Recognizing Plant Cell authors: Yu-Jin Kim

Yu-Jin Kim, co-first author of Grass-Specific EPAD1 Is Essential for Pollen Exine Patterning in Rice

Current Position: Professor, Department of Life Science and Environmental Biochemistry, Pusan National University, (South) Korea

Education: Ph.D. from Kyung Hee University

Non-scientific Interests: reading a novel, traveling, watching a movie

Brief bio: During degree, I have worked for ginseng’s secondary metabolism. With a great interest on hybrid and male sterility, I have joined Dabing Zhang & Wanqi Liang lab in Shanghai Jiao Tong University for Postdoc. It changed my life. Currently, I am investigating rice pollen development and its response to environmental stresses.