Professor

Education Background

1986-1990     Ph.D. Dept. of Chemical Engineering , The University of Michigan , USA.

Thesis: Production of Monoclonal Antibody Using Free and Immobilized Hybridoma Cells.

1982-1984     MS. Dept. of Chemical Engineering , Seoul National University, Korea.

Thesis: Biotransformation of Rifamycin B to Rifamycin S Using Immobilized Whole Cell of Humicola spp. in a Fluidized Bed Reactor. 

1978-1982      BS. Dept. of Chemical Engineering , Seoul National University, Korea.

Professional Career

2023-Present   Vice President for Planning and Budget, KAIST, Korea

2021-Present    Dean of College of Life Sciences & Bioengineering, KAIST, Korea

2021-Present    KEPCO Chair Professor, KAIST, Korea 

1991-Present     Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Korea

2016-2020          Scientific Director, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, DTU, Denmark

2010-2012           Dean of Academic Affairs, KAIST, Korea 

2007-2008          Department Head, Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Korea

1998-1999           Visiting Associate Research Scientist, Dept. of Bioengineering, UCSD, USA

1990-1991           Research Fellow, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Univ. of Michigan, USA

1984-1985           Research Scientist, Genetic Engineering Center, KIST, Korea   

Award

1986~1990        Korean Government Fellowship (Ministry of Education)

1998~1999        Seoam Scholarship

Research Interests

Mammalian Cell Culture

CHO Cell Culture for Therapeutic Protein Production

CHO Cell Engineering

Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology