Prof. Jun-Mo Kim is the group leader of the Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics group at the Department of Animal Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, Anseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea. He holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Korea University, Seoul. He has worked as a Research Professor at the Institute of Life Sciences and Natural Resources, Korea University, followed by postdoctoral studies in animal biotechnology and bioinformatics at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; the University of Queensland, Australia; and the National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, Jeonju, Republic of Korea. His research interests lie in the areas of molecular genetics and genomics, quantitative genetics, multi-omics integration, systems biology, computational genomics, toxicology, and host-pathogen interaction. He is the Principal Investigator of multiple projects under the Basic Science Research Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea. He teaches bioinformatics and genomics courses to undergraduate, master's, and Ph.D. students. He has published many research and review papers in related fields. He is a member of various national and international academic organizations and serves on the editorial boards and as a reviewer for several international journals.
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Pathak is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Animal Science and Technology at Chung-Ang University, Anseong-si, Republic of Korea. He received his B.Sc. from Barkatullah University, Bhopal; M.Sc. from ChhatrapatiShahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur; and Ph.D. from Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, India. His research areas include computational drug discovery, vaccine design, computational genomics, systems biology, and toxicology. He has authored several research and review articles in high-repute international journals and has contributed several book chapters. He published an edited book on bioinformatics methods and applications. He serves on editorial boards and as a reviewer for several international journals.