Vision & Mission
We exist to transform aviation turbulence into a predictable space, turning the uncertain skies into a realm where all environmental risks across industries become manageable decision-making challenges. We create reliable decision-making information that people and systems can trust and respond to.
Why It Matters
Aviation turbulence is not just a minor inconvenience. It is a systemic risk intertwined with safety, costs, and operations. This issue is not exclusive to aviation. Weather and environmental factors directly impact decision-making for people and organizations across the skies, seas, cities, and infrastructure. NovaAir transforms environmental risks into a reliable probabilistic judgment system.
What We Do
We are not a company that creates specific services or platforms. We build the infrastructure that all those systems will depend on.
Our Team
Jongwon Han
CEO
- Bachelor's in Aviation Industry Engineering from Hanseo University
- Master's program in Future Aviation Transportation from Korea Aerospace University
- Experience as a pilot (Cessna 172 Skyhawk)
- Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Award (No. 5601), Chairman of the Korea Transportation Safety Authority Award (No. 6110), President of Korea Airports Corporation Award (No. 22-191), Governor of Chungcheongnam-do Award (No. 12428)
Wooseok Moon
CTO
- PhD in Geophysics from Yale University
- Master's in Meteorology from Pennsylvania State University
- Bachelor's in Earth Environmental Science from Seoul National University
- Former researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, British Antarctic Survey, etc.
- Former professor of mathematics at Stockholm University, currently a professor in Environmental Atmospheric Science at Pukyong National University
Jeongnam
Lead Researcher
- Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Physics from Inha University
- Former researcher at the Institute for Ecology and Future Research
- Former specialist at the National Institute of Ecology
- 13 years of research experience in complex systems, nonlinear dynamics, and statistical physics
Wonseok Yang
Data Scientist
- PhD candidate/Master's graduate from KAIST School of Computing (Natural Language Processing)
- Master's from KAIST School of Computing, Bachelor's in Theoretical Physics from KAIST (with honors)
- 2023 ACL Outstanding Paper (Language model for minority languages)
- Approximately 30 international NLP papers (EMNLP, ACL, IJCAI, etc.)
Hyungmin Park
Senior Researcher
- Bachelor's in Aviation Industry Engineering from Hanseo University
- Master's program in Future Aviation Transportation from Korea Aerospace University
- Former researcher at the Korea Aerospace University Institute for Aviation Industry Policy
- Numerous first-author papers in aviation (Analysis of UAM operational time based on meteorological data, Enhancement of aviation turbulence prediction based on measured data)
Rira Baek
Head of Product Planning
- Bachelor's in Aviation Transportation from Hanseo University
- Master's program in Future Aviation Transportation from Korea Aerospace University
- Former researcher at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (participated in K-UAM strategic technology development project)
- Former operations manager at Air Premia and Parata Airlines
Jaeyeon Park
Developer
- 3 years of specialized work experience in the Next.js and NestJS ecosystem
- Experience in various troubleshooting including network tracing via Wireshark, Custom Editor development
- Built large-scale transaction and real-time data processing services for overseas gaming platforms, financial chart-related sites, and expert matching platforms
NovaAir's Journey
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Certification
Selected as a leading aviation company in Incheon Metropolitan City
September 2025
Recognized as a business-affiliated research institute
January 2026
Venture company certification
March 2026
Awards
Incheon Creative Economy Innovation Center â2025 Youth Startup Challenge Results Sharing Meetingâ
Awarded November 2025
Ministry of SMEs and Startups â15th COREA Jang Young-sil Startup Invention Contest - BM Categoryâ
Awarded (Chungcheongnam-do Governor's Award) December 2024
KTOA Venture Room âKTOA Venture Room X Campus Demo Dayâ
Encouragement Award November 2024
Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Startup Promotion Agency, Hoseo University â2024 Startup-Centered University Youth Startup Item Challenge in the Chungcheong Regionâ
Grand Prize (Hoseo University President's Award) July 2024
Patent
Turbulence measurement system and method using an accelerometer
Application No. 10-2024-0166002, Application Date November 20, 2024
Electronic device and operation method for assessing the short-term stability of an aircraft
Application No. 10-2025-0169533, Application Date November 11, 2025
Our Investors
