Education
1985 Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea            B.S. Agricultural Biology
1987 Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea            M.S. Applied Entomology

Research and other experience
1987-1989 The research assistant of the Korean Beekeeping Science Institute
1989-1992 Military services
1992-1993 The mathematics teacher of the private educational institute
1993-present Graduate student at the Ohio State University

Interests
I had a couple of experiments about the effect of amino acids on honeybees' learning behavior and their feeding preferences, focusing on its pre/post ingestion effect of the taste receptor.  I am also interested in Sarcopha's learning formation and the possibility of protein formation.
 
Publications
Kim, Y.S. and Choi, S.Y.  1987.  Development of amitraz smoking paper for control of the bee mites (Varroa jacobsoni Oudemans).  Korean J. Apic. 2(1):48-63.

Kim, Y.S. and Choi, S.Y.  1987.  Studies on the foraging activity of honeybee (Apis mellifera) on Ligustrum obtusifolium S.et Z.  Korean J. Apic. 2(1):101-107.

Kim, Y.S. and Choi, S.Y.  1988.  Diurnal activity of the honeybees on the blossoms of apple tree. Korean J. Apic. 3(2):11-15.

Choi, S.Y., Kim, Y.S., Lee, M.L., Oh, H.W., and Jeong, B.K.  1989.  On the infection of chalk brood disease (Ascosphaera apis Olive adn Spiltoir) to the different races, population levels and developmental stages of the honeybees.  Korean J. Apic. 4(2):81-84.