research lab focuses on consumer behavior, sustainable living environments, and intelligent space design, particularly examining the intersection of technology, consumer values, and environmental consciousness. The lab investigates how socio-cultural factors such as nationalism, environmentalism, and innovation influence technology adoption—especially in smartphones and green housing—while also analyzing the design principles of smart, ubiquitous environments like modern libraries. The research emphasizes empirical validation of consumer motivations and the development of human-centered design standards for public and technological spaces.
Professor Sung-ak Jang's research lab focuses on sustainable urban housing systems, with a central emphasis on long-life housing certification, infill component markets, and institutional incentives to promote durable, adaptable residential environments. The lab investigates the socio-technical challenges in building long-life housing, including cost structures, stakeholder motivations, and policy effectiveness, while also exploring the experiential and spatial dimensions of urban memory and temporary housing solutions after disasters. Research spans architectural design, urban planning, and policy innovation, aiming to bridge technical standards with everyday living experiences.
Professor Keon-Seok Lee's research lab specializes in suicide prevention, psychiatric epidemiology, and severe mental illness, with a strong focus on improving clinical assessment tools and understanding suicide risk factors. The lab investigates the validity and reliability of suicide screening instruments such as the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ), explores clinical characteristics of suicide attempters—particularly those using high-lethality methods like carbon monoxide poisoning—and examines the challenges in diagnosing and treating severe psychiatric disorders such as treatment-resistant schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The lab also contributes to policy-relevant research, including revisions in mental health legislation and the development of standardized diagnostic criteria.
Professor Hyeok-Min Kang's research lab specializes in post-conflict reconciliation, victim-centered peacebuilding, and the politics of memory in divided societies, with a particular focus on transitional justice in East Asia. The lab investigates how survivors of political violence and state-sponsored atrocities navigate trauma, stigma, and moral responsibility through narrative reconstruction and agonistic political engagement. Central to the lab’s work is the exploration of non-violent resistance, ethical subjectivity, and institutional mechanisms that enable coexistence amid historical antagonism. The research integrates qualitative narrative analysis with critical democratic theory to develop transformative, victim-informed approaches to reconciliation.
Professor Sun Heo's research focuses on library and information science, particularly on leveraging bibliographic and usage data to enhance public library services. Her lab specializes in analyzing user behavior through loan records, examining patterns in borrowing frequency, time, day of week, and subject preferences to inform evidence-based service improvements. The research emphasizes data-driven decision making in public libraries, especially in urban settings with diverse community needs.
Professor Inwon Park's research lab focuses on intergenerational memory, gendered subjectivities, and the cultural representation of trauma in contemporary German and East Asian literature. The lab explores how familial and historical narratives—particularly those related to National Socialism, war, and postwar reconstruction—are transmitted across generations, with a special emphasis on the 'third generation' and the interplay between personal memory and collective identity. It also investigates feminist and queer discourses in literature and film, especially concerning love, kinship, and reproductive technologies, analyzing how these themes reflect and challenge societal norms.
Professor Bomin Kim's research lab specializes in molecular oncology and cancer pharmacology, with a focus on natural compounds like ginsenoside Rg3 and their mechanisms in inducing apoptosis and inhibiting proliferation in breast cancer cells. The lab investigates key signaling pathways, particularly NF-κB and p53, to understand how Rg3 exerts anti-tumor effects in aggressive cancer phenotypes. Additionally, the lab engages in interdisciplinary scholarship, exploring the intersection of political thought, literary form, and historical performance—particularly in early modern English drama and masques—through philosophical and critical lenses such as Agamben’s biopolitical theory.
Professor Ryu Jun-Pil's research focuses on the critical analysis and digital reconstruction of Korean literary and scholarly traditions, with an emphasis on historical texts, literary historiography, and the epistemology of Korean studies. His work explores the formation of national literary identity, the evolution of academic discourse in Korea, and the theoretical foundations of Korean literature and thought from the late 19th century to the present. He specializes in archival methodologies, semantic data modeling, and the philosophical dimensions of reading and textual interpretation in both classical and modern contexts.
Professor Joo-Young Baek's research lab focuses on building energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality, with a strong emphasis on human behavior in buildings—particularly window blind usage and its impact on thermal comfort and energy consumption. The lab also investigates the intersection of health and environmental factors, as seen in studies on depression prevalence among patients undergoing hepatitis C treatment, highlighting a multidisciplinary approach that bridges architectural science, occupant behavior, and health outcomes. Current research directions include developing intelligent building control systems based on real human behavior data and exploring the psychosocial impacts of medical treatments in clinical environments. The lab integrates empirical surveys, clinical data analysis, and energy modeling to create sustainable and human-centered building solutions.
Professor Gyeon-Sung Sung's research lab specializes in Korean traditional music studies, with a primary focus on the theoretical and historical analysis of jangdan (Korean rhythmic cycles), gugak (Korean classical music), and the evolution of jeong'ak (musical notation) systems. The lab investigates the structural and pedagogical dimensions of traditional music through critical examination of historical manuscripts such as *Hyunjeong Dongmun Yugi*, *Gugak Wongeumbŏp*, and *Seonmyojo Ja Jae Gyeongsuyun-do*, emphasizing the interplay between musical form, performance practice, and notation. The lab also explores the transmission of musical knowledge across generations, particularly in the context of Confucian scholar-musicians and the development of pedagogical materials for traditional music education.
