Dong Hoon Lee

Bio

I am a trained biological engineer and scientist who specializes in nanoscience and nanotechnology for agriculture, food, and biological applications. I am investigating organic material-based, next-generation nanozymes and their corresponding application systems for agriculture and food.

I completed my Ph.D.,(Passed doctoral dissertation defense/Completed dissertation deposit) in Agricultural and Biological Engineering(ABE), master's in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(UIUC), and a bachelor's in Life science from Gachon University, South Korea.

Previously, I was a research staff at the Institute for Basic Science(IBS), and as a staff researcher at Seoul National University Hospital(SNUH), substituting my mandatory military service (석사 후 정부연구기관/공공기관 전문연구요원, in Korean) in South Korea. Also, I was a sponsored research staff/research trainee at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (BWH, HMS), affiliated with the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology(HST), and a researcher at the SNUH.

I authored 12+ peer-reviewed publications(7+ as first or corresponding author/within 3 years(All Q1), and presented 8+ major conference presentations/proceedings. I am an active reviewer for the 'Current Opinion' journal series, and 'Food Control' (both in Elsevier).

My organic nanozyme research has been spotlighted more than 20 times by popular scientific media platforms and the official media of federal initiatives.

I am currently in the tenure-track faculty job market(Area: Agricultural/Biological Engineering, Bioengineering, Food Science, and Chemical Biology).

Recent News

My personal website has been launched!

[01/2025] My new paper has been accepted in 'Chemical Engineering Journal'!.

[01/2025] My new paper has been accepted in 'Food Chemistry'!.

[12/2024] I passed my PhD dissertation defense(Final defense) -.Finally, 'Dr' Lee!

[10/2024] My new preprint has been published in 'BioRxiv'!.

[09/2024] My corresponding authored paper has been accepted for publication in 'Current Opinion in Food Science'!

[08/2024] I attended ACS National meeting, and I gave two oral presentations.

[06/2024] My new invited review paper has been accepted for publication in 'Trends in Chemistry' by Cell Press!

[06/2024] I had a great time at the Gordon Research Seminar and the Gordon Research Conference ('Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food Systems'). I presented one oral talk and two posters.

5 Recent conference talks(Presenter, 2023-2025)

Lee, D.H.,& Kamruzzaman, M (2023). EpCAM: Eco-friendly, Polymer-based nanozyme integrated with colorimetric sensing platform for agricultural biomolecule detection, 266th American Chemical Society National meeting. August 17th, 2023, in San Francisco, California.(Onsite, Oral)
Lee, D.H.,& Kamruzzaman, M (2023). FODMAP: Food and Agriculture-Friendly, Organic Compound-Based, Degradable Nanozymes Integrated with an Optical Sensing Platform for Toxic Molecules Detection on The Food Samples. Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting. November 26th -December 1st , 2023, in Boston, Massachusetts.(Onsite, Oral)
Lee, D.H.,& Kamruzzaman, M (2024). SNIFF: Sustainable, next-generation nanozyme integrated with optical sensing system for food and agricultural biomolecule sensing, ‘Nano-Enabled Strategies to Advance Agriculture and Food’, Nanoscale Science and Engineering for Agriculture and Food system, Gordon Research Seminar, June 22nd -23rd, 2024 in Manchester, New Hampshire.(Onsite, Oral) - Invited Speaker
Lee, D.H.,& Kamruzzaman, M (2024). Nexus: Next-generation, sustainable organic nanozymes and their application for effective biomolecule detection, 268th American Chemical Society National meeting. August 18th, 2024, in Denver, Colorado.(Onsite, Oral)
Lee, D.H.,& Kamruzzaman, M (2024). Afoot: Amino-acid-based, food and agricultural-targeted, organic nanozyme for allergic biomolecule detection in food., 268th American Chemical Society National meeting. August 21st, 2024, in Denver, Colorado.

(Onsite, Oral)

7 Recent publications(first-authored, 2023-2025)

Keywords: Organic-material-based nanozyme(organic nanozyme), Agricultural biosensors, Nanotechnology for food and agriculture.
Total 21+ manuscripts(15+ First/Corresponding authorship), including Revision/Under review/manuscript in prep.
Total Citations >490 (1 = Co-first, *= Corresponding author)