Professor Seung-Chul Kim works on molecular phylogenetic studies of island plants. Prof Kim has been working on the woody Sonchus alliance, flowering cherry, and various insular endemic plants. He obtained his BS at Sungkyunkwan University, his MS at Kent State University, and his PhD at Ohio State University. Professor Kim is a former faculty member of UC-Riverside (2001-2009) and has been working at SKKU since fall of 2009.