Chair, IUCN Asia Regional Committee
President, Korea National Committee for IUCN
National Committee for Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea
Commissioner, Steering Committee of Jeju World Natural Heritage
Preparation Committee for COP 12 of CBD Korea
Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Administration and Safety of Korea for
DMZ
● Professional experience
1993. 9 – Present Professor, Director of Herbarium (NPRI)
Natural Products Research Institute
Seoul National University
Seoul, Korea
2005. 8 – 2006. 8. Visiting Scholar
Section of Integrative Biology
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78713
USA
1998. 8 – 2000. 1 Visiting Scholar
Laboratory of Molecular Systematics
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560
USA
1990 – 1993 Research Scientist
Laboratory of Molecular Systematics
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20560
USA
1989 – 1990 Post-doctoral Research Associate (Dr. Elizabeth A. Zimmer)
Department of Biochemistry
Louisiana State University
BatonRouge, Louisiana, USA
1986 – 1989 Teaching Assistant
Department of Botany
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, USA
1985 – 1986 Research Assistant
Department of Botany
University of Texas at Austin
1983 – 1984 Lecturer
Department of Botany
Seoul National University
1980 – 1982 Official Assistant
Department of Botany
Seoul National University
● Research interests
Phylogenetic studies of flowering plants.
Molecular evolution.
● Professional memberships
Korean Society of Plant Taxonomists
The Botanical Society of Korea
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Botanical Society of America
The Botanical Society of Japan
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