About

Dr. Se-Woong Chung is currently a Professor at the Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Chungbuk National University and has been working at this University since 2003. Prior to that, he has worked in various roles at the Korea Water Resources Corporation (K-water) since 1990. He also worked as a Research Associate and Research Assistant at Iowa State University, Iowa, USA. Dr. Chung completed his PhD in Civil and Construction Engineering (Environmental Engr.) in1998 from the Iowa State University, Iowa, USA. He also holds a M.S. degree in Civil and Construction Engineering (Environmental Engr.) from the same University. He has 30 years research experience in the water sector. His research interests are hydrodynamic and water quality modelling for the sustainable management of rivers, reservoirs, and estuaries, real-time water quality monitoring and modelling for operations of rivers and reservoirs ,effects of physical processes on biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in stratified reservoirs and effects of climate change on the surface water quality and ecosystem . Previously Dr. Chung has been a Gledden Visiting Fellow (2007) and a Visiting Research Fellow (2009-20012) at the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia and a Visiting Research Scholar (2013) at the Tahoe Environmental Research Center at the University of California Davis. Dr. Chung has been a recipient of numerous awards and currently has 120 publications in international journals and domestic journals. He has also presented at numerous international conferences. He is currently a member of the Korea Water Resources Association , Korean Society of Environmental Engineers, Korean Society on Water Quality, Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers, International Water Association, Association for Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography and the American Geophysical Union.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

hydrodynamic and water quality modelling for the sustainable management of rivers, reservoirs, and estuaries real-time water quality monitoring and modelling for operations of rivers and reservoirs effects of physical processes on biogeochemical processes and ecosystem function in stratified reservoirs effects of climate change on the surface water quality and ecosystem

Major Achievements:

