Sang Yup Lee Distinguished Professor and LG Chem Chair Professor     Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST     Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST     Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST Dean, College of Life Science and Bioengineering Head, Matabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research     Laboratory Director, BioProcess Engineering Research Center     Director, BioInformatics Research Center Co-Director, Institute for the BioCentury
		E-MAIL   :	leesy at kaist.ac.kr
		Phone    :	+82-42-350-3930
		Fax         :	+82-42-350-3910
		Address :	Dept. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , KAIST, (373-1, Guseong-Dong) 335, Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, DAEJEON, 305-701, Republic of KOREA

 

1. Research Interest

• Metabolic Engineering
• Biochemical Engineering
  (Process for recombinant microorganisms, Upstream-to-downstream optimization of bioprocesses )
• Biopolymer : PolyHydroxyAlkanoate (PHA), Poly-gamma-glutamic acid (PGA)
• Directed evolution
• Cell surface display
• Chiral compounds
• DNA chip (Transcriptome analysis, genetic diagnosis)
• Proteomics
• In silico biotechnology (Metabolomics, genome to metabolism)

2. Education

• 1986 (B.S.) Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University,Seoul, Korea
• 1987 (M.S.) Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, U.S.A
• 1991 (Ph.D.) Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, U.S.A.

3. Professional Experience

• 1994-1996     : Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, KAIST
• 1997-2002     : Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
• 2002-present : Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
• 1994-2000    : Participating Professor, BioProcess Engineering Research Center, KAIST-KOSEF
• 1994-2000    : Consulting Professor, Biotech Institute, LG Chemicals Ltd.
• 1996-1999     : Editorial Board Member, Bioindustry News
• 1996-1998     : Planning Board Member, Korea Institute of Biotechnol. and Bioeng.
• 1996-1999     : Assistant Editor, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
• 1997-1999     : Scientific program Board Member, Korea Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering
• 1997-present : Participating professor, Brain Science Research center
• 1997-1999     : Editorial Board Member, Biotechnology et alia, KAIROS Scientific Inc., U.S.A.
• 1997-1998     : Secretary of Public Relations, Biochemical Engineering Division, KIChE
• 1998-present : Proposal Reviewer, Division of Bioeng. & Environmental Systems, National Science Foundation, U.S.A.
• 1998-2001     : Consulting Professor, Jiangmen Biotechnology Institute, China
• 1998-2001     : Consulting Professor, Procter & Gamble Co., U.S.A.
• 1999-2001     : Technology Advisor, LG Chemicals Ltd.
• 1999-present : Founding Member, Daeduk Science Forum
• 1998-2000     : Ph. D. thesis Committee Member, Adelaide Univ., Australia
• 1999-present : Technology Consultant, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation and Planning
• 1999-present : Proposal Reviewer, US Department of Agriculture, Small Business Innovation Research Program
• 1999-present : Editorial Board Member, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
• 2000. 1-2      : Invited Visiting Professor, Dept. Chemical Eng., Univ. of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
• 2000-           : Ph.D. thesis Committee Member, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
• 2000-present : Director, BioProcess Engineering Research Center, KAIST-KOSEF
• 2000-present : Head, Metabolic Engineering National Research Lab., Ministry of Science and Technology
• 2000-present : Consulting Professor, Bioinformatix
• 2000-present : Consulting Professor, Medigenes
• 2000-present : Consulting Professor, ChiroBio
• 2000             : Member of the Planning Board, New Technology Division, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
• 2000-present : Editorial Board Member, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Springer Velag, Germany
• 2001-present : Associate Editor, Asia Pacific Biotech News, World Publishing Group, Singapore
• 2001-2002    : Auditor, The Korean Society for Bioinformatics
• 2001-present : Editor, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Springer, Germany
• 2001-2003    : Chairman of the Publication Committee, Korean human Proteome Organization
• 2001. 6. - 8.   : Invited Visiting Academic, Dept Chemical Engineering, Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 2001-2002    : Member, The Committee for establishing the Dept. of BioSystems, KAIST
