Heejung Kim is a professor of Hydrogeology at Kangwon National University, She received her M.S. and Ph.D degree from the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Korea. She was awarded the 2018 young geologist from the Geological Society of Korea. She has served as managing editor and Associate Editor for Episodes Journal, associate editor for the Geological Society of Korea Journal, and national representative of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences.