Dr. Who-Seung Lee
Research Fellow, Korea Environment Institute, Sejong, Republic of Korea
Who-Seung is broadly interested in behavioural and physiological ecology with a particular emphasis on the responses of individuals to changing environmental conditions and the proximate factors influencing those responses. His research is built on degrees in ecology and evolution (Glasgow University) and mathematics (KyungHee University). His main interest is to apply “phylogenetic diversity” (PD) to environmental policy and to develop National Biodiversity Indicator by using PD. Particularly, he is exploring how PD can be applied on dispersal and distribution of organisms associated with diseases. During his research career he has designed and carried out several experiments to examine the behavioural ecology of animal taxa, specifically birds and fish. He is also familiar with the difficulties and subtleties that are involved in evolutionary and behavioural research.
The Korea Environment Institute (KEI), established by the Korean government, is the national leading think tank on environmental policies and environmental impact assessment. KEI has been at the heart of developing environment agendas through policy research recommendations. As a publicly funded and fully autonomous research organization, KEI is committed to providing proactive environmental research that can contribute to national and global environment sustainability.