Professors

Climate Change Dynamics, Air-sea interaction and ENSO dynamics, Global carbon cycle, Bio-geochemical processes and their climate feedback, Climate Extremes, Climate Prediction and Predictability

• Ph-D., School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea, Aug. 2003.
• M. S., Atmospheric Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea, Feb. 2000.
• B. S., Atmospheric Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea, Feb. 1998.

• Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2024.03-
• Full Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 2019-2024.02
• Associate Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 2014-2019
• Senior Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, 2009-2014
• Research Scholar, Department of Meteorology, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 2007-2009
• Post-Doc, Climate Environment System Research Center, Seoul National University, 2003-2007
• Full member, Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology, 2017-2021
• Associate Member, The Korea Academy of Science and Technology, 2014-2019
• Member of CLIVAR Pacific Region Panel, WCRP. 2016-2020
• Associate Editor, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2012-present
• Member of Advised board of KMA climate prediction, 2010-present
• Member of Advised board of Division of Natural Sciences, National Research Foundation, 2023.01-2024.12

1. Oh, J.-H., J.-S. Kug, S.-I. An, F.-F. Jin, M. McPhaden, and J.-S. Shin (2024) Emergent climate change patterns originating from deep ocean warming in climate mitigation scenarios, Nature Climate Change, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01928-0.(CA)
2. Kug, J.-S.., Oh, J.-H.., An, S.-I.. et al. (2022) Hysteresis of the intertropical convergence zone to CO2 forcing. Nature-Climate Changes., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01211-6 (CA)
3. Park, S.-W., J.-S. Kim, and J.-S. Kug (2020) Intensification of Arctic warming as a result of CO2 physiological forcing. Nature Communications, 11:2098. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15924.(CA)
4. Kim, J.-S., J.-S. Kug, S.-J. Jeong, H. Park, G. Schaepman-Strub (2020) Extensive fires in southeastern Siberian permafrost linked to preceding Arctic Oscillation. Sci. Adv. 6, eaax3308. (CA)
5. Kim. J.-S., J.-S. Kug, S.-J. Jeong, et al. (2017) Reduced North American terrestrial primary productivity linked to anomalous Arctic warming. Nature-Geoscience., 10, 572-576. (CA)