Professor Alena Kulinich’s research lab specializes in the intellectual and theological history of Islam, with a particular focus on classical and modern interpretations of the Qur’an (tafsir). The lab explores the evolution of exegetical traditions, especially within the Mu‘tazilite, Sunni, and Sufi schools, examining how theological affiliations shape hermeneutical choices and interpretive authority. It also investigates the role of personal reasoning (ra’y) in tafsir, the historical discourse on religious diversity in Islamic thought, and the modern revival of rationalist Islamic traditions such as Neo-Mu‘tazilism.
Professor Eunyoung Bae's research lab specializes in conversation analysis and language socialization, with a focus on pragmatic competence, honorifics, and interactional morphology in Korean. The lab investigates how linguistic forms such as repair practices, stancetaking markers (-nya, -ni), and interrogative endings (-nka) function in social interaction and identity construction. It also explores the sociolinguistic dimensions of Korean language education, particularly in the context of globalization and local adaptation.
Professor Won Dong Lee's research lab specializes in computational and systems biology, focusing on advancing metabolomics through artificial intelligence. The lab develops deep learning models, particularly chemical language models, to decode the uncharted regions of the mammalian metabolome and predict novel metabolites. Their work bridges bioinformatics, mass spectrometry, and systems metabolism to accelerate metabolite identification and structural elucidation. The lab also explores the application of AI in understanding metabolic pathways and disease mechanisms.
Professor Won-hee Cho's research lab specializes in health policy, public health interventions, and social welfare evaluation, with a strong focus on evidence-based policy analysis. The lab investigates health outcomes, long-term care systems, and socioeconomic determinants of health through rigorous empirical methods such as panel data analysis and content analysis. Key research directions include the impact of welfare policies—such as childbirth support, disability services, and price stabilization programs—on population health and social equity.
Professor Jaemin Lee's research lab specializes in environmental hydrogeology, groundwater remediation, and space-based Earth observation. The lab focuses on understanding groundwater dynamics, particularly in response to seismic events and contamination, through field-scale monitoring and innovative remediation technologies such as permeable reactive barriers with slow-release carbon sources. Additionally, the lab contributes to space science by developing advanced optical instruments for Earth albedo and solar irradiance measurements from deep space, supporting climate and environmental monitoring missions. The integration of field-based hydrogeological studies with cutting-edge instrumentation highlights the lab’s interdisciplinary approach to environmental sustainability and Earth system science.
Professor Dun-Ha Park's research lab focuses on undergraduate education reform with an emphasis on curriculum development, academic integrity in the age of AI, and interdisciplinary liberal education. The lab investigates student learning outcomes, major and general education course-taking patterns, and the impact of educational policies on student success. It also explores innovative pedagogies in science and ethics education, including climate change, biology education, and AI-integrated academic writing. The lab’s work bridges educational theory with practical policy recommendations for higher education institutions.
Professor Jaeyoon Lee's research lab specializes in interdisciplinary studies at the intersection of cognitive science, human-computer interaction, and multilingual information systems. The lab focuses on developing multilingual, standardized knowledge organization systems for science and technology, with an emphasis on semantic interoperability, terminology management, and concept modeling. Additionally, the lab investigates human cognitive processes such as attention, fatigue, and social perception, particularly in high-stakes environments like aviation and workplace dynamics. Recent work also explores cultural differences in emotional expression and their impact on social evaluation.
Professor Dongsoo Yang's research lab specializes in the application of advanced control theory and machine learning to real-world engineering and financial systems. The lab focuses on stochastic optimal control, reinforcement learning, and approximate dynamic programming for solving complex decision-making problems under uncertainty. Key research directions include constrained index tracking in finance, adaptive power management in hybrid energy systems, and intelligent control of autonomous vehicles. The lab integrates theoretical rigor with practical implementation, often combining control theory with modern AI techniques such as natural gradient methods and evolution strategies.
Professor Dong-Mae Jo's research lab specializes in Chinese classical and vernacular literature, with a focus on narrative strategies, discourse analysis, and literary discourse markers in classical Chinese fiction. The lab investigates how narrative voice, rhetorical devices such as 'Listen to me, respectable audience,' and discourse markers function in texts like *Er Pai*, *Du Shiniang*, and *Jin Ping Mei*, emphasizing their role in shaping reader engagement and narrative coherence. Additionally, the lab conducts applied research in Chinese language education, particularly error analysis in L2 Chinese writing among Korean learners, targeting auxiliary verbs and discourse-level errors.
Professor Hye-yun Jeong's research lab specializes in sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and corpus linguistics, with a strong focus on cross-linguistic and cross-cultural communication phenomena. The lab investigates impoliteness in political discourse, focus marking in Spanish, echo questions, and cohesion in multilingual media texts, often employing corpus-based and experimental methods. A central research direction involves analyzing pragmatic and prosodic features in spoken and written language, particularly in Latin American contexts. The lab also explores sociopolitical dimensions of language, such as informality in business environments and emotional expressiveness in music.
