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Energy and Chemical Engineering / 에너지화학공학과
Sung Kuk Lee 이성국
Energy and Chemical Engineering / 에너지화학공학과
+82-52-217-2599
sklee@UNIST.AC.KR
https://sites.google.com/site/skleelab/
Bldg. 104 Rm. 407
Curriculum Vitae
• 2008 - Present: Assistant, Associate, Professor, UNIST
• 2007 - 2008: Co-Director, Fuel Synthesis Division, Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)
• 2004 - 2007: Associate Specialist II, Department of Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley and Synthetic Biology Department, SynBERC/LBNL
• 2001~2004 : Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley
Academic Credential
• 2001: Ph.D. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology(POSTECH), Korea
• 1997: M.S. Department of Life Science, POSTECH, Korea
• 1994: B.S. Department of Microbiology, Kyungbook National University, Korea
Awards/Honors/Memberships
• 2013: 제14회 LG 생명공학 경시대회 동상수상 (지도학생)
• 2012: URP 장려상 수상
• 2012: Sung Kuk Lee, Dr. Lee was introduced as a main author on synthetic biology in PLos One
• 2012: Sung Kuk Lee, 2012 BBE's Best Paper Award from Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
• 2011: Silver medal in 2011 iGEM regional competition at Hong Kong
• Committee Member, The Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (KSBB, 한국생물공학회)
• Committee Member, The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (KMB, 한국미생물생명공학회)
My research interests generally lie in the metabolic pathway engineering, the use of recombinant DNA technology to modify existing, or to introduce entirely new, metabolic pathways and regulatory systems within cells in order to improve their capacity to overproduce desired molecules (Biofuels, Bioplastics, Chemicals, Drugs).
Major research field
Metabolic engineering, Synthetic biology, Biorefinery
Desired field of research
Biofuels, Bioplastics, Chemicals, Drugs
Research Keywords and Topics
• Design and optimization of metabolic pathways for biochemical production
• Development of synthetic biology tools to build artificial biological systems
• Microbial cell factories for oil palm biomass-based biorefinery
Research Publications
MORE• BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY / Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for 2,3-butanediol production from cellulosic biomass by using glucose-inducible gene expression system / Sathesh-Prabu, Chandran; Kim, Donghyuk; Lee, Sung Kuk / 2020-08
• BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY / Metabolic engineering of Pseudomonas putida for the production of various types of short-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates from levulinic acid / Cha, Daegeun; Ha, Hyo Seok; Lee, Sung Kuk / 2020-08
• METABOLIC ENGINEERING / Simultaneous utilization of glucose and xylose via novel mechanisms in engineered Escherichia coli / Kim, Suk Min; Choi, Bae Young; Ryu, Young Shin; Jung, Sung Hun; Park, Jung Min; Kim, Goo-Hee; Lee, Sung Kuk / 2015-11
Patents
• Method for preparing mutant Escherichia coli capable of simultaneously utilizing glucose and xylose / Sung Kuk Lee, Goohee Kim, Seong Hun Jeong, Suk Min Kim, and Bae Young Choi / [등록번호]US Patent No. 9,284,582 (03/15/2016 ~ 07/02/2034)
• Mutant microorganism with enhanced sugar utilization and methods for preparing the same / Sung Kuk Lee, and Parisutham Vinuselvi / [등록번호]US Patent No. 8,871,480 (10/28/2014 - 07/25/2033)
국가과학기술표준분류
- EC. 화공
- EC04. 생물화학공정기술
- EC0402. 대사공학기술
국가기술지도분류
- 환경/에너지 프론티어 진흥
- 031600. 바이오에너지기술
녹색기술분류
- 에너지원기술
- 재생에너지
- 221. 바이오 에너지생산 요소기술 및 시스템 기술
6T분류
- BT 분야
- 기초/기반기술
- 020116. 생물공정 기술
