Prof. Eun-Shik Kim obtained his Ph.D. degree from Yale University, USA in 1988. He was a senior environmental research scientist at the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) under the Ministry of Environment of Korea until he joined the faculty of the Kookmin University (KMU), Seoul, Korea in 1991. At KMU, he is a professor at the Department of Forestry, Environment, and Systems and served the Institute of Forest Science as Director, the College of Forest Science as Dean and the Sungkok Memorial Library as Dean. During 2005 – 2006 he worked at the Watson Institute for International Studies of Brown University, USA as a Visiting Professor. He served the Ecological Society of Korea (ESK) as President during 2009-2010 and also served the East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies (EAFES) as President during 2011-2012. From November 2008 to October 2016, he served the International Long-Term Ecological Research East Asia-Pacific Regional Network (ILTER-EAP) as Chair. Since August 2002, he is serving the International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) as Secretary General. He is also serving the Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network (APBON) as a co-chair since September 2012 and the Group on Earth Observation Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON) as an Advisory Board member. He has published over 150 journal papers and articles and co-authored over 20 books and book chapters. He is a council member of the Korean Society of Forestry and the Ecological Society of Korea and a board member of the Korean Society of Environmental Impact Assessment. He is a member of the Korea Academy of Environmental Science.
김은식(金恩植•62) 국민대 교수는 생태계 생태학 분야 전문가이자 교육자이다. 김 교수는 서울대학교 임학과에서 학부 및 대학원 과정을 마친 후, 미국 예일대학교에서 산림/환경학 분야로 박사학위를 취득하였다. 한국생태학회 회장, 동아시아생태학회연합회 회장, 국제장기생태연구네트워크 사무총장 및 아태위원장 등을 역임하였다. 현재는 2002년 이후 국제생태학회 사무총장을 맡아 국제생태학 분야의 네트워킹을 도모해 오고 있고, 2012년 이후 하논분화구복원범국민추진위원회 부위원장을 맡아 활동하고 있다.