Professor Chul Min Kim is an assistant professor in the department of horticulture, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea. He graduated from the Gyeongsang University with a PhD in molecular biology in 2007. He has conducted research in the University of Oxford University, Institute for basic sciences. He has also worked at John Innes Center for researching developmental genetics of root epidermis and nutrient movement in angiosperms. His research focus was the study of improving rice nitrogen use efficiency and developmental genetics of root epidermis and nutrient movement in Brachypodium and rice. His experiences also include genetic basis of heterosis in maize, developmental genetics of root epidermis in dicot and monocot plants, tissue culture in dicot and monocot plants, and plant genetic modification in Arabidopsis and rice.