SMILE - Professor

Dong Hoon Lee, Ph.D. (이동훈 교수)

Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track),

Department of Food Science and Biotechnology,

College of BioNano Technology, Gachon University

Principal Investigator (PI), SMILE Lab @ Gachon University

Summary Dr. Dong Hoon Lee has been a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Food Science and Biotechnology at Gachon University since Fall 2025.

His main research areas are organic nanozymes, nanoscience for applications in food, agriculture, and the environment, and AI-powered sustainable food and agricultural material generation.

Education

Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA

Master’s Degree in Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA

Bachelor's Degree in Life Sciences, Gachon University, Korea

Selected Employment/Research Experience

Current Employment

Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Gachon University, Korea Sep 2025–Present

· Department of Food Science and Biotechnology

(Previous) Selected Employment / Research Experience

Postdoctoral Associate, The Research Foundation for the State University of the New York, USA

Ph.D. Researcher and Graduate Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Staff Researcher, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Research Staff, Institute for Basic Science, Korea

Graduate Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Research Trainee, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Affiliated with Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, USA

Researcher, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Memberships

Active Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
Active Member, Materials Research Society (MRS)
Elected Member, Royal Society of Biology (MRSB)
Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
Active Member, Korean Society of Food Science and Technology
Active Member, Korean Society for Food Engineering

Service

Journal Reviewer

· Food Chemistry (Elsevier)

· Food Control (Elsevier)

· Analytica Chimica Acta (Elsevier)

· Sensors & Diagnostics (Royal Society of Chemistry)

· Chemical Science (Royal Society of Chemistry)

· Applied Surface Science (Elsevier)

· Environment & Health (American Chemical Society)

· Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy (Elsevier)

Journal Editor

· Guest Editor for the “Nanozyme Special Collections” (Analysis & Sensing / ChemBioChem, Wiley)