-Plant Hormone
-Plant-Microbe Interaction
-Plant Stress Physiology

1999 ~ Present Professor, Kyungpook National University
2000 ~ Present Editorial Board member, Korean Society of Crop Science/ Korean Society of Environmental Agriculture/ The Korean Society for Plant Biotechnology
2004 ~ Present Research Expert, Korea Crop Protection Association
2005 ~ Present Adjunct Senior Researcher, Rural Development Administration/ Gyongsangbuk-Do Agricultural Research & Extension Services
2010 ~ 2021 Exprert: National Institute of Agricultural Sciences for the committee on Pesticide Biological Activity
2010 ~ 2020 Associate Member: The Korean Academy of Science and Technology
2013~ 2020 Director, BK21PLUS, Innovative Youth Development Programme for Revolutionary 4-H Agricultural Bio-industry
2020~ Present Director, BK21FOUR, Development Programme for Innovative Agro-Production Technology Using Big Data
2021 ~ 2022 Director, Institute of International Research & Development, Kyungpook National University
2022 ~ Present Vice President, Kyungpook National University

2021 Minister Prize Award (Ministry of Science and ICT)
2022-2023 Leader Award: Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in South Korea
2023 Highly Cited Researcher in The Field of Plant and Animal Science (Clarivate Analytics)