• 2001-2003    : Member, JeongMunSul Building Committee, KAIST
• 2002-2003    : Guest Editor, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier, Amsterdam Netherlands
• 2001-2002    : Organizing Committee Member, Metabolic Engineering IV, United Engineering Foundation
• 2002-present : Steering Committee Member, AIDS Research Institute, Yonsei Univ.
• 2002-2006   : Associate Editor, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier, Netherlands
• 2002-2007   : Editorial Board Member, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnolgy - Springer
• 2002             : Advisory Board Member and Invited Speaker, International Symposium on Biological Polyesters 2002, Munster, Germany
• 2002             : Chairman, Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics Workshop, The Korea Society for Bioinformatics Symposium, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
• 2002             : Program Committee Member, The 13th International Conference on Genome Informatics, Tokyo, Japan
• 2002-2007   : Editorial Board Member, Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology
• 2002             : Committee Member, Bioinformatics Project Committee, KISTEP (MOST)
• 2002-present : Advisory Board Member, Metabolomics User's Facility
• 2002-present : Associate Editor, Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore-London
• 2002-2006    : Chairman of the Planning and Execution Committee, Korean Society for Bioinformatics
• 2003-present : Founding Steering Committee Member, The Asian Association of Societies for Bioinformatics
• 2003. 1. 1-present : Professor, Department of Biosystems, KAIST
• 2003. 2.-present : Evaluation Committee Member, Microbial Genome Frontier 21 Project, Ministry of Science & Technology
• 2003. 2.-present : Organizing Committee Member, National R & D Program, Ministry of Science and Technology
• 2003. 2.-present : Evaluation Committee Member, National R & D Program, Ministry of Science and Technology
• 2003-2004 : Program Committee Member, The 2nd Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, New Zealand
• 2003-present : Chairman, Asia Vision Committee, World Economic Forum
• 2003-2004   : Editorial Board Member, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, John Wiley & Sons, USA
• 2003. 6. 19 : Representative Speaker, New Asian Leaders, The Blue House (Meeting with President Roh Moo Hyun)
• 2003. 7.-8. : Visiting Professor, Dept. Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
• 2003-present : Director, Bioinformatics Research Center, KAIST
• 2003-present : Founding Member, New Asian Leaders Group, World Economic Forum, Geneva
• 2003-2004 : Organizing Committee Member, The 8th world Conference on Biodegradable Polymers and Plastics (BDPP), 2004.6.1-4, Hanyang Univ. Seoul, Korea
• 2003-2004 : Organizing Committee Member, IEEE Fourth Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE2004), Taichung, Taiwan
• 2003-2004 : Advisory Committee Member, Metabolic Engineering V : Genome to Product, Sept. 19-23, 2004, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
• 2004 : Committee Member, APEC Summit 2005 for the Presidents, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 2004-present : LG Chem., Chair Professor
• 2004 : Committee Member,  Session Chair, Keynote lecturer, International Biotechnology Symposium, Santiago, Chile
• 2004-present : Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
• 2004-presnet : Proposal Reviewer, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Swindon, United Kingdom
• 2004-2007 : Editorial Board Member, Metabolic Engineering, Elsevier, Netherlands
• 2004-2005 : Organizing Committee Member, Biochemical Engineering XIV, Harrison Hot Springs, BC, Canada, July 10-14, 2005
• 2004-present : Founding Advisory Board Member, Society for Biological Engineering, USA
• 2004-present : Founding Board Member, Asia Leader's Forum for Science, Ministry of Science and Technology
• 2004-presnet : Steering Committee Member, NanoFab, KAIST
• 2005. 4. 13-2006. 3. 31 : Member, Post-BK21 Committee, KAIST
• 2004-present : Associate Editor, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Springer, Germany
• 2004-presnet : Invited Researcher, Research Center for Environmentally Friendly Polymers, Kwansei University, Japan
• 2005-present : Associate Editor, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Wiley, USA
• 2005-present : Member, KAIST Dae-duk R&D special district committee
• 2005-present : Adjunct Professor, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Australia
• 2005-presnet : Special Advisor, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Biopolis, Singapore
