Education

- 1994   Ch.E., University of Colorado at Boulder (Ph.D.)
               (Advisor : Dr. Dhinakar S. Kompala and Dr. Paul Todd.)
- 1986   Ch.E., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology( KAIST) (M.S.)
- 1984   Ch.E., Seoul National University (B.S.)

 Professional Experience

- 2005.9 -                   Professor at Korea University
- 2013.9 - 2020.8     Director, BK21 Plus for Biotechnology, Korea University
- 2013.9 - 2015.2     Chair, Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School, Korea University
- 2008 - 2009            Vice Dean, College of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Korea University
- 2004 - 2005.8        Professor at GIST
- 2001 - 2005.8        P.I. of NRL on Env. Biotech.
- 2000 - 2004           Associate Professor at GIST
- 2002 - 2004           Department Chair & Director of BK21 Program
- 2001 - 2002           Visiting Scholar at TUB, Germany (Humboldt Research Fellow)
- 1996 - 2000           Assistant Professor at GIST  
- 1995 - 1996           Univ. of Colorado, Post Doctoral Fellow
- 1994 - 1995           Univ. of Delaware/DuPont Co., Post Doctoral Fellow

 Research Interest

- Aptamer Science & Technology
- Chip- & Whole cell-based Environmental Biosensors & Biomonitoring
- Biochip and Nanobiosensor Technology (DNA- & Cell-chips)
- Toxicogenomics (DNA Microarrays & Real Time- / RT-PCR) for fish, yeast, & bacteria
- Enzyme Nano / Micro-Hybrid Composites / Enzyme Stabilization 

 Professional Activities

- Editor (Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Elsevier, SCI)
- Senior Editor (Engineering in Life Sciences, Wiley, SCI)
- Associate Editor (BMC Biotechnology, Springer, SCI)
- Editorial Board Member (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, Springer, SCI)
- Editorial Board Member (Journal of Biological Engineering)
- Editorial Board Member (Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Elsevier, SCI) 
- Editorial board member (Journal of Environmental Toxicology, KSET)
- Regular Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)
- Member, American Chemical Society (ACS), AICHE, and SETAC
- Member, Sigma XI
- Member, Korean Society of Biochemical Engineers, Chemical Engineers
- Member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK)
- President, Korea Biochip Society, 2014

 Honors and Awards

- World Congress on Biosensor 2012, Plenary Speaker (2012. 05)
- Invited Speaker, International Workshop on New and Synthetic Bioproduction System (2012. 12)
- Invited visiting professor, Intellectual Discourse, University of Technology malaysia ( 2012. 12)
- 2011 Award of Best Paper, The korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies (2012. 07. 05)
- Award of Best Lecture, (Korea University, 1st semester 2011), (2011. 09. 01)
- Award of Best Lecture, (Korea University, 2st semester 2009), (2010. 05. 05)
- Award of Excellence, (Korean Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering) , 2006. 12. 1
- BBE Contribution Award, 2006. 9. 8
- 'Dam Yeon' Investigator Award (Korean Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering), 2005. 11. 30
- The Best Education Award at GIST, 2004. 11. 16
- The Korean Academy of Science and Technology - Associate Member (2004. 11. 19)
- YABEC Poster Award (YABEC 04 Organizing Committee, Osaka, Japan), 2004
- Prime Minister's Commendation and Citation Ribbon (Korea Government), 2003
- Young Investigator Award (Korean Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering), 2003
- Listed in Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare (2002) 
- Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World (2002)
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 2000
- Listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2001)
- Korea Government Scholarship for study abroad, Ministry of Education, 1990.

 Patents

- 국내(Domestic)