**About the Editors**

**Young-Seuk Park** is Professor at the Department of Biology, Kyung University, Seoul, Korea. He completed his PhD at Pusan National University. His laboratory studies the effects of environmental changes on biological systems at different hierarchical levels, from molecules through to individuals, populations, and communities using ecological modeling and informatics approaches. In particular, his research is focused on the effects of global changes and alien species on ecosystems, and ecological monitoring and assessment for sustainable ecosystem management. He is interested in the application of computational approaches such as machine learning techniques and advanced statistical methods. He served as President of the Korean Society for Mathematical Biology. He is Associate Editor of numerous scientific journals including *Ecological Modelling*, *Annales de Limnologie—International Journal of Limnology*, and *Forests*. He has featured as Guest Editor for several international scientific journals, including *Ecological Modelling*, *Ecological Informatics*, *Annales de Limnologie—International Journal of Limnology*, *Inland Waters*, *Water*, and *Applied Sciences*.

**Ihn-Sil Kwak** is Professor at the Department of Ocean Integrated Science, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, Korea. Since completing her PhD at Pusan National University, her research has mainly focused on benthos and macroinvertebrate ecology in water and ecotoxicological and gene responses using chironomids. Her scientific experience includes appointments at RIKEN Brain Science (Japan) and Hanyang University (Seoul). Currently, she is Director of the FCF (Food Chain Flow) project team supported by NRF (University Research Center of the Ministry of Education in Korea).
