Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) said Monday its professor Kim Hyung-lok of the Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering has been appointed as an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IEEE TGRS), a leading international journal in earth science and remote sensing. Kim will serve at least three years from 2026 to 2029, overseeing the entire peer-review workflow, managing manuscript evaluations and issuing editorial recommendations to help maintain the journal’s quality and fairness. Founded in 1962, IEEE TGRS is regarded as one of the most prestigious journals in the field, covering a broad range of topics including Earth observation, satellite remote sensing, electromagnetic-based surface sensing, Earth system physics, signal processing and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Its editorial board includes globally recognized scholars in each subfield. Kim was appointed to join the board in recognition of his academic contributions in satellite microwave remote sensing, soil moisture and hydroclimate interactions and A