Sang Yup Lee Distinguished Professor     Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST     Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST     Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST Dean, KAIST Institutes 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) 291 Daehak-ro, 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. Position

• 1994-1996, Assistant Professor, Dept. Chemical Engineering, KAIST
• 1997-2002, Associate Professor, Dept. Chemical Engineering, KAIST
• 2000-present, Director, BioProcess Eng Res Center, KAIST
• 2001-present, Director, BioInformatics Research Center, KAIST
• 2002-present, Professor, Dept. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
• 2003-present, Adjunct Professor, Dept. Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST
• 2004-2010, LG Chem Chair Professor
• 2004-present, Honorary Professor of University of Queensland
• 2005-present, Adjunct Professor, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotehnology
• 2005-present, Special Advisor, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Biopolis, Singapore
• 2006-present, Co-director, KI for the BioCentury, KAIST
• 2007-present, KAIST Distinguished Professor
• 2007-present, Director, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, KAIST
• 2008-present, Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST
• 2008-2013, Dean, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, KAIST
• 2008-present, Founder, BioFuelChem, Daejeon, Korea
• 2010-present, Foreign Associate Member, National Academy of Engineering, USA
• 2012-present, Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, USA
• 2012-present, Honorary Professor, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS)
• 2013-present, Dean, KAIST Institutes, KAIST

4. Honors/Awards

• Honored Member, "International Who's Who of Professionals" (1998 - present).
• 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 the 21st Century, Sisa Journal, Korea (2000. 2. 10.)
• 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, ISI, USA (2000. 11. 2.)
• The Scientist of the Month Award, Ministry of Science and Technology/KOSEF (2001. 3. 12.)
• SeJongDaeWang Award - The Best Patent Award, Korean Intellectual Property office, Korea (2001. 4. 6.)
• National Order of Merit, President of Korea (2001. 4. 21.)
• British Chevening Scholarship Award, British Government (2001. 6.)
• Author of the Two Papers That are Cited Most Times in Korea, Ministry of Science and Technology (2001)
• 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.)
• Excellent Patent (Patent #313134-Succinic Acid Production), Technology Transfer Center, KAIST, Korea (2002. 9.)
• IBM SUR Award, IBM, USA (2002. 11. 12.)
• Professor of the Year Award, KAIST. (2003. 1. 2.)
• New Leaders of Science and Technology 2003, Hankook Kyungjae Newspaper, Korea (2003. 1. 16.)
• Representative of New Asian Leaders, The Blue House (Meeting with President Roh Moo Hyun) (2003. 6. 19.)
• "Scientist to Become" Award, Ministry of Science & Technology (2003. 7. 29.)
• The Best Research Award, KAIST (2004. 2. 16.)
• LG Chemicals Chair Professor, LG Chem. & KAIST (2004. 4. 12.)
• Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (2004. 6. 29.-present)
• Scientists of the Year 2004, JoongAng Daily Newspaper, Korea (2004. 12. 17.)
• The Best Paper Award, The 3rd Asia Pacific Bioinformatics conference, Singapore (2005. 1. 17.-21.)
• The 9th Young Engineer Award, National Academy of Engineering Korea (2005. 3. 10.)
• “World Top Technology on Bacterial Factory”, Hankook Kyeongje Newspaper (2005. 4. 15.)
• Best Poster Award, Federation of Korean Microbiological Societies, (2005. 10. 14.)
• 2005 Best Research 50 Award of Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (2005. 10. 28.)
• The Best 5 Research of Ministry of Science and Technology in 2004, Ministry of Science and Technology (2005)
• Adjunct Professor, Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Australia (2005-present)
• Junior Fellow, National Academy of Engineering Korea (2005-2010)
• Special Advisor, Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Biopolis, Singapore (2005-present)
• Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, USA (2005-present)
• Medal for Distinguished Services, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2006. 5. 25.)
• Excellent Paper Award, Korean Biochip Society (2006. 6. 23)
• Scientist of the Year Award, Korean Science Reporters Association (KOSRA) (2006. 11. 30)
• Selected as 100 Excellent National R&D Results (2003-2005), Ministry of Science and Technology (2006)
• Selected as One of the Excellent Research Results, The First National Biotech Program from 1994 to 2006, Korean Government (2006)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA (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)
• Poster Paper Award, Asia Pacific Biochemical Engineering Conference 2007, Taiwan (2007.11.7)
• Fellow, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2007.11.16)
• 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)
• Merck Award for Metabolic Engineering, Metabolic Engineering VII, Puerto Vallata, Mexico, by Merck, USA (2008.09.16)
• Global Agenda Council Member, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (2008- present)
• The Top 10 Registered Patents Award, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Korea (2009. 11. 13.)
• Foreign Associate Member, National Academy Of Engineering, USA (2010. 2)
• Selected as "100 people who will lead Korea in 10 years", DongA Ilbo, 2010.5.10
• 2010 Fellow Award, Society for Industrial Microbiology, San Francisco, USA (2010.8.)
• Best Poster Awards, The 10th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, Korea (2010.8.20.)
• The Best Research Award, KAIST (2011.2.16)
• Fellow, National Academy of Engineering Korea (2011-present)
• POSCO TJ Park Science Prize, POSCO TJ Park Foundation, Korea (2011.03.22)
• 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, United States Environmental Protection Agency (2011.6.20)
• Amgen Keynote Lectureship Award, Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology, New Orleans, USA (2011.7.24)
• Pirkey Lectureship (Systems metabolic engineering of microorganisms for chemicals, fuels and materials), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX, USA (2012.1.31)
• Paul C. Wilber Lectureship (Systems metabolic engineering: strategies and practical applications), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (2012.2.1)
• Walter L. Robb Lectureship (Systems metabolic engineering), Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA (2012.2.6)
• 2012 KAIST Top 10 R&D Achievements, KAIST (2012.2.16)
• Marvin J. Johnson Award, American Chemical Society, USA (2012. 3. 27)
• Charles Thom Award, Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, Washington, DC, USA (2012.8.16)
• Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, USA (2012-present)
• Outstanding Contribution Award (on biotechnology), Minister for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (at the International Biotechnology Symposium, Daegu), Korea (2012.9.21)
• The Fifth Environmental Microbiology Lectureship, Society for Applied Microbiology-Wiley, Royal Society of Medicine, London, UK (2012.10.8)
• Orsted Lectureship, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark (2012.10.12)
• Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, USA (2013-present)

5. Fellowship and Membership of Academic Societies:

• Life-time Member, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (1992 - present)
• Life-time Member, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1992 - present)
• Member, Korean Society for Applied Microbiology (1992 - present)
• Member, The Microbiological Society of Korea (1992 - present)
• Member, American Society for Microbiology (1992 - present)
• Member, New York Academy of Science, USA (1995 - present)
• Member, The Biochemical Society of the Republic of Korea (1996 - present)
• Member, Association for Laboratory Automation, USA (1999-present)
• Member, American Chemical Society, USA (1999-present)
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA (2000-present)
• Member, International Society for Computational Biology (2000-present)
• Member, Society for Industrial Microbiology, USA (2000-present)
• Auditor, Korean Society for Bioinformatics (2001 - 2002)
• Founding Member, Korean Human Proteome Organization (2001 - 2003)
• Chairman of the Publication Committee, Korean Human Proteome Organization (2001 - 2003)
• Director of International Affairs, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2002 - 2004)
• Junior Member, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2002 - present)
• Founding Steering Committee Member, The Asian Association of Societies for Bioinformatics (2003-present)
• Chairman, Asia Vision Committee, World Economic Forum, Genava, Switzerland (2003-present)
• Founding Member, New Asian Leaders Group, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (2003-present)
• Founding Advisory Board Member, Society for Biological Engineering, USA (2004-present)
• Acting Director of Public Relations, Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2005)
• Junior Fellow, National Academy of Engineering Korea (2005-2010)
• Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology, USA (2005-present)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, USA (2007. 2.17.)
• Fellow, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2007.11.16)
• Biochemical Industry Council Committee Member, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2008-2009)
• Global Agenda Council Member, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (2008- present)
• Chairman, Metabolic and Synthetic Biotechnology Committee, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Korea (2009-present)
• Foreign Associate Member, National Academy Of Engineering, USA (2010. 2) (jpg 1, 2)
• Fellow, Society for Industrial Microbiology, USA (2010-present)
• Member, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, Korea (2010-present)
• Fellow, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (2010-present)
• Ambassador, American Society for Microbiology, USA (2010-2012) (jpg)
• Full Member, National Academy of Engineering Korea (2011.3)
• Chairman, Global Agenda Council Member, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland (2012-present)
• Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, USA (2012-present)
• Member, New Growth Engine Evaluation Committee, Korean Government (2012)
• Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, USA (2013-present)

6. Conference Organizer and Board Member:

• Session Chair, Food Processing Technology, International Meeting on Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Frankfurt, Germany, June (1994)
• Session Chair, CHEMECA/BioCHEMECA'95, Adelaide, Australia, August (1995)
• Organizing Committee Member, Session Chair, Biochemical Engineering XI, Engineering Foundation, USA (1998-1999)
• Session Chair, The 7th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (1999)
• Organizing Committee Member, International Symposium on Bacterial Polyhydroxyalkanoates (1999-2000)
• Organizing Committee Member, Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms 2002 (1999-2002)
• Organizing Committee Member, ICS-UNIDO International Workshop, Seoul, Korea (2000)
• Organizing Committee Member, Biochemical Engineering XII, Engineering Foundation, USA (2000-2001)
• Session Chair and Keynote Speaker, 2001 Young Asian Biochemical Engineers Conference, Shanghai, China (2001. 10.)
• Organizing Committee Member, The 2nd International Bioinformatics Symposium, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea (2001)
• Organizer, Functional Biomaterials Symposium, KIChE Meeting, Hanbat Univ., Daejeon, Korea (2001)
• Organizing Committee Member, Metabolic Engineering IV, United Engineering Foundation (2001 - 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 (GIW2002), Yebisu Garden Palace, Tokyo, Japan (2002)
• Scientific Contributor on ?œMetabolic Engineering??and ?œPlastic Bacteria?? Osong Bio-Expo, Osong, Korea (2002)
• Publication Committee Chairman, "AOHUPO/KHUPO Joint International Proteomics Meeting", Seoul, Korea (2002 - 2003)
• Scientific Committee Member, Biochemical Engineering XIII, Engineering Foundation, Boulder, Colorado, USA (2002 - 2003)
• Co-Chair, International Symposium on Biological Polyesters 2004, Beijing, China (2002 - 2004)
• Chairman of the Planning and Execution Committee, Korean Society for Bioinformatics (2002 - 2006)
• Session Organizer and Leader, New Asian Leaders??Retreat, Shilla Hotel, Korea (2003.6.19-21)
• Symposium Organizer, ?œSystems and Computational Biology?? Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Conference, Seoul National Univ. (2003)
• Committee Member, Gene Networks Program Committee, Intelligent Systems for Molecular  Biology (ISMB) 2003, Brisbane, Australia (2003)
• Organizing Committee Member, Young Asian Biochemical Engineers Conference 2003 (2003)
• Organizing Committee Member and Session Chair, ?œAnnual Symposium of KHUPO?? Seoul National University, March 27-28, Seoul, Korea (2003)
• Program Committee Member, The 14th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIM2003), Yokohama, Japan (2003)
• Scientific Contributor of Virtual Cell, 2003 Korea Science Festival, COEX, Seoul (2003)
• Evaluation Committee Member, New Asian Leaders 2004, World Economic Forum (2003)
• Organizing Committee Member, Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Bioinformatics, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea (2003)
• Member, Organizing Committee, The Northeast Asian Community Conference: Issues and Suggestions, Hotel Shilla, Seoul, Korea (2003. 10. 24.-25.)
• Program Committee Member, The 2nd Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, New Zealand (2003-2004)
• Organizing Committee Member, The 8th world Conference on Biodegrable 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 (2003-2004)
• Chair, The 49th Biochemical Engineering Conference: Systems Biotechnology Symposium, Hongchun (2004. 2. 9-10)
• Organizing Committee Member, The 8th World Conference on Biodegradable Polymers and Plastics (BDPP8), Hanyang Univ., Seoul, Korea, (2004. 6. 1.-4.)
• Program Committee, The Fifteenth International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW 2004), Pacifico Yokohama, Japan (2004. 12. 13-15)
• Committee Member,  Session Chair, Keynote lecturer, International Biotechnology Symposium, Santiago, Chile (2004)
• Advisory Board Member and Keynote Speaker, The 12th International Biotechnology Symposium, Santiago, Chile, Oct 17-22, 2004 (2004)
• Program Committee Member, Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Bioinformatics and The Second AASBi meeting, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, November 2004 (2004)
• Organizing Committee Member, Biochemical Engineering XIV, Harrison Hot Springs, BC, Canada, July 10-14, 2005 (2004-2005)
• Program Committee Member, The Third Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Singapore, January 17-21, 2005 (2004-2005)
• Organizing Committee Member and Session Chair, Pacifichem2005, Hawaii, USA, December 15-20, 2005 (2004-2005)
