Seong-Deog Kim
  • Ph. D.
  • Mi-Yoon Chung
  • Plant Ecolgy
  • N11-303
  • Laboratory of Plant Ecology (N11-304)
  • +82-42-821-6556
  • mychung@cnu.ac.kr

Academic Career

  • Ph.D., 2004, Gyeongsang National University, Korea

Career

  • Post-Doc., 2004-2005, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology (EEOB), Iowa State University, USA.
  • Assistant Professor, 2014-2015, Dept. of Biology Education, Seowon University, Korea
  • Team manager (senior researcher), 2005-2006, Biodiversity Conservation Research Team, Nakdonggang National Institute of Biological Resources, Korea

Research Interests

  • My research interests are to infer and better understand ecological processes, and they consist largely of four parts: (1) understanding of the ecological and evolutionary processes of plant populations using neutral molecular markers, (2) conservsation genetics of endangered plant species, (3) distribution of mycorrhizal roots in terrestrial orchids, and (4) plant adaptation to environmental changes.

  • The purpose of my research is to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity by providing knowledge about conservation and restoration of plant species through basic ecology and population genetic studies.

  • To achieve this goal, the ongoing research in my lab is to infer changes in past population size and estimate historical and contemporary gene flow (seed or pollen) between populations of rare and endangered plant species using allozymes, microsatellites (SSRs), and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as molecular markers.

Selected Publication

  • 1. Chung, M. Y., Son, S., Herrando-Moraira, S., Tang, C. Q., Maki, M., Kim, Y.-D., López-Pujol, J. Hamrick, J. L., Chung, M. G. 2020. Incorporating differences between genetic diversity of trees and herbaceous plants in conservation strategies. Conservation Biology 34: 1142–1151.
  • 2. Herrando-Moraira, S., Neus Nualart, Albert Herrando-Moraira, M. Y. Chung, M. G. Chung, J. López-Pujol. 2019. Climatic niche evolution among native and introduced areas (as an archaeophyte and neophyte) of Lilium lancifolium (Liliaceae). Scientific Reports 9: 14334.
  • 3. Tian H., L. X. Han, J. L. Zhang, X. N. Li, T. Kawahara, T. Yukawa, J. López-Pujol, P. Kumar, M. G. Chung, M. Y. Chung. 2018. Genetic diversity in the endangered terrestrial orchid Cypripedium japonicum in East Asia: Inference of population history and implications for conservation. Scientific Reports 8: 6467.
  • 4. Chung, M. Y., Jordi López-Pujol, Sungwon Son, Gang Uk Suh, Tomohisa Yukawa, Myong Gi Chung. 2018. Patterns of genetic diversity in rare and common orchids focusing on the Korean Peninsula: implications for conservation. The Botanical Review 84: 1-25.
  • 5. Chung, M. Y., J. López-Pujol, M. G. Chung. 2017. The role of the Baekdudaegan (Korean Peninsula) as a major glacial refugium for plant species: A priority for conservation. Biological Conservation 206: 236-248.
  • 6. Chung, M. Y., J. López-Pujol, J. M. Chung, K.-J. Kim, S. J. Park, M. G. Chung. 2015. Polyploidy in Lilium lancifolium: Evidence of autotriploidy and no niche divergence between diploid and triploid cytotypes in their native ranges. Flora 213: 57-68.
  • 7. Chung, M. Y., J. López-Pujol, M. G. Chung. 2014. Comparative genetic structure between Sedum ussuriense and Sedum kamtschaticum (Crassulaceae), two stonecrops co-occurring rocky cliffs. American Journal of Botany 101: 946-956.
  • 8. Chung, M. Y., John D. Nason, J. López-Pujol, Tadashi Yamashiro, Bo-Yun Yang, Yi-Bo Luo, M. G. Chung. 2014. Genetic consequences of fragmentation on populations of the terrestrial orchid Cymbidium goeringii. Biological Conservation 170: 222-231.
  • 9. Chung, M. Y., M. G. Chung. 2013. Significant spatial aggregation and fine-scale genetic structure in the homosporous fern Cyrtomium falcatum (Dryopteridaceae). New Phytologist 199: 663-672.
  • 10. Chung, M. Y., M.-O. Moon, J. López-Pujol, M. Maki, T. Yamashiro, T. Yukawa, N. Sugiura, Y.-I. Lee, M. G. Chung. 2013. Was Jeju Island a glacial refugium for East Asian warm-temperate plants? Insights from the homosporous fern Selliguea hastata (Polypodiaceae). American Journal of Botany 100: 2240-2249.
  • 11. Chung, M. Y., J. López-Pujol, M. G. Chung. 2013. Population history of the two endangered carnivorous plant species Drosera peltata var. nipponica and Drosera rotundifolia (Droseraceae) in Korea. American Journal of Botany 100: 2231-2239.
  • 12. Chung, M. Y., J. López-Pujol, M.-O. Moon, J. M. Chung, C. S. Kim, B.-Y. Sun, K.-J. Kim, M. G. Chung. 2013. Comparison of genetic diversity and structure in the two arctic-alpine plants Diapensia lapponica var. obovata (Diapensiaceae) and Empetrum nigrum var. japonicum (Empetraceae) between Sakhalin in Russian Far East and Jeju Island in Korea, the southernmost edge of their distribution range. Population Ecology 55: 159-172.
  • 13. Chung, M. Y., J. López-Pujol, M. Maki, K-J Kim, J. M. Chung, B.-Y. Sun, M. G. Chung. 2012. Genetic diversity in the common terrestrial orchid Oreorchis patens and its rare congener Oreorchis coreana: inference of species evolutionary history and implications for conservation. Journal of Heredity 103: 692-702.
  • 14. Chung, M. Y., J. D. Nason, M. G. Chung. 2011. Significant demographic and fine-scale genetic structure in expanding and senescing populations of the terrestrial orchid Cymbidium goeringii (Orchidaceae). American Journal of Botany 98: 2027-2039.