Professor Kyoungphile Nam received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1998 and joined Seoul National University in 2003. His research combines academic rigor with field applicability in the remediation and management of sites contaminated by petroleum, heavy metals, radioactive materials, and other hazardous chemicals. He pioneered risk-based assessment, remediation, and management of contaminated sites in Korea, helping shift practice from excavation-and-removal toward scientific evaluation and optimized engineering solutions.

His specific interests include contaminant transport and fate in soil, bioavailability and risk assessment, improved bioremediation, hybrid physical-chemical-biological treatment of mixed contaminants, and environmental biotechnology for pollution control and sustainable production of resources and energy.