Bimal Kumar Ghimire
Dr. Bimal Kumar Ghimire is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Crop Science, College of Sanghuh Life Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. He received his MS in Botany (major in Cytogenetics) from North Bengal University, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Agriculture Science from Kangwon National University, South Korea, in 2008. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Botany, Sikkim University, India, as an assistant professor. He has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books. He has edited and written several books and contributed chapters on different aspects of plant sciences including light sources generally used in controlled agriculture, genetic transformation, and secondary metabolites of medicinal plants. His research interests and experience include plant anatomy, genetic diversity in bioenergy crops, phytochemical compounds, tissues and cell culture, bioreactor culture, and genetic transformation of important medicinal plants.