William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor
University Faculty Scholar, AAAS Fellow
Department of Animal Science
North Carolina State University
Sung Woo Kim, PhD, is a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University and was recognized as a University Faculty Scholar by the chancellor of North Carolina State University in 2013. Kim is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). During his faculty career, Kim has developed a world-class and productive research program in monogastric nutrition. The results of his outstanding research have significantly advanced our knowledge about intestinal health, amino acid nutrition, and functional nutrients in monogastric animals. Together with his graduate students, visiting scholars, and collaborators, he has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, 26 book chapters, 77 papers in conference proceedings, 20 popular articles, and 320 abstracts, and has given over 310 invited talks in 23 countries. His publications have been extensively cited by peers—over 26,600 citations, with an h-index of 87 and an i10-index of 246 (as of March 2026). Kim has been serving the animal science community as an associate editor for the Journal of Animal Science, Animal Bioscience, the Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Animal Nutrition, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Toxins, Stress Biology, and Microbiome Research Reports. His research has been supported with more than US$14 million in grant funding and cash donations. Kim has educated 26 PhD and 32 master’s students as an advisor, 18 PhD and 10 master’s students as a committee member, 56 visiting scientists, and 5 postdoctoral research associates as a supervisor. In recognition of his seminal contributions to swine nutrition, he has received the American Feed Industry Association Award in Nonruminant Nutrition Research, the American Society of Animal Science Early Career Achievement Award and Outstanding Young Scientist Award, the American Society of Nutrition Vernon Young International Award for Amino Acid Research, and the Association of Asian-Australasian Animal Production Outstanding Research Award.