DoKyoung ‘D.K.’ Lee

　　Title: Associate Professor

　　Address: Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois

　　1102 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

　　Tel: 001-217-333-7736

　　Email: leedk@illinois.edu

　　Education Background:

　　2003 Ph.D., Agronomy, Plant Science Department, South Dakota State University, USA

　　1999 M.S., Agro-Environmental Chemistry, Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Korea

　　1996 B.S., Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Korea

　　Working Experience:

　　Associate Professor of Biomass and Bioenergy Crop Production (August 2014 – present), Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois

　　Adjunct Professor (April 2015-present), Department of Plant Science, Seoul National University

　　Research Fellow of Brain Pool Program, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies funded by the Ministry of Sciences, ICT and Future. 2015.

　　Assistant Professor of Biomass and Bioenergy Crop Production (August 2008 – 2014), Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois

　　Lead Agronomist (April 2007 – August 2008), North Dakota State University, Carrington Research Extension Center

　　Post-Doctoral Research Associate – Biomass Program Coordinator (May 2003 – May 2007) South Dakota State University

　　Professional Activities:

　　US Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Field Research Coordinator, USDOE-SunGrant Regional Feedstock Partnership

　　Associate editor of Agronomy Journal, August 2008 - present.

　　Editor of a special issue “the EU project OPTIMA” in Bioenergy Research, December 2104-October 2015.

　　Field editor of Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology, 2015 - present.

　　Peer review of numerous scientific journal and governmental funding agencies

　　Research Interest:

　　During the recent past his research has focused on developing dedicated perennial energy crops and agronomic management practices for sustainable feedstock production. Presently, his research focus is on understanding the relevance and complexity of sustainable production issues at a landscape/watershed scale and on adding perennial energy crops as a part of the cropping system to maximize sustainability. Currently, he is serving as the primary investigator of several biomass feedstock researches including CRP Management for Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Production as a part of the U.S.DOE & Sun Grant Regional Feedstock Partnership and Sustainable Biomass Feedstock Production-Dedicated Energy Crops funded by USDA, NIFA.