ADDRESS

Division of Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering 

Room No. 322, East Bldg, College of Life & Environmental Sciences, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841

 

ON-LINE CONTACT

Tel: 82-2-3290-3016 (Office), Fax: 82-2-953-0737

email: leewk@korea.ac.kr 

Renewed Official Homepage for GIS/RS Lab: https://www.egisrs.org/ 

EDUCATION

B.S. : 1980. 3 - 1987. 2

      Department of forestry, Korea University in Seoul Bachelor of agriculture

M.S. : 1987. 3 - 1989. 2

       Graduate school of forestry, Korea University in Seoul Master of agriculture

Ph.D : 1990. 4 - 1993.11

       Doctoral course at college of forestry of Goettingen University in Germany Doctor of forestry

Post Doctor : 1994. 3 - 1995. 2

       Post doctoral course at Korea University, Seoul

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES & ACTIVITIES

2014. 3 -  2017. 3 : Visiting scholar for Yanbian University, China  

2013. 9 -  present : Chief of BK21+ Eco-Leader Education Center. Korea University

2013. 8 -  present : Chairman of Climate Change Program Cross Major, Korea University

2010. 3 -  2012. 8 : Visiting scholar for University of Göttingen, German  

2009. 8 -  2011. 8 : Visiting scholar for Yanbian University, China

2004. 7 -  present : Director for Environmental GIS/RS Center, Korea University

2004. 3 -  present : Professor Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University

2001. 3 -  2004. 2 : Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University

2002. 1 -  2003. 2 : Visiting scholar Division of Ecosystem Science. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. University of

                              California, Berkeley

1999. 3  -  2001. 2 : Associate Professor,  Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Korea University

1998. 8  -  present : Advisory Research Fellow, Korean Forestry Research Institute 

1996. 3  -  1999. 2 : Assistant Professor, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Korea University

1994. 3  -  1996. 2 : Lecturer, Department of Forest Resources, Korea University

1995. 9  -  1996. 2 : Lecturer, Department of Forestry, Kyoung-Hi University 

1994. 3  -  1994. 8 : Lecturer, Department of Forestry, Won-Kwang University

1987. 4  -  1989. 9 : Research Fellow, Korea Rural Economic Institute

 

SPECIAL EXPERIENCE & ACTIVITIES

2009. 11 -  2011. 11 : Advisory Committee of Capital Economic Regional Development Committee

2009. 12 -  2011. 12 : Research Advisory Committee of Seoul Development Institute

2008. 5 -  present : Investment Examination Committee of Seoul Metropolitan City

2007. 3. 1. -  2008. 2. 28 : Associate Professor of UNEP Eco-peace Leadership Center

2006. 2. 22. -  present : Urban Public Park Committee of Seoul Metropolitan City

2006. 10. 19 : Program Evaluation Committee of the management program for digital forest type map

2006. 10. 10 : Evaluation Committee of the 5^th National Forest Resource Investigation Management

2006. 09. 28 : Evaluation Committee of the FGIS application for digital forest type map production

2004. 3 : Judging Committee of national forestry cooperatives federation for rural financial stress

2003. 2. 5 - 12. 4 : Advisory Committee of the project “Producing the land cover map”

2001. 5. 29 : Executive Committee of fundamental science promotion for the “Master plan for science technology”

2001. 11. 19 : Evaluation Committee of the forestry research evaluation 2001

2001. 1. 1 –  2001. 12. 31 : Advisory Committee of Korea Environment Institute

2000. 11. 18 : Evaluation Committee of the forestry research evaluation 2000

1999. 5 : Advisory professor of the bidding committee for national nature history museum

1999. 11. 19 : Evaluation Committee of the forestry research evaluation 1999

1997. 1. 1 -  1998. 12. 31.: Executive Committee of Korean Society of Forest Resources Measurements

  

MEMBERSHIP in PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

2009  -  present: Executive committee of the Korean Society for Climate Change

2007  -  present : Advisory committee for international exchange of Korean Society of Forest Measurements

2006  -  present : Executive committee of the Korean Society for Geospatial Information System

2006  -  present : Vice-president of the GIS Association of Korea

2004  -  present : Member of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies

2001  -  present : Executive committee of the Korean Society of Remote Sensing

1998  -  present : Advisory committee of "Koreanisches Verein von Konrad Adenauer Stiftung"

1987  -  present : Advisory committee of Korean Forestry Society

1994  -  present : Member of Korean Forest Economic Society

1994  -  present : Member of Korean Society Environmental Impact Assessment

 

AWARDS

1989-1993: Scholarship from Korad-Adenauer-Stiftung(KAS) in Germany for Doctoral Course in Goettingen University, Germany

 

1997: Academic Prize from Korean Forestry Society for the publication of "Estimating the Competition Indices and Diameter Growth of Individual Trees through Position-dependent Stand Survey". Jour. Korean For. Soc. 85(3): 539-551

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Forest management planning

        - Stand-level forest management planning

        - Regional forest management planning

        - Decision Support System (DSS) in forest management planning

Tree measurement and forest survey

        - Stem analysis

        - Taper model

        - Crown model

        - Software for analyzing forest field data

Forest growth and yield model

        - Dynamic growth model

        - Competition Index

        - Single tree growth model

        - Process model

Geographic Information System (GIS) and forest management planning

        - Forest development related to geo-morphological and spatial factors

        - Topographic index and forest site productivity

        - Micro-climate and forest development

        - Decision Support System (DSS) based on GIS

Remote Sensing (RS) and forest management planning

        - RS-Application for forest inventory and monitoring

        - RS-Application for forest environment management

Climate Change and Impact Assessment, Adaptation

             - Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystem