Dr. Dong-Yup Lee is a Professor of the School of Chemical Engineering at the Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), a director of White Bioinnovation Research Center, and leads both Process Design and Systems Engineering (PDSE) lab and Bioprocess Digital Twin lab at SKKU. He has stellar track record and expertise in Multi-omics integration, Model-guided metabolic engineering, and Mammalian systems biotechnology. He has coauthored more than 160 research articles on these and other topics.

His current research focuses on bioprocess digital twins, computational synthetic gene design for biotherapeutics, and microbiome engineering for health, biotechnology, and cosmetic applications. With a strong emphasis on applied research, he has successfully led numerous consultancy and industrial projects for global biopharma, biotech, and cosmetic companies