Who is Dr. Lim?

Lim, Hak-Tae,


Ph.D, Professor, Head of Korean Potato Bank, CEO of MediTronBio Co., Ltd

Background
Born in Gangwon Province, Korea (1961)

Bachelor, Kangwon National University, Korea (1985)

Master's Degree, Slippery Rock University of Pennsilvania, USA (1987)

Founded Teakwondo School in Pensilvania State University, USA (1987~ 1990)

Ph.D , Pennsilvania State University, USA (1990)

Professor at Kangwon National University, Korea (since '91)

Member of the Potato Association of America, the Botanical Society of Korea, and other organizations (since ‘91)

Invited Professor at Uppsala University, Sweden ('94 ~'95)

Winner of the National Photo Artist Contest ('99)

Outstanding Photographer Award of Gangwon Province ('99)

Director of Korea Potato Bank http://www.potatobank.com/  (since 1999)

Cultivated 11 "Valley Potato" varieties (since 2002)

President of Potato Valley Company recently renamed as MediTronBio Co. Ltd (2002)

Member of Technical Committee for Korean Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2002~ 2003)

Secretary General of the First Gangwon International Pototato Symposium Organizing Commitee (1999~ 2009)

Potato supplier to USA, Canada, France, China, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan etc (since 2004)

Head of Potato Planning Group, Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2006 ~ 2008)

President of HighTechAgro Company, Kyrgyzstan (2008 ~ 2009)