KAIST Presidential Candidates 'Kim Jeong-ho, Lee Hyuk-mo, Lim Yong-taek Professors' Shortlisted

(From left) Professor Kim Jeong-ho, Professor Lee Hyuk-mo, Professor Lim Yong-taek

[Asia Economy Reporter Junho Hwang] The candidates for the 17th president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), who will lead the institute starting next year, have been narrowed down to three professors: Kim Jeong-ho, Lee Hyuk-mo, and Lim Yong-taek.

The KAIST Faculty Council's Presidential Candidate Recommendation Committee announced on the 14th that after interviewing five candidates selected through document screening from the applicants for the 17th president, they finalized these three through in-depth discussions and anonymous voting by the committee members.

Professor Kim Jeong-ho has served as the head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and as the Director of Research Affairs, and is currently the Director of the Global Strategy Institute. He is engaged in various activities such as seeking international cooperation measures for the medical and bio-technology revolution in preparation for the post-COVID-19 era and organizing international forums to derive future strategies.

Professor Lee Hyuk-mo has served as the head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and currently serves as the Chair of the Technology Innovation Promotion Committee at the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, as well as a board member of the Institute for Basic Science.

Professor Lim Yong-taek has held positions such as Director of Public Relations and International Affairs, Head of the Global Cooperation Research Headquarters, and Director of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials.

The Faculty Council will hold a joint presentation and discussion session by the three presidential candidates at 4 p.m. on the 17th. The discussion will take place at the Fusion Hall in the KAIST KI Building. Subsequently, from the 6th to the 12th of next month, full professors will conduct an online election to select two final candidates.

The two presidential candidates, supported by all full professors, will enter a public recruitment process led by the board of directors. The board will then finalize the next president in January of next year.

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