Alumni

Won Jeong Shin, Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. (now a Postdoctoral researcher at the Education Research Institute, Chungbuk National University)
  • Email: shjles2995@naver.com / tlsdnjswjd@snu.ac.kr
  • Research Interests
    • Quaternary Climatic Changes and Sea-level History
    • Formation of Coastal Deposits, e.g., Coastal Sand Dunes, Coastal terraces
    • Luminescence dating
    • Excavation of Geomorphological Landscape Resources

Won Jeong Shin CV.pdf

Won Young Lee, Ph.D.

  • Postdoctoral research fellow (now a Professor at the Department of Geography Education in Daegu Catholic University [link])
  • Email: lemon752@naver.com
  • Research Interests
    • Precipitation and soil moisture conditions in relation to landslide occurrence
    • Improving the spatial and temporal prediction of landslide-prone areas
    • Land surface processes in relation to environmental conditions and weather events
    • Geomorphological analysis of mountainous regions to read the landscape
    • Climate change literacy and sustainability of natural heritage

Won Young Lee CV.pdf

Current Graduate Students

Hui Chen

  • Doctoral student
  • Email: mlqschen@snu.ac.kr
  • Research Interests
    • Fluvial geomorphology. Focused on mountain rivers, especially headwater catchment, bedrock rivers, and fluvial sediment.
    • Application and improvement of topographic analysis based on digital elevation models

Hui Chen CV.pdf

Seungwoo Ha

  • Doctoral student
  • Email: feelseungi@snu.ac.kr
  • Research Interests
    • Geography education in secondary education, Focused in geomorphology and natural disaster.
    • Application of game method to geography class.
    • Design of a topographic field work program centered on student life world.

Seungwoo Ha CV.pdf

Juyeon Kim

  • Doctoral student
  • Email: szszbong96@snu.ac.kr
  • Research Interests
    • Tectonic geomorphology. Focused on tectonic landform (marine terraces, fluvial terraces), fault or uplift induced knickzone and surface deformation.
    • Luminescence and Radiometric dating technique. especially counting photon using luminescence stimulation.
    • Numerical landscape evolution modeling. Focused on reconstruction of paleo tectonic environment and validation of hypothesis.

Juyeon Kim CV.pdf

Ha-Eun Lee

  • Master student
  • Email: geodyadeun@snu.ac.kr
  • Research Interests
    • Natural disaster (especially flooding).
    • Geomorphological classification of physical landscape.

Sarang Kang

  • Master student
  • Email: geolove@snu.ac.kr
  • Research Interests
    • Development of a digital geographic exploration program for middle and high school student
    • Geomorphology class using new media
    • Activity-oriented(Student-centered) Teaching Methods

Jongmin Byun

Education and qualification

  • Ph.D., 2011, Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University, South Korea.
    • Ph.D. Thesis: Development and application of a numerical landscape evolution model to understand the uplift history of the Korean Peninsula (in Korean with abstract in English). Adviser: Jong Wook Kim.
  • M.A., 2005, Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University, South Korea.
  • B.A., 2002, Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University, South Korea.

Research Interests

  • Neo-tectonics of the Korean Peninsula
  • Application and improvement of numerical landscape evolution model
  • Quantitative analysis of geomorphology using GIS
  • Quantification of the rate of earth surface processes
  • Geomorphology Education

