Biosensors Journal
Open Access

Sang Yup Lee

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Department of Biological Sciences, BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Bioinformatics Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, and Institute for the BioCentury, KAIST, 291 Gwahak-ro, Yuseonggu, Daejeon 305-701, Republic of Korea 

Biography

He is awarded PhD Dept. of Chemical Engineering, North western Univ., Evanston, IL, U.S.A in the year 1991. He holds a Master Degree (MD) from Dept. of Chemical Engineering, North western Univ., Evanston, IL, U.S.A in the year 1987, followed by a Bachelor’s Degree from Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea in 1986. He has extended his valuable service in The University of Tokyo for many years and has been a recipient of many award and grants. Currently, he is working as a Professor in Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST, Dept. of Bio and Brain Engineering, KAIST, Dept. of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Korea. His international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of study. His research interests reflect in his/her wide range of publications in various national and international journals.  

Research Interest

 Metabolic Engineering
Biochemical Engineering
(Process for recombinant microorganisms, Upstream-to-downstream optimization of bioprocesses )
Biopolymer : PolyHydroxyAlkanoate (PHA), Poly-gamma-glutamic acid (PGA)
Directed evolution
Cell surface display
Chiral compounds
DNA chip (Transcriptome analysis, genetic diagnosis)
Proteomics
In silico biotechnology (Metabolomics, genome to metabolism)

Publications