• 2005. 1.-3. : Chairman, Project Planning Sub-committee for Nanobio Projects, MOST, Korea
• 2005 : Secretary of Public Relations, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• 2005 :  Evaluation Committee Member, Next Generation Young Leaders Award, Daejeon City
• 2005-present : Junior Fellow, National Academy of Engineering Korea
• 2005-present : Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, USA
• 2005. 8 : Advisory Board Member, Microbial Cell Factory, Biomed Central, UK
• 2005. 12. 19-21 : Program Committee Member, The Sixteenth International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW 2005), Pacifico Yokohama, Japan
• 2005. 12. 4-7 : International Advisory Board Member, BIONANO the next frontier, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
• 2005. 10. 27-29 : Chair, Systems Biotechnology Symoosium International Symposium and Annual meeting of KSBB 2005, Jinju city hall, Jinju, Korea
• 2005 : Planning Board Member, White Biotechnology, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
• 2005-2006 : advisory Board Member, Metabolic Engineering VI, Netherlands
• 2005-2006 : Chairman, International E. coli Association Symposium on Systeams Biology 2006 (IECA2006), Jeju Island
• 2005-2006 : Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Systems Biology 2006 (ICSB 2006), Yokohana, Japan
• 2005-2006 : Guest Editor, Systems Biotechnology, News at Imformation for Chemical Engineers(NICE), KICHE, Korea
• 2005-2006 : Guest Editor, Systems Biotechnology, Asia Pacific  Biotech News, World Scientific, Singapore
• 2005-Present : Committee Member, Electronic International Molecular Biology Laboratory(eIMBL) – SystemsBiology
• 2005. 10. 28 : 2005 Best Research 50 Award of Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation
• 2005 : Guest Editor, Systems Biotechnology Special Issue, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, KSBB
• 2006-present : Proposal Expert Reviewer, VINNOVA, Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, Sweden
• 2006-present : Proposal Reviewer, Academic Research Fund, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• 2006-present : Referee, The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), United Kingdom  
• 2006 : Organizing Committee member, International symposium on Biological Polyesters, Minnesota, USA (2006. 8 27 - 31)
• 2006 : Program Committee member, 7th International conference on Genome Informatics (GIW2006), Yokohama, Japan, (2006)    
• 2006. 9. 1 - 2008. 8. 31 : 질병관리본부 질병지표물질 정보 DB 자문위원
• 2006 : Guest Editor, Systems Biology and Biotechnology, Special Issue, Asia Pacific Biotech News, World Scientific Co., Singapore
• 2006 : Guest Editor, Biotechnology in Korea, Asia Pacific Biotech News, World Scientific Co., Singapore
• 2006-present : Senior Editor, Biotechnology Journal, Wiley
• 2006 10.30-11.3 : Steering Committee Member, The 3rd International E.coli Alliance Conference on Systems Biology 2006, Jeju, Korea
• 2006 10.30-11.3 : Chairman, The 3rd International E.coli Alliance Conference on Systems Biology 2006, Jeju, Korea
• 2006-present : Editorial Advisory Board Member, Recent Patents on Biotechnology, Bentham Science Publishers, USA
• 2006-present : Senior Editor, Biotechnology Journal, Wiley-VCH, Germany
• 2006-present : Scientific Advisory Board Member, Genomatica, San Diego, USA
• 2006-present : Evaluation committee member, Korean Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation and Planning
• 2007 1. 14-18 : Organizing Committee member, SBE's First International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, California, USA
• 2007. 9. 3-7 : Program committee member, 5th International Workshop on Biological Data Management - BIDM '07 in conjunction with DEXA 2007, Regensburg, Germany
• 2007. 9. 9-12 : Program committee member, 2nd Conference Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering, Stuttgart Germany
• 2007-present : Editorial Board Member, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Japanese Society for Biotechnology, Elsevier
• 2007-present : Editorial Board Member, Open Biotechnology, Bentham Science Publishers, USA
• 2007. 7. 15-19 : International Advisory Board Member, Biochemical Engineering XV, Quebec City, Canada
• 2007. 10. 11-13 : Chairman of Steering Committee, International Conference on Frontiers in the Convergence of Bioscience and Information Technologies (FBIT 2007), Ramada Hotel, Jeju, Korea
• 2007. 5. - present : Editorial Board Member, BMC Systems Biology, BioMed Central
• 2007-2008 : 감사, 한국생물정보학회
• 2007-present: Director, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology
• 2007-present: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biological Engineering, BioMed Central
