Young-Hoon Song was born in Wonju, Korea, in 1959. He recieved the B.S. degree from Hanyang University, in 1983, the M.S. degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, in 1986, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, State College, in 1994. Since 1994, he has been working in Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM). His research interests are plasma technologies for air pollution control (NOx, VOCs, PM), fuel reforming, flame stabilization.