PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Associate Professor (tenure track), Department of Plant Resources and Environment, Jeju National University, 2022-present
Plant Breeding and Genetics using conventional and modern methods with phenomics.

Member of Working Group in COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action CA22146 for Harnessing the Potential of Underutilized Crops to Promote Sustanable Food Production (DIVERSICROP). 2023-present.
Strengthening the Farm to Fork and the Biodiversity strategies under the European Green Deal to contribute to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Member of Working Group in COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action CA22157 for Reproductive Enhancement of CROP Resilience to Extreme Climate (RECROP). 2023- present.
Actively involved in building communication channels with Policy Makers to provide scientific advice and support them in scientific-based context of future policies on biotechnology, technology and agriculture sectors.

Member of European Cooperation in Science and Technology, 2022-2023 Nexu4agifood project.

CEO of Pytomix Corporation, 2021-present R&D with Phenomics and Smart-farming.

Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Plant Resources and Environment, Jeju National University, 2018-2022

Senior Researcher, LG Chemical FarmHannong Ltd., 2017-2018 Hybrid rice seed evaluation and production in Vietnam.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Plant Sciences Institute, Iowa State University, 2014-2016 Advisor: Professor Patrick Schnable
Develop field-based high throughput phenotyping system for corn using time lapse as a Project Lead.
Establish multidisciplinary collaborations with several ISU departments and private company.

PUBLICATIONS

SHEIKH M, Farooq IQ, AMBREEN H, PRAVIN KA, Manzoor IK, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2023. Integrating artificial intelligence and high-throughput phenotyping for crop improvement. Journal of Integrative Agriculture.

Choi NJ, Koo K, Mansoor S, YS Chung, Tuan TT. 2023. A Novel 3D Insect Detection and Monitoring System in Plants Based on Deep Learning. 2023. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14: 1236154.

Amit Ghimire A, Kim SH, Cho A, Jang N, Islam MS, Mansoor S, Chung YS, Kim Y. (Corresponding author). Automatic Evaluation of Soybean Seed Traits Using RGB Image Data and a Python Algorithm. Plants. 12: 3078.

Karunathilake EMB, Le AT, Heo S, Chung YS, Mansoor S. (Corresponding author). 2023. The Path to Smart Farming: Innovations and Opportunities in Precision Agriculture. Agriculture. 13: 1593.

Kim JY, Lee CW, Park JE, Kim N, Kim SL, Baek JH, Chung YS, and Kim KH. (Corresponding author). 2023. Comparison of Various Drought Resistance Traits in Soybean (Glycine max L.) Based on Image Analysis for Precision Agriculture. Plants. 12:2331.

Kim DW, Jeong SJ, Lee WS, Yun H, Chung YS, Kwon YS, Kim HJ. 2023. Growth monitoring of field - grown onion and garlic by CIE L* a* b* color space and region-based crop segmentation of UAV RGB images. Precision Agriculture. 11:1-20.

Jang G, Kim DW, Park WP, Kim HJ, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2023. Heterogeneity Assessment of Kenaf Breeding Field through Spatial Dependence Analysis on Crop Growth Status Map Derived by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Plants. 12:1638.

Kim J, Lee C, Park JE, Mansoor S, Chung YS, Kim K. 2023. Drought Stress Restoration Frequencies of Phenotypic Indicators in Early Vegetative Stages of Soybean (Glycine max L.). Sustainability. 15:4852.

Lay L, Lee HS, Tayade R, Ghimire A, Chung YS, Yoon Y, Kim Y. 2023. Evaluation of Soybean Wildfire Prediction via Hyperspectral Imaging. Plants. 12:901.

Jang G, Kim DW, Kim HJ, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2023. Spatial Dependence Analysis as a Tool to Detect the Hidden Heterogeneity in a Kenaf Field. Agronomy. 13:428.

Yu JK, Chang S, Han GD, Kim SH, Ahn J, Park J, Kim Y, Kim J, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2023. Implication of High Variance In Germplasm Characteristics. Scientifc Reports. 13:515.

Chung YS, Yoon SU, Heo S, Kim YS, Kim Y, Han GD, Ahn J. 2022. Classification of Tree Composition in the Forest Using Images from SENTINEL-2: A Case Study of Geomunoreum Forests Using NDVI Images. Applied Sciences. 13:303.

Le AT, Choi IL, Han GD, Kang HM, Jung DH, Park WP, Yildiz M, Do TK, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2022. Colored LED Lights: Use One Color Alone or with Others for Growth in Hedyotis corymbosa In Vitro?. Plants. 12:93.

