Education & Academic Status:
Professor (3/2023~Present) Department of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Adjunct Professor (10/2023~) Department of Food Technology, D Y PATIL Agriculture & Technical University, Kolhapur, India
Associate Professor (3/2020 ~2/2023) Department of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Associate Professor (9/2016 ~ 2/2020) Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Daegu Haany University, South Korea
Assistant Professor (9/2011~ 8/2016) Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Daegu Haany University, South Korea
Full-time lecture (9/2009 ~ 8/2011) Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Daegu Haany University, South Korea
Post-doc (6/2008~9/2009), Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY
Post-doc (7/2005~6/2008), Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Ph.D (9/2001~8/2004), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea
M.S/B.S (3/1998~2/2000), Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, South Korea
Research Experiences:
Post-Doc (6/2008~9/2009), Columbia University, New York, NY (Co-Supervisor: Dr. Donald Cropek (US Army) and Prof. Scott Banta)
Post-Doc (7/2005~6/2008), Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Post-Doc (9/2004~6/2005), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
Ph.D (9/2001~8/2004), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea (Supervisor: Prof. Sang Yup Lee)
Biosensor/Biochip Development (supported by Air Force Office of Scientific Research, AFOSR)
Biosynthesis and fermentation of biopolymers (e.g., PHAs) by metabolically engineered E. coli strains
Metabolic and kinetic analysis of PHAs production
High level secretory production of recombinant proteins in E. coli
Metabolic engineering of E. coli
Recombinant protein technology and protein engineering
Cell, protein patterning and surface modification
Functionalization of carbon nanotubes with biomolecules
Surface chemistry (modification/functionalization) and SPR, SPRi
Biomolecule immobilization on surface and array fabrication
AFM, SEM, TEM analysis, Confocal microscopy
FRET method for monitoring chaperone activity
MS (1998~2001), Daegu University, Daegu, Korea (Supervisor: Prof. Jong Won Yun)
Optimization of fermentation for production of oligosaccarides
Optimization of fermentation process for exo-polymer production from Cordyceps millitaris
Enzymatic production of inulooligosaccharides
Production of endoinulinase and purification, charaterization
Utilization of chicory roots as alternative enzyme substrate
Molecular enzymology of a novel transfructosylating enzyme
Memberships:
Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KJCHE)
Korean Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB)
Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (KMB)
Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering
Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology
Korean Biochip Society (KBCS)
Korean Peptide Protein Soceity (KPSS)
Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety
Awards:
The Excellent Thesis Award, Graduate School of Daegu University, Korea, 2000
Best Paper Award, Korea society of biotechnology and bioscience (KSBB), Korea, 2005
11th Young Scientist Award of Science and Technology, The Provance of Gyeongsangbukdo, 2011 (경북과학기술대상 신지식과학인상 수상)
2012년 대구한의대 조무상연구기금 수혜자 선정
2013년 한국생물공학회 추계학술대회 우수논문발표상 수상
2015년 한국미생물생명공학회 정기학술대회에서 우수포스터발표상 수상
2016년 한국생물공학회 담연학술상 수상
2019년 대구한의대학교 모범상
2019년 한국생물공학회 생물공학연구자상, 우수기술연구상 수상
2021년 한국생물공학회 우수논문상 수상
2021년, 2022년 BBE Best Article Award
2022년 KSBB Journal 우수논문상
Academic Activities:
Editor, KSBB Journal
Editor, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering (BBE)
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