He received his B.S and M.S degrees in electrical engineering from Korea University, Seoul, the Republic of Korea, in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He obtained a Ph.D. degree in the same field from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech.), USA, in 2007. From 1998 to 2004, he worked at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute as a senior researcher. From 2007 to 2010, he worked at the Electric Power Research Institute as a senior project engineer. In May 2010, he joined Jeonbuk National University as a faculty member in the department of electrical engineering where he is a Professor. His research interests include power system operations and controls, renewable energy sources, smart grids and energy storage systems.