• 2007-present: Advisory Board Member, Chemical Engineering Science, Elsevier
• 2008-present : Associate Editor, BMC Research Notes, BioMed Central, London, UK
• 2008-present: Associate Editor, BMC Systems Biology , BioMed Central, London, UK
• 2008. 04.01-2009.03.31: 바이오화학산업위원회 위원, 한국과학기술한림원
• 2008. 10: Process Biochemistry, Metabolic Engineering special issue Guest Editor, October 2008
• 2008. 10: Associate Editor, Metabolic Engineering, Elsevier
• 2008. 10: 융합과학기술위원회 자문위원, 차세대융합기술연구원
• 2008. 10: Associate Editor, Metabolic Engineering, Elsevier
• 2008 - 2009(Jan 18-21, 2009): Scientific Advisory Board Member, The SBE's 2nd International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
• 2008. 10 : Organizing committee member, Korea-UK NanoBiotechnology Symposium, Daejeon, Korea
• 2008. 10. 10. - 12: Program Committee Member, Synthetic Biology 4.0, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
• 2008. 10: International Scientific Committee, The Thirteenth International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition, Dalian, China
• 2008. 11: International Organising Committee, International Symposium on Biological Polyesters, New Zealand
• 2008. 12: Program Committee Members, GIW 2008: 19th International Conference on Genome Informatics,  Gold Coast, Australia
• 2008-2010, Chairman, Committee for Korea Brain Research Institute, KAIST
• 2009. 01: APBC Steering Committee, The Seventh Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Beijing, China
• 2009. 01: Organizing committee member, SBE’s 2nd International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A
• 2009. 03: Scientific Advisory Board, FEBS-SysBio2009: The 3rd FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Systems Biology, Alpbach, Austria
• 2009. 04: Scientific Advisory Board, BIT's 2nd Annual World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology, ibio-2009, COEX Convention & Exhibition Center , Seoul , South Korea
• 2009-present: Chairman, Metabolic and Synthetic Biotechnology Committee, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Korea
• 2009: Conference Organizer and Board Member, Session Chair, Biochemical Engineering XVI, Burlington, Vermont, USA
• 2009: Program Committee Member and Keynote Speaker, The 20th International Conference on Genome Informatics, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan
• 2009-2010: Plenary speakers and Scientific Committee Member, IBS2010 14th International Biotechnology Symposium, Rimini, Italy
• 2009: Program Committee, Plenary Speakers, International Workshop on EEWS 2009, Daejeon, Korea
• 2009: Program Committee and Keynote Speakers, GIW2009, The 20th International Conference on Genome Informatics, PACIFICO YOKOHAMA, Japan, December 14-16, 2009
• 2009-2010: Plenary speakers and International Committee Member, International Conference on Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 2 (ICCMB2), NTU, Singapore
• 2009-2010: Plenary speakers, GIM2010, 11th International Symposium on the Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, 28 June-1 July 2010, Australia
• 2009-2010: Organizer Member, BIT Life Sciences'3rd Annual, PepCon-2010, March 21-23, 2010 in Beijing, China
• 2009-2010: Scientific Programme Committee, 10th International Conference on System Biology, 10-16 October, 2010, Edinburgh, UK
• 2009: Plenary speakers and International Scientific Committee, Asia Pacific Biochemical Engineering Conference 2009 (APBioChEC'09), November 24-28, 2009, Kobe, Japan
• 2009-2010: International Scientific Committee, ISBP2010 International Symposium on BioPolymers 2010, Stuttgart, Germany (2009-2010)
• 2009-2012: Editor (systems biology), mBio, American Society for Microbiology-American Academy of Microbiology, USA (2009-2012)
• 2009-present: Technology Committee Member, Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning, Korea
• 2009-2010: Advisor, Committee for Planning Advanced Oriental Medicine
• 2009-present: Scientific Committee Member, National Green Growth Committee, Korea
• 2009: Member, National Fusion Research Planning Committee, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea
• 2009-2010: Member, Overall Committee for Korea CCS2020 planning, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea
• 2010.1.27-31: Invited Participant/GAC member, Davos Forum, Davos, Switzerland
• 2010.1-201012: Vice President, Association of Asian Societies for Bioinformatics (AASBi)
• 2011.1-2011.12: President, Association of Asian Societies for Bioinformatics (AASBi)
• 2010: Program Committee Member, International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM '10, Bilbao, Spain

