Team Details

Dr. Soon Kil YI

r. Soon Kil Yi is a counselor at Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), a government affiliated institute in Korea. He has served 35 years for the development of fisheries science in Korea before his retirement from KORDI in 2010. Currently he works for marine resources development projects in domestic and overseas. Dr. Yi worked with scientists of Northern Territory University and Darwin Aquaculture Center, Australia (Apr. 1994 – May 1995) as a reciprocal research fellow in the field of shellfish and fish breeding. During 1996 – 1999, he served for Korea-China Joint Ocean Research Center as the director general. Dr. Yi is also contributing to educate graduate students in universities as a lecturer. His expertise spanning over 35 years is in: aquaculture and fisheries research and development; research planning and management in Korea and overseas; review and evaluation of research and development projects; and, capacity building among developing country scientists. During his service at KORDI he has lead more than 30 national projects which were summarized as follows: Seed production technologies of shellfish and fish culture Better use of waste heat from power plant in aquaculture and agriculture Development of marine biological resources in South-west Pacific Marine ranching Development of fisheries related national policy Dr. Yi has published 42 papers in scientific journals, conference proceedings and books. He holds 4 national patents. Presently he is a member of the Asian Fisheries Society, Korean Fisheries Society, Korean Aquaculture Society, Korean Society of Oceanography, Korea Thermal Effluent Research Association, Korean Society of Systematic Zoology and the Korean Association for Conservation of Nature.