Professor Lee Woo-shin graduated from the Department of Forestry at Seoul National University and began studying birds in earnest during his graduate studies at the same university in 1982. After receiving his PhD in Applied Zoology from Hokkaido University in 1990, he served as a visiting professor at Oregon State University (OSU) and held leadership roles as president of the Korean Society of Ornithology, the Restoration Ecology Society of Korea, and the Korean Society for Environmental Restoration Technology.
Currently, he is the president of the Environmental Preservation Association, a public institution, and is leading K-environmental diplomacy. From 1997 to 2020, Professor Lee taught at the Department of Forest Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Seoul National University, offering courses in wildlife biology and wildlife ecology management, and mentoring numerous scholars both domestically and internationally.
This book is written by Professor Emeritus Lee Woo-shin, a renowned ornithologist and wildlife biologist from the Department of Forest Sciences at Seoul National University. He began his studies on birds while listening to the calls of the legendary Korean crested ibis (Crested Kingfisher), which had disappeared even from Gwangneung Forest. The book explores the ecology and cultural stories of birds in Korea, offering insights from a lifetime of study by one of the country's leading experts on ornithology and wildlife.
