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Dr Sejong Oh earned his BSc degree from Korea University and his PhD majoring in Dairy Chemistry & Biotechnology from Korea University as well. He joined the R & D Center of Korea Yakult Co. Ltd in 1990. In 1998, Dr Sejong Oh has worked for the New York State Experimental Station in the Department of Food Science & Technology, Cornell University. In 2003 Dr Sejong Oh was appointed to the Division of Animal Science, Chonnam National University as a professor and he served as vice Dean of Agriculture and Life Science, Chonnam National University since 2016. From 2008 to 2015, he was working as a Visiting Scientist at the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph. His current research interests include factors of controlling growth and survival of microorganisms in foods; beneficial uses of microorganisms; and applications of bacteriocins produced by lactic acid bacteria. Dr Sejong Oh has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, five book chapters (3 Korean and 3 English) and 35 patents including 2 US patents. He is also an Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Milk Science & Biotechnology, and the Korean Journal for Food Science of Animal Resources, and the Current Topics in Lactic Acid Bacteria and Probiotics. Dr Sejong Oh is currently a member of the American Society for Microbiology, the American Dairy Science Association, the Institute of Food Technologists, and the Microbiological Society of Korea.