Prof. Dr. Baik-Ho Kim received his Ph.D. in Science from Chonnam National University in 1996. He was a joint researcher at Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies (1997–2000), a research professor at Hanyang University (2001–2005), and a senior researcher at Konkuk University (2006–2011). Since 2012, he has served as a professor in the Department of Life Science at Hanyang University, Seoul. He is a former president of the Korean Society for Environmental Biology and the Korean Society for Biological Science and currently serves on the editorial boards of several domestic and international journals. He has received numerous honors, including the Korea-Japan Joint Research Foundation scholarship, the STA Fellowship from Japan, and multiple awards from the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Korean Society of Aquatic Ecology. He has published approximately 180 papers, registered 11 patents, and authored 8 books. His research focuses on river and lake ecosystem health assessments, microalgal taxonomy, bioactive compound discovery, algal bloom management, and large-scale cultivation technologies. He has mentored 22 graduate students to date.