Background
Kim, Byung-Dong was born on December 10, 1943 in Chunan, Choongnam, Republic of Korea. Son of Boong-Han and Eul-Soon Kim.
Kim, Byung-Dong was born on December 10, 1943 in Chunan, Choongnam, Republic of Korea. Son of Boong-Han and Eul-Soon Kim.
Bachelor of Science, Seoul (Republican of Korea) National University, 1966. Master of Science, Seoul (Republican of Korea) National University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, University Florida, 1974.
Postdoctoral fellow, School Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1975-1976; assistant research scientist, School Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1978-1980; research associate, School Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1976-1978; associate in research, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1980-1983; assistant professor, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1983-1987; professor molecular biology, Seoul National U., since 1987. Program development and research committee Research and Development Promotion Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, since 1995.
Research and Development Promotion Ctr for Agricultural Forestry and Fishery (program director and Research com, 1995). Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society Plant Molecular Biology, International Society Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Bio-chemical Society Republic of Korea (chair organizing committee 7th, 8th Sorak conference on gene expression and regulation, and protein structure and function 1993-1995), Korean. Society Horticultural Science (editor 1991-1995, secretary general since 1995), Genetics Society Korea, Korean Society Molecular Biology (associate editor 1990-1993), Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (program development and research committee 1995-1997), National Instrumentation Center for Environment Management (associate director 1993-1994), New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Il-Young Yoo, April 1, 1972. Children: Jihyun Jenifer, Soohyun Sarah.