Jang G, Kim J, Kim DW, Chung YS, Kim HJ. 2022. Field Phenotyping of Plant Height in Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) using UAV Imagery. The Korean Journal of Crop Science. 67:274-284.

Park JE, Kang Y, Han KD, Yildiz M, Kim SH, Kim C, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2022. Diversity study of common buckwheat germplasm in the Republic of Korea using GBS. Plant Biotechnology Reports. 11:1-5.

Han GD, Yoon SU, Chung YS, Ahn J, Lee SJ, Kim YS, Min T. 2022. Tracking Changes of Snow Area Using Satellite Images of Mt.Halla at an Altitude of 1,600 m. 2022. 31:815-824.

Chung YS, Yoon SU, Heo S, Kim YS, Ahn J, Han GD. 2022. Characterization of Tree Composition using Images from SENTINEL-2: A Case Study with Semiyang Oreum Journal of Environmental Science International. 31:735-741

Han GD, Choi JM, Choi I, Kim Y, Heo S, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2022. From crop specific to variety specific in crop modeling for the smart farm: A case study with blueberry. Plos One.17:e0273845.

Aasim M, Katirci R, Baloch F, Mustafa Z, Bakhsh A, Nadeem M, Ali S, Hatipoğlu R, Çiftçi V, Habyarimana E, Karaköy T. Chung YS (Corresponding author). 2022. Innovation in the Breeding of Common Bean Through a Combined Approach of in vitro Regeneration and Machine Learning Algorithms. Frontiers in Genetics. 13:897696.

Ngwangum NJ, Tayade R, Liny L, Yoon JB, Chung YS, Kim Y. Utilization of Imaging Data from Different Sources for Bacterial and Fungal Diseases Detection in Major Crops in the Digital Era: A Review. Journal of Agiculture and Environmental Sciences. 2022:97-117

Kim J, Lee C, Park JE, Mansoor S, Chung YS, Kim K. Drought Stress Restoration Frequencies of Phenotypic Indicators in Early Vegetative Stages of Soybean (Glycine max L.). 2023. Sustainability. 15:4852.

Han GD, DH Jung, Heo S, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2022. SPAD value difference between blueberry cultivar ‘STAR’ by planted ground and pot. Phyton. 91:2583-2590.

Han GD, Heo S, Chio JM, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2022. SPAD: potential phenotyping method for characterization of blueberry. Molecular Biology Reports. 8:1-6.

Yoon SU, Ahn J, Kim YS, Han GD, Chung YS, Lee SJ. (Corresponding author). 2022. Monitoring Temperature Variation in Rising Small Defunct Volcano on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, Using High-Resolution Sentinel-2 Images. Atmosphere. 13:576.

Heo S, Choi JM, Le AT, Eun CH, Kim IJ, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2022. The effect of gamma-irradiation on the changes of photosynthetic efficiency in Kanpei (Citrus unshiu × C. sinensis). Plant Biotechnology Reports. 16:251-255.

Le AT, Yu JK, Han GD, Do TK, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2022. Potential Use of Colored LED Lights to Increase the Production of Bioactive Metabolites Hedyotis corymbosa (L.) Lam. Plants. 11:225.

Tripathi P, Abdullah JS, Kim J, Chung YS, Kim SH, Hamayun M, Kim Y. 2021. Investigation of Root Morphological Traits Using 2D-Imaging among Diverse Soybeans (Glycine max L.). Plants. 10:2535.

Kim YS, Heo S, Yoon SU, Ahn J, Choi I. Chang S...Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2021. Development of Mask-RCNN Model for Detecting Greenhouses Based on Satellite Image. Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 23:156-162.

Han GD, Jang G, Kim J, Kim DW, Rodrogues R, Kim SH...Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2021. RGB images-based vegetative index for phenotyping kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.). PloS One. 16:e0256978.

Kim J, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2021. A short review of RGB sensor applications for accessible high-throughput phenotyping. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology. 1-5.

Kim J, Yu JK, Rodrogues R, Kim Y, Park J, Jung JH...Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2021. Case study: cost-effective image analysis method to study drought stress of soybean in early vegetative stage. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology. 1-5.

Kim KS, Kim SH, Kim J, Tripathi P, Lee JD, Chung YS, Kim Y. (Corresponding author). 2021. A large root phenome dataset wide-opened the potential for underground breeding in soybean. Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:704239.

Kim J, Han GD, Muthukathan G, Rodrogues R, Hyun DY, Kim SH ...Chung YS (Corresponding author). 2021. What Traits Should Be Measured for Biomass in Kenaf?. Plants. 10:1394.

Tripathi P, Subedi S, Khan AL, Chung YS, Kim Y. 2021. Silicon Effects on the Root System of Diverse Crop Species Using Root Phenotyping Technology. Plants. 10:885.