Chung, S.W., and R. Gu. 1998. Two-dimensional simulations of contaminant currents in stratified reservoir. J. of Hydraulics, ASCE, 124(7): 704-11. Gu, R., and S.W. Chung. 1998. Reservoir flow sensitivity to inflow and ambient parameters. J. of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE , 124(3): 119-28. Chung, S.W., P.W. Gassman, L.A. Kramer, J.R. Williams, and R. Gu. May/June, 1999. Validation of EPIC for two watersheds in Southwest Iowa. J. of Environmental Quality, 28(3):971-79. Chung, S.W., P. W. Gassman, D. R. Huggins, G. W. Randall. May/June, 2001. EPIC Tile Flow and Nitrate Loss Predictions for Three Minnesota Cropping Systems. J. of Environmental Quality, 30(3):822-30. Chung, S.W., P.W. Gassman, R. Gu, and R.S. Kanwar. 2002. Evaluation of EPIC for Assessing Tile Flow and Nitrogen Losses for Alternative Agricultural Management Systems. the Transactions of ASAE, 45(4): 1135-1146. Roy R. Gu, Se-Woong Chung, 2003년 3~4월호, A Two-Dimensional Model for Simulating the Transport and Fate of Toxic Chemicals in a Stratified Reservoir, J. Environ. Qual., 32(2): 620-632. Chung, S.W., R. Gu. 2003. Estimating time-variable transformation rate of atrazine in a reservoir, Advances in Environmental Research, Elsevier Science Ltd. 7(4): 933-947. Chung, S.W., J.H. Kim, 2005. Development of Water Quality Models for Supporting NH3-N Control in a Dam Regulated River, Water Science and Technology, 52(12): 83-90. Chung, S.W., J.K. Oh, 2006.(젊은과학자) Calibration of CE-QUAL-W2 for a Monomictic Reservoir in Monsoon Climate Area, Water Science and Technology, 54(12): 29-37. ISSN Print: 0273-1223 Chung, S.W., I.H. Ko, Y.K. Kim, 2008(프론티어). Effect of Reservoir Flushing on Downstream River Water Quality, J. of Environmental Management, 86(1): 139-147. IF 1.477 Geonha Kim, Sewoong Chung, 2007. Chaeyoung Lee, Water Quality of Runoff from Agricultural-Forestry Watersheds in the Geum River basin, Korea, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 134: 441-452. Springer, ISSN 0167-6369 (Print) 1573-2959 (Online), DOI 10.1007/s10661-007-9635-0, pp.441-452. IF 0.793 Se-Woong Chung, Heungsoo Lee, Yongrock Jung. 2008. The Effect of Hydrodynamic Flow Regimes on the Algal Bloom in a Monomictic Reservoir. Water Science and Technology, 58(6), pp. 1291-1298. ISSN Print: 0273-1223. I.F 1.24 S. W. Chung and H. S. Lee, 2009. Characterization and modeling of turbidity density plume induced into stratified reservoir by flood runoffs. Water Science and Technology, 59(1), pp. 47-55 . doi: 10.2166/wst.2009.763. ISSN Print: 0273-1223. I.F 1.24 Se-Woong Chung and Roy R. Gu, 2009. Prediction of the Fate and Transport of Atrazine in a Reservoir with a 2D Model, Environmental Management, Springer, 44(1), pp.46-61. doi: 10.1007/s00267-009-9312-x S.W. Chung, M.R. Hipsey, and J. Imberger, 2009. Modelling the propagation of turbid density inflows into a stratified lake: Daecheong Reservoir, Korea, Environmental Modeling and Software, ELSVIER, 24, pp. 1462-1482. doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.05.016 Sung Wan Yoon, Se Woong Chung, Dong Geun Oh, Jae Woon Lee, 2010. June, Monitoring of non-point source pollutants load from a mixed forest land use, J. of Environmental Sciences (J ENVIRON SCI-CHINA), 22(6), pp. 801-805. H.S. Lee, S.W. Chung, J.K. Choi, B.H. Min, 2010 July, Feasibility of curtain weir installation for water quality management in Daecheong Reservoir, Desalination and Water Treatment, 19, pp. 164-172. doi: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1883 I. G. Ryu, S. W. Chung, S. W. Yoon, 2011, Modelling a Turbidity Current in Soyang Reservoir (Korea) and Its Control Using a Selective Withdrawal Facility, Water Science and Technology, 63(9), pp. 1864-1872 . doi: 10.2166/wst.2011.397. ISSN Print: 0273-1223. Lee, H., Chung, S., Ryu, I., Choi, J., 2013, Three-Dimensional Modeling Of Thermal Stratification of A Deep And Dendritic Reservoir Using ELCOM Model, Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, Volume 7, Issue 2, June 2013, Pages 124–133. Cho, E., Khim, J., Chung, S., Seo, D., Son, Y., 2014, Occurrence of micropollutants in four major rivers in Korea, Science of the Total Environment, 491-492, pp. 138-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.025 Chung, S.W., Imberger, J. Hipsey, M.R., Lee, H.S., 2014, The influence of physical and physiological processes on the spatial heterogeneity of a Microcystis bloom in a stratified reservoir, Ecol. Model. 289. pp. 133-149. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.07.010 Cho, E., Arhonditsis, G. B., Khim, J., Chung, S., Heo, T., 2016, Modeling metal-sediment interaction processes: Parameter sensitivity assessment and uncertainty analysis, Environmental Modelling & Software, 80 (June 2016), pp. 159-174. (SCIE) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2016.02.026 Chung, Se-Woong, Sun-A Chong, Hyung-Seok Park, 2016, Development and Applications of a Predictive Model for Geosmin in North Han River, Korea, Procedia Engineering, 154(2016): 521-528. Chung, Sewoong, Hyungseok Park, Jisu Yoo, 2018 (5/1), Variability of pCO2 in surface waters and development of prediction model, Science of the Total Environment, 622-623, pp.1109-1117. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.066. Hyungseok Park, Chung, Sewoong, 2018 (9/28), pCO2 Dynamics of Stratified Reservoir in Temperate Zone and CO2 Pulse Emissions During Turnover Events, Water, 10, 1347. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10101347. Hyungseok Park, Sewoong Chung, Eunju Cho, Kyoungjae Lim, 2018 (11/7), Impact of climate change on the persistent turbidity issue of a large dam reservoir in the temperate monsoon region, Climatic Change, 151(3), pp. 365-378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2322-z. Jeongho Han, Dongjun Lee, Seoro Lee, Se-Woong Chung, Seong Joon Kim, Minji Park, Kyoung Jae Lim, Jonggun Kim, 2019 (4/6), Evaluation of the effect of channel geometry on streamflow and water quality modeling and modification of channel geometry module in SWAT: A case study of the Andong dam watershed, Water, 11, 718; doi:10.3390/w11040718 Sungjin Kim, Se-Woong Chung, Hyungseok Park, Youngcheol Cho, Heesuk Lee, 2019 (6/3), Analysis of Environmental Factors Associated with Cyanobacterial Dominance after River Weir Installation, Water, 11, 1163. doi:10.3390/w11061163. Ingu Ryu, Soonju Yu, Se-Woong Chung, 2020 (3/6), Characterizing Density Flow Regimes of Three Rivers with Different Physicochemical Properties in a Run-Of-The-River Reservoir, Water 2020, 12, 717. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030717. Hyungseok Park, Chung, Sewoong, Sungjin Kim, 2021 (7/1), Effect of buoyant turbulence and water quality factors on the CO2 net atmospheric flux changes in a stratified reservoir, Science of the Total Environment, 776, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145940.