Dr. Sang Yup Lee
Present position
LG Chem Chair Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Department of BioSystems
Director, BioProcess Engineering Research Center
Director, Bioinformatics Research Center
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Affiliation containing e-mail address, fax, and phone No.
Address : 373-1 Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
E-mail : leesy@kaist.ac.kr
Tel. : 042-869-3930 / Fax. : 042-869-8800
Educational background
198 6 : B.S., Seoul National Univ., Dept. Chemical Eng.
1987 : M.S., Northwestern Univ., Dept. Chemical Eng.
19 91 : Ph.D., Northwestern Univ., Dept. Chemical Eng.
Research activities
Journal papers : 198 papers / Proceedings papers : 143 papers
Conference presentations: 710 papers / Patents: 160 patents
Books and book chapters: 34 books
Plenary/keynote/invited lectures: 192 lectures
Selected Honors and Awards
The first Young Scientist's Award (President of Korea), 1998
The first Elmer Gaden Award (American Chemical Society), 2000
The Best Patent Award (SejongDaeWang Award), 2001
Asian Young Leader/Asian Technology Pioneer (WEF, Geneva ), 2002
Scientist To Become Award (Ministry of Science and Technol.), 2003
The Best Research Award (KAIST), 2004
The 9 th Young Engineer Award ( Natl Academy of Eng. Korea ), 2005
and 42 other awards and honors
Currently serving as Editor, Associate Editor and Editoral Board Member of ten journals including Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Metabolic Engineering