Prof. Jung received a Bachelor's degree from University of Seoul and Master's and Doctoral degrees from Penn State University, all in environmental engineering. His bachelor thesis was about air curtain experiment and modeling in subway tunnels, which was used as policy-making data for Seoul City. For his graduate studies, he investigated microbiology and electrochemistry in microbial electrochemical systems. After completing his doctoral degree, he worked as a senior consultant in Samsung SDS for solving environmental and energy problems in Samsung Group (2011-2012). Then, he studied natural and constructed wetlands as a postdoctoral researcher in Yonsei University, Seoul (2012-2014). After the three-year postdoctoral experience, he became a tenure-track faculty member in Chonnam National University, Gwangju in 2014.