Publication

  • Chen, H. and Byun, J., 2023, Effects of Erosional Resistance on Bedrock Channel Occurrence and Morphology: Examination of the Seo River Catchment in South Korea, Geomorphology, 438: 108810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108810
  • Lee, W. Y., Chen, H., and Byun, J., 2022, A Proposal of the valley bottom extraction method suitable for mountain catchment based on the comparative analysis of the valley bottom extraction methods, Journal of the Korean Geomorphological Association, 29(4), 1~22. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Byun, J., 2022, Development of the geomorphological fieldwork course in an urban area for pre-service teachers, Journal of the association of Korean geographers, 11(3), 287-303. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Byun, J. and Paik, K., 2021, The development process of the Korean coastal mountain range: Examination from spatial distribution of knickzones, Progress in Physical Geography, 45(4), 541-563, doi:10.1177/0309133320975654.
  • Lim, Y. S., Byun, J., and Kim, J. K., 2021, Evaluation of soil erosion in small mountainous watersheds using SWAT model: A case study of the Woldong Catchment, Anseong, Journal of the Korean Geomorphological Association, 28(1), 13-33. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Shin, W. J., Lee, J. H., Byun, J., and Kim, J. Y., 2019, The Evidence for the high sea level of MIS 5e and the paleo-coastal sediments from Sinji-myen, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do, Korea, Journal of the Korean Geomorphological Association, 26(1), 59-78.
  • Chen, H., Kim, J. W., Han, M., and Byun, J., 2019, The Effects of Incised Meandering Valley and Lithological Differences on the Grain Size and Shape of Channel Bed Materials: A Case Study of the Upper and Middle Reaches of Gongneungcheon River, Journal of the Korean Geomorphological Association, 26(1), 15-26. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Byun, J., 2018, Reorganization of the teaching contents in the geomorphology class in the college of education, Journal of Geography Education, 62, 9-27. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Byun, J. and Paik, K., 2017, Small profile concavity of a fine-bed alluvial channel, Geology, 45(7), 627-630, doi:10.1130/G38879.1.
  • Kim, D. E., Seong, Y. B., Byun, J., Weber, J., and Min, K., 2015, Geomorphic disequilibrium in the eastern Korean Peninsula: Possible evidence for reactivation of a rift-flank margin, Geomorphology, 254, 130-145, DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.11.022.
  • Byun, J., Heimsath, M. A., Seong, Y. B., and Lee, S. Y., 2015, Erosion of a high-altitude, low-relief area on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for its development processes and evolution, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 40(13), 1730-1745, DOI: 10.1002/esp.3749.
  • Byun, J. and Seong, Y. B., 2015, An algorithm to extract more accurate stream longitudinal profiles from unfilled DEMs, Geomorphology, 242, 38-48. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.03.015.
  • Byun, J., 2015, Rock slope development in a tectonically stable region: Implications of simulations using a 1-dimensional hillslope model, Journal of the Geomorphological Association of Korea, 22(2), 61-74. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Byun, J. and Seong, Y. B., 2015, A perspective on the sustainability of soil landscape based on the comparison between the Pre-Anthropocene soil production and late 20th century soil loss rates, Journal of the Korean Geographical Society, 50(2), 165-183. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Kim, D. E., Byun, J., and Seong Y. B., 2014, The study on the change of longitudinal profiles using 1-dimensional detachment-limited bedrock channel model: Theoretical approach, Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers, 3(2), 127-137. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Byun, J. and Seong, Y. B., 2014, Comparison analysis of methods for smoothing the stream profiles extracted from digital elevation models and suggestion of a new smoothing method, Journal of the Korean Geographical Society, 49(3), 339~356. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Byun, J. M. and Kim, J. W., 2011, Development of a 2 dimensional numerical landscape evolution model on a geological time scale, Journal of the Korean Geographical Society, 46(6), 673~692. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Byun, J. M., 2011, Theoretical framework for application and development of two-dimensional numerical landscape evolution models on a geological time scale, Journal of the Korean Geographical Society, 46(3), 331-350. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Byun, J. M. and Kim, J. W., 2009, The influence of the Infinitive Flow Direction algorithm and Horn slope algorithm on the Topographic Index and hydrological responses of the TOPMODEL, Journal of the Korean Geographical Society, 44(3), 207-223. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Choi, K. H., Kim, J. W., Choi, J. H., Byun, J. M., Hong, S. C. Shin, Y. K., and Lee, S. J., 2008, Luminescence dating of coastal dune sequences on Wonsan Island and its implications, Journal of the Korea Geomorphological Association, 15(4), 39-51. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Munyikwa, K., Choi, J. H., Choi, K. H., Byun, J. M., Kim, J. W., and Park, K., 2008, Coastal dune luminescence chronologies indicating a mid-Holocene highstand along the east coast of the Yellow Sea, Journal of Coastal Research, 24, 92-103
  • Kim, J. W, Chang, H. W., Choi, J. H., Choi, K. H., and Byun, J. M., 2007, Landform characteristics of coastal terraces and optically stimulated luminescence dating on the terrace deposits in Yangnam and Yangbuk area of the Gyongju city, South Korea, Journal of the Korea Geomorphological Association, 14(3), 1-14.
  • Kim, J. W, Chang, H. W., Choi, J. H., Choi, K. H., and Byun, J. M., 2007, Optically stimulated luminescence dating on the marine terrace deposits of Hujeong-Jukbyeon region in Uljin, Korea, Journal of the Korea Geomorphological Association, 14(1), 15-27. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Kim, J. W, Chang, H. W., Choi, J. H., Choi, K. H., and Byun, J. M., 2005, The morphological characteristics and geochronological ages of coastal terraces oh Heunghae region in northern Pohang city, Korea, Journal of the Korea Geomorphological Association, 12(1), 103-116. (in Korean with abstract in English)
  • Munyikwa, K., Kim, J., Choi, J., Choi, K., and Byun, J., 2004, The development and luminescence chronology of a coastal dune from the Shindu Dunefield, T’aean Peninsula, Journal of the Korean Geographical Society, 39(2), 269-282.