Prof. Juil Kim currently serves as Assistant Professor at the Kangwon National University. He completed his bachelor of agriculture, agricultural biology at Chungbuk National University in 2004, and his master of agriculture, entomology and doctorate of agriculture, entomology at Seoul National University in 2006 and 2013. He worked as an Agricultural Researcher at the National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration (2008–2020). He was also a Visiting Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology (2015–2016, 2018). His research interests mainly include pest management and insecticide resistance.