Projects
Research projects (1$ = 1000 won)
2019-2022
Developing management technologies of ecosystem structure and functions to improve urban health. 4,000,000$ from Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (PI)
2018-2021
Development of cost-effective bio-monitoring system to detect CO2 leakage and its practical application. 300,000$ from Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (Co-PI, PI: Gayoung Yoo at Kyunghee Univ)
2017-2019
Near-surface remote sensing of canopy photosynthesis and evaporation fluxes across a latitudinal permafrost gradient in northwestern Canada. 200,000$ from National Research Foundation (Korea-Canada Cooperation Program) (PI)
2016-2019
Monitoring canopy photosynthesis through remote sensing of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. 300,000$ from National Research Foundation (Space Technology Development Program in Big Sciences) (PI)
2015-2017
Tracking vegetation phenology from leaf to regional scales with near-surface and satellite remote sensing. 250,000$ from National Research Foundation (X Project) (PI)
2015-2020
Quantifying leaf traits, canopy structure and functions in Council, Alaska. 250,000$ from the Korean Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) (PI)
2015-2018
Monitoring rice growth and yields based on satellite remote sensing. 360,000$ from National Center for Agro Meteorology (PI)
2014-2017
Development of cost-effective bio-monitoring system to detect CO2 leakage and its practical application. 300,000$ from Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (Co-PI, PI: Gayoung Yoo at Kyunghee Univ)
2014
Establishing the foundation of core technologies for custom-made agricultural & forest meteorological services. 79,000$ (SNU portion) from National Center for Agro Meteorology (Co-PI, PI: Prof Joon Kim)
2013-2020
Global Leadership Program Towards Innovative Green Infrastructure. 230,000$ per year from BK21 Plus, National Research Foundation (PI)
2013-2014
Accelerating visualization and data analysis of global gross photosynthesis and evaporation by integrating FetchClimate and MODIS-Azure pipeline. 57,000$ from Microsoft Research (PI)
2013-2016
Center for Climate/Environment Change Prediction Research. 250,000$ (SNU portion) from National Research Foundation (ERC) (Co-I, PI: Prof Seonki Park)
2012-2015
Quantifying carbon cycle in an urban forest of Seoul. 200,000$ from National Research Foundation (PI)
2011-2014
Global monitoring of water and carbon exchanges between biosphere and atmosphere using remote sensing. 210,000$ from National Research Foundation (PI)
International projects
2016
Using novel satellite and field approaches to estimate crop yields of corn, soybean (U.S.) and paddy rice (Korea), ACES International Joint Research Program (Co-I, PI: Kaiyu Guan)
2015
Fluorescence Observatory for Monitoring Vegetation Light-use efficiency, Agriculture, and Ecosystem (FOLIAGE), NASA (Co-I, PI: Joe Berry) (declined)
2014
Photosynthesis Measurement Investigation (PhotoMI), NASA (Co-I, PI: Roni Avissar) (declined)
2013-2016
A framework for carbon monitoring and upscaling in forests across Mexico to support implementation of REDD+, NASA Carbon Monitoring System (Co-I, PI: Rodrigo Vargas) (awarded)
2013-2016
Australian Savanna Landscapes: Past, Present and future, Australian Research Council (Co-I, PI: Jason Beringer) (awarded)