BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH 

 Nan-Jing Ko was born in Changhwa , Taiwan, on November 

 5, 1948. He received his primary and secondary education 

 at the Sanchuan Elementary and Changhwa Junior and Senior 

 High Schools, Changhwa. In 1971 he obtained a Bachelor of 

 Science degree in plant pathology from the Plant Pathology 

 Department, National Chung Hsing University at Taichung. 

 After two years' military service as a Second Lieutenant, 

 he returned to the Plant Pathology Department of the 

 National Chung Hsing University where he earned his Master 

 of Science degree in 1977. He received a one-year 

 fellowship from the National Science Council of the 

 Republic of China from August 1979 to July 1980, of which 

 he spent seven months at the Ohio State University and 

 five months at the University of Florida. During that 

 time, he worked with Dr. 0. E. Bradfute and Dr. J. R. 

 Edwardson, respectively. In 1982 he received a two-year 

 fellowship from the National Science Council of the Republic 

 of China. In January 1983 he entered the University of Florida 

 to continue work towards a Doctor of Philosophy degree 

 in plant pathology. He is an associate professor in the 

 Plant Pathology Department of the National Chung Hsing 

 University. After graduation he will continue in his current 

 position at the National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. 



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