Professor of the Dept. of Horticultural Science / Interdisciplinary Program in Smart Agriculture Kangwon National University; 1Kangwondeahak-gil, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do, 24341. Republic of Korea; (Tel) *82-33-250-6425, +82-01-6772-9313 (Fax) +82-33-259-5561; (e-mail) hominkang@kangwon.ac.kr. Education: Feb 1991—BS in agriculture, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Feb 1993—MS in agriculture, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Feb 1999—Ph.D in agriculture, Korea University Seoul, Republic of Korea. Experience: Mar 2022 to present—editor-in-chief of J Agric Life Environ Sci (KCI), Republic of Korea; July 2019 to 2021—president of the Agriculture and Life Science Research Institute at the KNU, Republic of Korea; May 2017 to present—editor-in-chief, Post-Harvest Management Division of Hortic Sci Technol (SCIE) in Kor. Soc. for Hort. Sci., Republic of Korea; July 2014 to May 2016—associate dean, Office of Planning at the KNU, Republic of Korea; May 2014 to May 2016—secretary general of The Kor. Soc. for Bio-Environ Cont., Republic of Korea; July 2010 to May 2012—editor-in-chief of The Kor. Soc. for Bio-Environ Cont., Republic of Korea; May 2003 to Feb 2003—assistant research professor at the Korea University Seoul, Republic of Korea; Oct 1999 to Mar 2003—postdoc, University of California, Davis, Dept. of Vegetable Crops, USA.