Curriculum Vitae
Sungho Choi
PhD Student
Fulbright Scholar and NASA Graduate Fellow
Department of Earth and Environment
Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Contact: schoi at bu dot edu
Updated on 03/10/2015 [Download pdf version of CV]
Education
– PhD Student in Geography, Boston University (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ranga Myneni)
– M.Sc., Korea University (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Woo-Kyun Lee): 2010/08
– B.Sc., Korea University: 2008/08
Scholarships, honors, & awards
– 2013 – 2015: NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) ($30,000/yr)
– 2011 – 2013: Fulbright Graduate Study Award ($35,000/yr)
– 2011 – 2013: Dean’s Scholarship – GRS Graduate Scholarship, Boston Univ. ($20,000/yr)
– 2012: NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) Summer Short Course Grant
– 2011: JISTEC (Japan) – NRF (Korea) Winter Institute Program Research Grant
– 2010: Best Paper Award in Environmental Sciences, Korea Environment Institute (2nd prize)
– 2010: Winner of IUFRO 2010 Best Posters [link]
– 2010: DAAD (Germany) – NRF (Korea) Summer Institute Program Research Grant
– 2009 – 2010: Brain Korea (BK21) Scholarship
Professional services (journal review)
– 2014: Remote Sensing (1)
– 2014: Global Change Biology (1)
– 2013: Remote Sensing (2)
Memberships & Activities
– 2012 – 2014: Student committee member, Atmospheric Radiation of American Meteorological Society
– 2009 – : Student member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
– 2013 – : Student member, Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Employment, work, & training experiences
– [Training] NASA Ames Research Center, CA, USA (Summer Short Course): 2012/07 (2 weeks)
– [Research Fellow] Environ. GIS/RS center, Korea Univ., Seoul, Korea: 2010/09 – 2011/08
– [Research Fellow] Natl. Inst. for Environ. Studies, Japan (JISTEC-NRF Program): 2011/01 – 2011/02
– [Research Fellow] Inst. of Forest Bio. & Inform., Univ. of Göttingen, Germany (DAAD-NRF Program): 2010/07 – 2010/08
– [Training] Schmid College of Sci., Chapman Univ., CA, USA (Winter Short Course): 2010/01 (2 weeks)
– [Training] College of Sci., George Mason Univ., VA, USA (Winter Short Course): 2008/01 (2 weeks)
– [Internship] UNEP – Natl. Committee for the Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea: 2007/12 – 2008/03
Skills
– Computer programming (Matlab, Python, C++, & Fortran)
– GIS/RS Software (ArcGIS 9.3, Imagine 9.1, ENVI 4.6, & Terrascan)