Chung YS, Lee U, Heo S, Silva RR, Na CI, Kim Y. 2020. Image-Based Machine Learning Characterizes Root Nodule in Soybean Exposed to Silicon. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:520161.

Jeong YS, Lee HR, Baek JH, Kim KH, Chung YS, Lee CW. 2020. Deep Learning-based Rice Seed Segmentation for Phynotyping. Journal of the Korea Industrial Information Systems Research. 25:23-29

Kim J, Kim KS, Kim Y, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2020. A short review: Comparisons of high - throughput phenotyping methods for detecting drought tolerance. Scientia Agricola. 78:e20190300300.

Jang G, Kim J, Kim HJ, Kim YH, Kim DW, Kim KH, Lee CW, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2020. Review: Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platform for field plant breeding application. Remote Sensing. 12:998-1018.

Kim YH, Chung YS, Lee E, Tripathi P, Heo S, Kim KH. (Co-first author). 2020. Root Response to Drought Stress in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21:1513-1534.

BAEK J, Lee E, Kim N, Kim SL, Choi I, Ji H, Chung YS, Choi MS, Moon JK, Kim KH. 2020. High Throughput Phenotyping for Various Traits on Soybean Seeds Using Image Analysis. Sensors. 20:248.

Kim DW, Silva RR, Kim JS, Kim Y, Kim HJ, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2020. Comparison of Various Kinds of Vegetative Indices for Chlorophyll Contents Using Low-Resolution Camera. Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology. 23:73-79.

Jang GJ, Kim JY, Silva R, Kim YH, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2019. Case Study: The Effect of Shade on the RGB Images Obtained from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Crop Evaluation. Journal of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences. 31:143-150.

Kim DW, Min TS, Kim Y, Silva RR, Hyun HN, Kim JS, Kim KH, Kim HJ, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2019. Sustainable Agriculture by Increasing Nitrogen Fertilizer Efficiency Using Low- Resolution Camera Mounted on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16:3893.

Jo JW, Lee MH, Lee HR, Chung YS, Beak JH, Kim KH, and Lee CW. 2019. LeafNet: Plants Segmentation using CNN. Journal of the Korea Industrial Information Systems Research. 24:1-8.

Lee U, Silva RR, Kim C, Kim H, Heo S, Park IS, Kim W, Jansky S, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2019. Image Analysis for Measuring Disease Symptom to Bacterial Soft Rot in Potato. American Journal of Potato Research. 96:303-313.

Kim SL, Chung YS, Ji H, Lee H, Choi I, Kim N, Lee E, Oh J, Kang DY, Baek J, Lee GS. (Co-first author). 2019. New Parameters for Seedling Vigor Developed via Phenomics. Applied Sciences. 9:1752.

Kim DW, Kim Y, Kim KH, Kim HJ, Chung YS. (Corresponding author). 2019. Case Study: Cost -effective Weed Patch Detection by Multi-Spectral Camera Mounted on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in the Buckwheat Field. The Korean Journal of Crop Science. 64:159-164.

Kim SL, Chung YS, Silva RR, Ji H, Lee H, Choi I, Kim N, Lee E, Baek J, Lee GS, Kwon TR. (Co-first author). 2019. The opening of phenome-assisted selection era in the early seedling stage. Scientific Reports. 9:9948. (SCIE, IF 4.996)

Chung YS, Choi SC, Silva RR, Kang JW, Eom JH, Kim C. 2017. Case Study: Estimation of Sorghum Biomass Using Canopeo for Digital Image Analysis. Biomass and Bioenergy. 105:207-210.

EXTERNAL FUNDING

Development of noodle and beverage using buckwheat leaf. Rearch and Service from Jeju Buckwheat Busines Team, Republic of Korea. USD 75,000. 2018.

Buckwheat germplasm selection for target traits for Jeju Island. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2019R1F1A1061916), Republic of Korea. USD 127,000. 2019-2021.

Image analysis for drought stress in soybean. Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program (Project No. PJ01451203), Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. USD 101,700. 2019-2020.

Development of phenotype index for green longevity for grass and screening wild grass germplasm for breeding purpose. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2019R1A6A1A11052070), Republic of Korea. USD 510,000. 2019-2024.

Development of an approach to analyze timing and locality of migratory pests occurrence. (PJ015870) , Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. USD 220,000. 2020-2023.

Stantarization and integration of resoources information for seed-cluster in Hub-Spoke matetial bank (PJ01587004), Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. USD 1,250,000. 2021- 2026.

Image analysis I. Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. USD 15,000. 2022.

