In July 2010, under President Lee Myung-bak, she was appointed as an inaugural Chief Secretary to the Future Strategy Planning Office, and served until February 2013.
[7] After that, she has been working at Korea Institute of Science and Technology, holding a position of a principle research scientist.
[10] She has also patented the alpha-1 antitrypsin mutein with a disulfide bond and the method for preparing it along with her research group.
Her work is highly cited in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology and microbiology.
[6][7][19] In 2010, she was appointed to a new post in the South Korean government: senior officer for national future.