Sung Hwoan Cho received his PhD at the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture of Auburn University in 1998. He worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Fisheries Science (2000–2003). In 2003, he moved to Korea Maritime and Ocean University. He is now a professor of the Division of Marine Bioscience, Korea Maritime and Ocean University. His research interests include fish nutrition, feed nutrition, and abalone nutrition.