• Program Committee Member, First International Workshop on Data Mining and Bioinformatics (DMBIO2005) Singapore (2005. 5. 9-12)
• Scientific Advisory Board Member, Asia Pacific Biochemical Engineering Conference (APBioChEC??05), Lotte Jeju Hotel, Jeju Island, Korea (2005. 5. 15.-19.)
• Session Chair, Incheon Free Economic Zone International Conference 2005, Lotte Hotel, Seoul, Korea (2005. 6. 16.-17.)
• Member, Paper Review Committee, The 13th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, Detroit, Michigan, USA (2005. 6. 25-29)
• Advisory Board Member, Biochemical Engineering XIV, Harrison Hot Springs, BC, Canada (2005. 7. 10.-14.)
• Session Chair and Keynote Symposium Speaker, 12th European Congress on Biotechnology, Copenhagen, Denmark (2005. 8. 21.-25.)
• Scientific Committee Member, Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering (FoSBE 2005), UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (2005. 8. 7.-10.)
• International Advisory Board Member, BIOINFO2005, BEXCO, Busan, Korea (2005. 9. 22.-24.)
• Chair, Systems Biotechnology Symposium International Symposium and Annual meeting of KSBB 2005, Jinju city hall, Jinju, Korea (2005. 10. 27.-29.)
• Program Committee Member, The Sixteenth International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW 2005), Pacifico Yokohama, Japan (2005. 12. 19.-21.)
• International Advisory Board Member, BIONANO the next frontier, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (2005. 12. 4.-7.)
• Program Committee member, First International Workshop on Data Mining and Bioinformatics (DMBIO2005), Singapore (2005)
• Advisory Board Member, Metabolic Engineering VI, Netherlands (2005 - 2006)
• Chairman, International E. coli Association Symposium on Systems Biology 2006 (IECA2006), Jeju Island (2005 - 2006)
• Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Systems Biology 2006 (ICSB 2006), Yokohama, Japan (2005-2006)
• Steering Committee Member, International E.Coli Alliance (IECA) (2005-present)
• Program Committee Member, The 4th Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Taipei, Taiwan (2006. 2. 13.-16.)
• Organizing Committee Member, International Symposium on Biological Polyesters, Minnesota, USA (2006. 8. 27.-31.)
• Scientific Committee Member, 4th Recombinant Protein Production Meeting, Barcelona, Spain (2006. 9. 21. -23.)
• Scientific Advisory Committee member, Metabolic Engineering VI : From recDNA towards Engineering Biological Systems, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands (2006. 10. 1.-5.)
• Program Committee Member, The Seventh International Conference of Systems Biology, Yokohamam, Japan (2006. 10. 9.-13.)
• 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 10. 30-11. 3)
• Program Committee Member, 2006 International Workshop on Medical and Bioinformatics, Taipei, Taiwan (2006. 12. 4.-6.)
• Program Committee Member, 7th International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW2006), Yokohama, Japan (2006. 12. 18.-20.)
• Organizing Committee Member, SBE's First International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, San Diego, California, USA (2007 1. 14-18)
• Steering Committee Member, The 5th Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Hong Kong (2007. 1. 15.-17.)
• International Advisory Board Member, Biochemical Engineering XV, Quebec City, Canada (2007. 7. 15-19)
• Program Committee Member, 5th International Workshop on Biological Data Management - BIDM '07 in Conjunction with DEXA 2007, Regensburg, Germany (2007 9. 3-9. 7)
• Program Committee Member, 2nd Conference Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering (FOSBE), Stuttgart Germany, (2007 9. 9-9. 12)
• Chairman of Steering Committee, International Conference on Frontiers in the Convergence of Bioscience and Information Technologies (FBIT 2007), Ramada Hotel, Jeju, Korea (2007. 10. 11-13)
• Organizing Committee Member, Korea-UK NanoBiotechnology Symposium, Daejeon, Korea (2008.10.7)
• Program Committee Member, Synthetic Biology 4.0, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong (2008. 10. 10-12)
• International Scientific Committee, The Thirteenth International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition, Dalian, China (2008. 10. 12-17)
• International Organising Committee, International Symposium on Biological Polyesters, New Zealand (2008. 11. 23-26)
• Program Committee Members, GIW 2008: 19th International Conference on Genome Informatics, Gold Coast, Australia (2008. 12. 01-03)
• APBC Steering Committee, The Seventh Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Beijing, China (2009.01.13~2009.01.16)
• Scientific Advisory Board Member, The SBE?™s 2nd International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (Jan 18-21, 2009) (2008-2009)
