- DirectorKim, Tae-Wan (Professor, Plant Life Science)
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Hankyong National UniversityPlant Ecology Institute

The Institute conducts Academic Research on the Damage of Natural Ecological Resources due to global warming, develops Bioenergy Production Technology using plants, establishes New Theories of Life Phenomena through Ultra-fine Nanostructure Analysis, and extracts Natural Products from Plants, aiming to build Technology to refine and produce High Value-Added Medicine.
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Planning Steering Committee
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Bioenergy Research Team
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Ecological Resources Environment Research Team
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Natural Product Analysis Team
Future development plan
- Carrying out the Leading International Joint Research Project to seek the Market Share of the World BioEnergy
- Participation in International Joint Ecological Survey Project to analyze Domestic and Foreign Rare Plants
- Development of Specialized Technical Training Courses tailored to the Needs of Natural Product Refining Industry Technology in Oriental Medicine
- Database of Native Plant Seeds for the establishment of Hankyong Herbarium (800 Species)
- Thesis Publication on World Renowned Academic Journals such as Nature and Science through Analysis of Mathematical Plant Ecology and Classification Characteristics by Nanostructure Analysis
History
- Dec. 2003
- Opened the Institute of Plant Ecochemistry
- Dec. 2003
- Prof. Lee, Sang-Eun appointed as the First Director
- Oct. 2004
- Designated as a Pesticide Residue Analyzer
- Jan. 2005
- OECD Held an International Seminar on 13 OECD Agricultural Environment Indicators
- Oct. 2006
- Zurich Joint Collaboration with Zurich Institute of Technology for Nano-bio Structure Analysis
- Jan. 2007
- Established Agricultural Product Quality Control System using an Atomic Force Microscope
- Jul. 2008
- Successfully extracted the World's First Bioethanol from weed Bulrush
- Jan. 2009
- Agreement with the USDA and Virginia Tech to conduct Bioenergy Research
- Feb. 2009
- Prof. Kim, Tae-Wanappointed as the Director of the Institute
- Aug. 2010
- Joint Research Agreement with Royal Botanic Garden (KEW)
- Sep. 2010
- the Chairman of the World Seed Association (Prof. Hugh W. Pritchard) visited and discussed International Joint Research
- Oct. 2010
- European Alps Ecological Survey
- Feb. 2012
- Nepal Himalaya (Everest) Ecological Survey
- Sep. 2012
- the Chairman of the World Seed Association (Prof. Hugh W. Pritchard) visited and discussed International Joint Research
- Feb. 2013
- Winter Ecosystem Preservation Exploration at Italy Dolomitten Alps, Slovenia National Park
- Mar. 2013
- Held 2013 Workshop for Assessing Ecosystem Health using Photophenomics
- Aug. 2013
- Ecological Survey on the Ecological Areas of Northern Alps in Italy, Koralp in Australia and Wallis Glacier in Swiss
- Sep. 2013
- Agreed on an International Joint Research on "Seed Life" with the Royal Botanic Gardens Millennium Seed Bank
- Jan. 2014
- Dispatched Research Professor, Botany Institute, to Innsbruck University, Austria (Full-time Research Prof. Na, Chae-Seon)
- Jan. 2014
- Dispatched Research Professor to Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens (Full-time Research Professor Yoo Sung-Nyeong)
- Aug. 2014
- European Alps Ecological Survey (Engadin, Koralp, Fiescher Tal, etc.)
- Jan. 2015
- Desert Plant Ecology Survey in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA
- Apr. 2019
- Appointed Prof. Kim, Tae-Wan (Dept. of Plant Bioscience and Environment Science) as the Director of the Institute