Professor
Eun Yeol LEE (Ph.D.)
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Dean of College of Engineering
Vice Director of C1 Gas Refinery National R&D Center
Kyung Hee University Fellow
Major : Molecular Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering
Office : Engineering Building (Left Wing) 4th Floor #478
Lab : Engineering Research Building 1st Floor #102 & #103
Present Address
Chemical Engineering Department
Kyung Hee University (Global Campus)
1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si,
Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea
Phone : +82-31-201-3839 Fax : +82-31-204-8114.
E-mail : eunylee@khu.ac.kr
Prof. Eun Yeol LEE obtained his bachelor in 1989 from Seoul National University. He got his Ph.D. in 1995 from Seoul National University. He worked at Microbiology Institute of Gottingen University (Germany), Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology Institute of Wageningen University (The Netherlands) and Biomedical Engineering Department at Cornell University (USA) as a visiting scholar. He was a senior researcher at Samsung Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and then an associate professor of Department of Food Science and Biotechnology at Kyungsung University. Currently, he is a professor of the Chemical Engineering Department and Kyung Hee University Fellow. He served as Vice Director of C1 Gas Refinery National R&D Center, Department Head, Vice-dean of Research and Industry Corporation, and Dean of the College of Engineering. He is an Editor of Bioresources and Bioprocessing and a Section-editor of catalysts. His research interests are Bioinformatics-inspired Protein Engineering/Synthetic Biology/Metabolic Engineering, Nanobiocatalysis, and Biomanufacturing of Functional Biomaterials for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, Biofuels, Biochemicals and Biopolymers from lignocellulosic biomass, macro-/microalgae, methane and carbon dioxide. He published > 280 papers and holds > 50 patents.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Visiting Scientist Microbiology Institute, University of Gottingen, Germany
Senior Scientist Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
Visiting Professor Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology Institute, Wageningen University,
The Netherlands
Associate Professor Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungsung University, South Korea
Visiting Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, USA
Professor Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Bioinformatics-inspired protein engineering, synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
Nanobiocatalysis and Bioprocessing
Biomanufacturing of Functional Biomaterials for pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, Biofuels, Biochemicals and Biodegradable Bioplastics from lignocellulosic biomass, macro-/microalgae, methane and carbon dioxide
C1 gas (methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide) bioconversion
HONOR AND AWARDS
"CHC" Academic Award, Korean Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2023. 10. 5
World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford Univ & Elsevier-Scopus 2021, 2022, 2023.
"Beyond Cell" Academic Award, Korean Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2022. 9. 30
Selected as National Top 10 Research Achievement for Climate Change, Award of Minister of Science and Technology, 2021. 12. 22
Best Professor in Research 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016
Best Research Award, Korean Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2021. 10. 7
Academic Promotion Award, Korean Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2019. 10
Best Paper Award, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 2018. 05
Kyung Hee Fellow 2017. 12
Excellent Academic Achievement Award 2017. 12
Excellent Paper Presentation Award in the Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 2014
Contribution Award, Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers 2010
Damyeon Award, Korean Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2010
Best Professor in Education 2008, 2013
Best Professor in Research 2007
LG Professorship 2005
Young Investigator Award, Korean Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2004