• Organizing Committee member, SBE?™s 2nd International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A(2009.01.18~2009.01.21)
• Scientific Advisory Board, FEBS-SysBio2009: The 3rd FEBS Advanced Lecture Course on Systems Biology, Alpbach, Austria (2009. 03. 7-13)
• Program Committee Member, APBC2010, The Eighth Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Bangalore, India (2009-2010)
• Steering Committee Member, APBC2010, The Eighth Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Bangalore, India (2009-2010)
• Organizing Committee Member and Keynote Speaker, BIT Life Science's 2nd Annual Protein and Peptide Conference (PepCon-2009), COEX, Seoul, Korea (2009.4)
• Organizing Committee Member, Scientific Advisory Board and Co-Chair, BIT's 2nd Annual World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology, ibio-2009, COEX Convention & Exhibition Center, Seoul, Korea (2009.4)
• Conference Organizer and Board Member, Session Chair, Biochemical Engineering XVI, Burlington, Vermont, USA (2009)
• Program Committee Member, The 20th International Conference on Genome Informatics, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan (2009)
• Scientific Committee Member, IBS2010 14th International Biotechnology Symposium, Rimini, Italy (2009-2010)
• Plenary speakers and International Committee Member, International Conference on Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 2 (ICCMB2), NTU, Singapore (2009-2010)
• Organizer Member, BIT Life Sciences'3rd Annual, PepCon-2010, Beijing, China (2009-2010)
• International Scientific Committee, ISBP2010 International Symposium on BioPolymers 2010, Stuttgart, Germany (2009-2010)
• Scientific Programme Committee, 10th International Conference on System Biology, Edinburgh, UK (2009-2010)
• International Scientific Committee and Plenary speakers, Asia Pacific Biochemical Engineering Conference 2009 (APBioChEC'09) Kobe, Japan (2009)
• Vice President, Association of Asian Societies for Bioinformatics (AASBi) (2010.1-2010.12)
• Executive Board Member, Asian Federation of Biotechnology (2010.10-present)
• President, Association of Asian Societies for Bioinformatics (AASBi) (2011.1-2011.12)
• Program Committee Member, International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM '10, Bilbao, Spain (2010)
• Scientific Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Information Technology in Bio- and Medical Informatics, ITBAM´10, Bilbao, Spain (2010)
• Committee Member, SBE's 3rd International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, San Francisco, USA (2010-2011)
• Conference Chair and Keynote speakers, APBC2011, The 9th Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference, Incheon, Korea, 11-14 January 2011
• Chairman, International Cooperation Board, Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Korea (2011)
• Scientific Advisory Board, FEBS-SystemsX-SysBio2011, Innsburck, Austria (2011)
• Chair, Biosustainability : KAIST EEWS Workshop 2011, Daejeon, Korea (2011)
• Scientific Committee and Invited Lecture, Asian Congress on Biotechnology 2011 (ACB-2011), Shanghai, China (2011)
• Conference Chair, Cold Spring Harbor Asia Symposium on Design and Synthesis of Biological Systems, Suzhou, China (2011)
• Conference Chair, The 22nd International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW 2011), Busan, Korea (2011)
• Chairman, International Cooperation Committee, The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Korea (2011)
• Academic Program Committee, 15th International Biotechnology Symposium (IBS 2012), EXCO, Daegu, Korea (2012)
• Scientific Committee Member, Metabolic Engineering IX, Biarritz, France (2012)
• Academic Program Committee, 15th International Biotechnology Symposium (IBS 2012), EXCO, Daegu, Korea (2012)
• Organizer, Cold Spring Harbor Asia Symposium on Synthetic Biology, Suzhou, China (2012)
• International Steering Committee, Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering (FOSBE 2012), Tsuruoka, Japan (2012)
• Advisory Committee Member, ECI's Biochemical and Molecular Engineering XVIII, Beijing, China (2012-2013)
• Organizing Committee, 4th ICBE-International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering, FL, USA (2012-2013)

7. Research Activity (as of June, 2013)

• Journal paper : 442 papers published
• Proceedings paper : 156 papers published
• Conference presentations/Abstracts : 1542 papers
• Patents : 548 including 269 international patents
• Books/Books Edited : 60 books
• Essays : 92 essays
• Plenary/Keynote/Invited Lectures/Seminars : 396 presentations
• Newspaper/TV/Scientific News/Magazine : 2281 times

 

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