Prof. Dr. Kwang-Hyun Baek is a full Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and a Director of The Institute of Biotechnology at Yeungnam University in Korea. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Crop Sciences at Washington State University in 2005 and has worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Korea Research Institute of Biotechnology and Bioscience and the Institute of Genetics and Breeding, Seoul National University. He is an editorial board member of several international journals. Current research interests are in the molecular physiology of plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses and antibiotic resistance, and the agricultural application of nanoparticles.