Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation
Open Access

Seung Joo Lim
Radiation Research Division for Industry and Environment
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
Republic of Korea
Tel: 82-063-570-3357
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Seung Joo Lim, Ph.D., works as a senior researcher at Radiation Research Division for Industry and Environment in Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. He received a Master’s in Environmental Engineering (Diploma, 1997) from the Konkuk University, Republic of Korea, a Master’s (2008) in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering from Iowa State University, USA and Ph.D. (2011) in Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering from Arizona State University, USA. Prior to join to academia, Lim worked as a senior researcher for years at some environmental researching institutes, where he developed/patented new treatment processes for treating organic matter and nutrients and consulted with clients to solve water/soil bioremediations as a senior researcher. Lim currently serves as a reviewer of 7 SCI(E) and 7 non-SCI journals. 

Soil bioremediation using bioaugmentation, Removal of POPs by microorganisms, QSAR and modeling for monitoring and tracing for micropollutants, Monitoring and biotreatment in an aquifer, Removal of recalcitrant organic matter in the environment using radicals.
 

1. How many years have you been practicing and/or performing research?
About 20 years

2. What is the research topic you are working on now?
Biodegradation of refractory organic matter using AOPs

3. What makes an article top quality?
Bioresource Technology

4. What are the qualities you look for in an article?
Novelty and high quality of letters including short communications

5. Do you have any research funding (NIH or other national funding) now?
Three works by some Korea national research funding

6. When did you become an editor of OMICS Journal?
Year of 2010

7. What is your greatest career accomplishment?
Awarded a best paper (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)

8. How does the research published percolate through to practitioners?
It is very important to make this journal to be high quality. That is, the reject rate should be increased and recommend to citation of each paper

9. What is the purpose of serving as an editor?
Providing the expert information as an expert and enlarging of research fields/scopes by means of an editor

10. Do you have any patents?
11 Korea patents

11. Have you contributed any editorials or papers (any types) to OMICS Journals in the past two years?
• Lim, S. J. Pretreatment to improve the degradability of refractory organic matter using advanced oxidation processes J. Bioremed. Biodegrad. submitted.
• Kim, T, Lim, S. J. Radiation treatment of wastes: Applications for hygienization of biosolids J. Bioremed. Biodegrad. 3(10), doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000e121.
• Lim, S. J. Can we use a QSAR model for estimating the fates of contaminants in the sub-surface environment? J. Bioremed. Biodegrad. 2(4), doi:10.4172/2155-6199.1000103e

12. Do you plan to contribute any editorials or papers to OMICS Journals in the next year?
Yes

13. Do you have any trouble with OMICS Journals in the past?
No

14. Would you recommend OMICS to your friends or colleagues?
Yes

15. How do you differentiate Biosafety: Open Access Journal with other journals in the field?
Journal of Bioremediation & Biodegradation is an upcoming on-line journal while many other journals serve the scientific community for long