4. Membership

• Domestic Member
  Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers / Korean Society for Biotech. & Bioeng. / The Microbiological Society of Korea / The Biochemical Society of the Republic of Korea/Korean Society for Industrial Microbiology / The Korean Society for Bioinformatics / The Korean Chemical Society
• Foreign Member
  American Society for Microbiology / New York Academy of Science / American Chemical Society / Association for Laboratory Automation / American Association for the Advancement of Sciences / Society for Industrial Microbiology / International Society for Computational Biology
• Commitee Member
  Biomedical Research Center, KAIST / The Life Science Research Institute, KAIST / KTmark, Korea Industrial Technology Association (Reviewing) / IR52 Jang Young Sil Award, Korea Industrial Technology Association (Reviewing) / Biochemical Engineering XI, XII (Organizing) / International Symposium on Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates (Organizing) / International Symposium on Biodegradable Polymers (Organizing) / Organizing Committee Member, The 2nd International bioinformatics Symposium, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea (2001) / Member of the Evaluation Committee, Korea Technology Transfer Center (2001-present) / Patent Evaluation, Korea Industrial Technology Association (2001-present) / AIDS Research Institute / Metabolic Engineering IV (2002) / International Symposium on Biological Polyesters 2002 / International Conference on Genome Informatics

5. Awards

• The First China-Korea Young Researcher's Award-Engineering Division, Chinese Ministry of Education & Korea-China Cultural Foundation (1996.12.26)
• Excellent Research Award, KAIST (1997.2.14)
• The First Young Scientist's Award (Chemical Eng./Biotechnology), The President of the Republic of Korea (1998.2.12)
• New Academic Research Award, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1998.10.16)
• New Century Award, The BARONS 500, BARONS WHO'S WHO (U.S.A.) Leaders for the New Century (1999)
• The First Elmer Gaden Award, Biotechnology and Bioengineering (John Wiley & Sons, USA) - American Chemical Society (San Francisco National Meeting) (2000.3.27)
• Citation Classic Award (mostly cited SCI journal paper), ISI, USA (2000. 11. 2)
• The Scientist of the Month Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (2001. 3. 12)
• The Best Patent Award (SeJongDaeWang Award), KIPO-JoongAngILBO (2001.4.6)
• National Order of Merit, Science & Technology Medal, The President of the Republic of Korea (2001. 4. 21)
• British Chevening Scholarship Award, British Government (2001. 6)
• Excellent Research Award, The 31st Ceremony of KAIST (2002. 2. 18.)
• Asian Young Leader/Asian Technology Pioneer, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (2002. 8. 23)
• IBM SUR Award (through the Dept. of BioSystems), IBM, USA (2002. 11. 12)
• Professor of the year Award, KAIST (2003. 1. 2.)
• "Scientist to become" Award, Ministry of Science & Technology (2003. 7. 29.)
• The Best Research Award, KAIST (2004. 2. 16)
• The 9th Young Engineer Award, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (2005. 3. 10)
• Best Poster Award, Federation of Korean Microbiological Societies, (2005. 10. 14.)
• Excellent Paper Award, Korean Biochip Society (2006. 6. 23)
• Scientist Prize of this year, Korean Science Reporters Association(KOSRA) (2006. 11. 30)
• Poster Paper Award, Asia Pacific Biochemical Engineering Conference 2007, Taiwan (2007.11.7)
• Merck Award for Metabolic Engineering, Metabolic Engineering VII, Puerto Vallata, Mexico, by Merck, USA (2008.09.16)
• The Top 10 Registered Patents Award, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Korea (2009. 11. 13.)

