Baek Hyung-hee, Director of the Korea Food Research Institute. Photo by National Research Council of Science & Technology

Baek Hyung-hee, Director of the Korea Food Research Institute. Photo by National Research Council of Science & Technology

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] The National Research Council of Science & Technology announced on the 24th that Professor Baek Hyung-hee of the Department of Food Engineering at Dankook University has been appointed as the new president of the Korea Food Research Institute.


President Baek graduated from the Department of Food Engineering at Seoul National University in 1984, earned a master's degree in Food Engineering from the same university in 1986, and obtained a Ph.D. in Food Science from Louisiana State University in the United States in 1994. Since 1997, he has been serving as a professor in the Department of Food Engineering at Dankook University and has held positions such as Dean of the College of Convergence Technology. President Baek's term will be three years starting from the 26th.



Meanwhile, the Korea Food Research Institute is a government-funded research institute under the National Research Council of Science & Technology, established in 1987 with the purpose of contributing to national industrial development and improving the quality of life of the people through research and development in the food sector, creation of public value, dissemination of achievements, and technical support.


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