Prof. Park is an associate professor at Division of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Ewha Womans University since 2017, Korea. Before joining Ewha Womans University, He worked for Department of Environmental Engineering and Energy, Myongji University as an assistant and associate professor (2012-2017), Chemical Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) as a senior research engineer (2009–2012), and Corporate R&D in LG Chem Research Park as a principal investigator of biomaterial research team (2003–2009). He received the BS. degree in chemical engineering from Seoul National University in 1997, and obtained the MS. and Ph.D degrees in chemical engineering from KAIST in 1999 and 2003, respectively. Currently, his research group focuses on the development of metabolically engineered microorganisms for the production of novel biopolymers, biochemicals and biofuels for biorefinery. As of October 2018, he has published over 100 scientific articles.