6. Honors

• Listed in "Who's Who in the World" including the millennium edition (1998, 1999, 2000)
• Honored Member, "International Who's Who of Professionals" (1998-present)
• Selected as one of the 50 people (one of three in science and technology) who will lead Korea next century, Korea Daily Newspaper (1998.8.14)
• New knowledge Leader in Science and Technology, The Ministry of Science and Technology (1999.6.7)
• Top two author of the most cited SCI journal paper. The Ministry of Science and Technology (1999, 2000)
• Selected as a key person in 21st century, Sisa Journal (2000.2.10)
• Editorial Board Member, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Springer Velag, Germany (2000-2003)
• Editor, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Springer, Germany (2001-present)
• Associate Editor, Asia Pacific Biotech News, World Publishing Group, Singapore (2001- present)
• Selected as a person who published papers with most citations, Ministry of Science and Technology (2001)
• Guest Editor, Biopolymers, Special Issue of Biochemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier, Netherlands (2002-2003)
• Editorial Board Member, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnolgy - Springer, Germany (2002 - 2007)
• Associate Editor, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier, Netherlands (2002 - present)
• Asian Young Leader/Asian Technology Pioneer, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (2002.8.23)
• Associate Editor, Cancer Research Reviews, World Scientific, Singapore (2002-present)
• Excellent Patent (patent #313134-Succinic acid production), Technology Transfer Center, KAIST, Korea (2002.9)
• Associate Editorial, Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, World Scientific Publishing Co.Singapore-London (2002-present)
• Editorial Board Member, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, John Wiley & Sons, USA (2003-present)
• New leaders of Science and Technology 2003, Hankook kyungjae (2003.1.16)
• Representative, New Asian Leaders, The Blue House (Meeting with President Roh Moo Hyun) (2003. 6. 19)
• LGchem Chair Professor, LG Chem. & KAIST (2004. 4. 12)
• Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (2004. 6.29-present)
• Editorial Board Member, Metabolic Engineering, Elsevier, Netherlands (2004-2008)
• Associate Editor, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Springer, Germany (2004-present)
• Scientists of the year 2004, JoongAngIlBo (2004. 12.17)
• Associate Editor, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Wiley, USA (2005-present)
• Best Paper Award, The 3rd Asia Pacific Bioinformatics conference, Singapore (2005. 1. 17-21)
• Special Advisor, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Biopolis, Singapore (2005-present)
• "Chemical Engineer to be" Korean Institute of Chemical Engineering (2005)
• "World Top Technology on Bacterial Factory" Hankook Gyeongje (2005. 4. 15)
• Adjunct Professor, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Australia (2005-present)
• Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, USA (2005-present)
• 2005 Best Research 50 Award of Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (2005. 10. 28.)
• Medal for distinguished services, Korean Society for biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2006. 5. 25.)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007 2. 17.)
• 33 Leaders who will lead the Korea, Munhwa Daily Newspaper (2007.2.28)
• Distinguished Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (2007. 3.8)
• Editorial Board Member, BMC Systems Biology, BioMed Central (2007. 5. - present)
• Our succinic acid technology selected as One of the "2006 Five Best Achievements in Science and Industrial Technology", The National Academy of Engineering of Korea (2007).
• Fellow, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2007.11.16)
• Global Agenda Council Member, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (2008- present)

7. Research Activity (as of February, 2010)

• Journal paper : 319 papers published
• Proceedings paper : 156 papers published
• Conference presentations/Abstracts : 1142 papers
• Patents : 457 including 224 international patents
• Books/Books Edited : 50 books
• Essays : 63 essays
• Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures/Seminars : 298 presentations
• Newspaper/TV/Scientific News/Magazine : 1565 times

 

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