Hyesook Lim, a professor of electronic and electrical engineering at Ewha Woman’s University, currently serves as the Minister of Science, Republic of Korea, and chairperson of the National Research Council of Science & Technology, which supports and oversees the country’s state-backed science and technology research institutes. As Minister, she is tasked with overseeing President Moon’s administration’s digital New Deal initiative, which aims to boost investment in new technologies, such as 5G and artificial intelligence, for job creation, as well as the country’s space program.