Image analysis II. Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. USD 15,000. 2022.

Image analysis III. Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. USD 15,000. 2023.

Early Starup Package. Startup Promotion Institute Preliminary Startup Office, Republic of Korea. USD 70,000. 2023.

Image analysis IV. Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea. USD 6,000. 2023.

SERVICES TO COMMUNUTY

Review Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science. 2019-present.

Field Editor for Plant Biotechnology Reports. 2020-present.

Associate Editor for Korean Journal of Plant Breeding. 2020-present.

Associate Editor for Korean Journal of Crop Science. 2020-present.

Field Editor for Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology. 2018-present.

Committee Member of Steering Committee for Woman in Science, Engineering, and Technology, Jeju. 2019-present.

Director of Research for Subtropical Horticulture Research Institute, Jeju. 2019-present.

Head Professor for Sustainable Agriculture II at Agricultural Meister College at Jeju. 2019-2022.

Committee Member of Council of Industry-Academic Cooperation for Jeju Special Self-governing Province Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Jeju, Korea. 2019-present.

Executive Director for the Korean Society for Citrus and Subtropical Cimate Fruits. 2020-present.

Foreign Cooperation Committee for The Korean Society of Breeding Science. 2020-present.

Director of Planning and Management at Subtropical Agricultural Life Science Institute in Jeju National Unviersity. 2022-present.

Invited Member of European Society of Research Development. 2022-present.

Vice Director of Bio-Resources Computing Institute, Jeju. 2021-present.

Guest Editor for Plants for Plant Phenomics for Precision Agriculture. 2023-present.

Guest Editor for International Journal of Molecular Sciences for in Advances in Phenotyping at Plant and Cell Levels. 2023-present.

Chairman of Jeju Buckwheat Industry Promotion Committee in Jeju. 2023-present.

Vice Director of International Regional Development Cooperation Research Center in Jeju National Unviersity. 2023-present.

Head of Environmental Hazard Assessment Department at Tree Diagnosis Center in Jeju National Unviersity. 2023- present.

Adjunct Professor at Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. 2023-2026.

Advisary Committee. Asharqiyah Development Company. Dammam, Saudi Arabia. 2023-present.

INVITED SPEAKER AND CHAIRMAN

Invited speaker at Korean Scociety of Crop Science, Annual Conference, Muju, Republic of Korea. 2017.

Chairman for Phenomics Session at the International Crop Breeding Conference, Kwangju, Republic of Korea. 2019.

Invited Speaker at the 3rd Co-Symposium among Institutes for Crop Genomic Breeding, Jeonju, Republic of Korea. 2019.

Chairman for Phenomics Session at the Crop Breeding Conference, Jeju, Republic of Korea. 2020.

Chairman for Phenomics Session at the Crop Breeding Conference, Jeju, Republic of Korea. 2021.

Chairman for High Throughput Phenotyping & Genotyping Session at the Crop Breeding Conference, Jeju, Republic of Korea. 2021.

Chairman for Phenomics Session at the Crop Breeding Conference, Jeju, Republic of Korea. 2022.

Invited Speaker at Estidamah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2022.

Invited Speaker at Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany. 2023.

Invited Speaker at Ho Chi Minh National University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. 2023

Invited Speaker at Visayas State University, Baybay, Philippines. 2023

Chairman for Phenomics Session at the Crop Breeding Conference, Jeju, Republic of Korea. 2023.

Invited speaker at the 15th International Association for Plant Biotechnology Gongress, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. 2023.

Invited Speaker at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. 2023.

Invited Speaker at University of Information Technology-HCMVNU, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. 2023.

Invited Speaker at HUTECH University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. 2023.

Invited Key Note Speaker at Plant Phenomics Conference, Srinagar, India. 2023

Invited speaker at 1 stInternational Forum and Exhibition for Sustainable Agriculture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2023.

MEDIA EXPOSED

Potatoes wild with calcium (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160224133638.htm). Feb. 2016.

Indeginous buckwheat (http://www.jejueconomy.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=14725). May. 2020.

Ethanol prodctuin form kenaf germplasm (http://www.headlinejeju.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=437831). Jan. 2021.

Phenomics Symposium (https://www.mk.co.kr/news/economy/10063227). Oct. 2021.

Invitation Lecture in Gotiingen Univeristy (https://naver.me/5kXgncRG). Jan. 2023.

Plant Phenomics Conference, Srinagar (http://www.risingkashmir.com/skuast-k-national-university- of-jeju-republic-of-korea-sign-bilateral-academic-letter-of-agreement-c4354fae-c9d5-4c8c-81ac- cd1f2070ee84). Oct. 2023.