Education

• B.S., Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Seoul National University, 1985
• M.S., Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Seoul National University, 1987
• M.S., Dept. of Microbiology, Louisiana State University, 1990
• Ph.D., Dept. of Microbiology, Louisiana State University, 1992

Professional Experiences

• Iowa State University, Post-doc, 1992.10-1995.02
• Chonnam National University, Assistant Professor, 1995.02-1999.03
• Chonnam National University, Associate Professor, 1999.04-2005.03
• Chonnam National University, Research Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Director, 2006.09-2008.08
• Chonnam National University, Professor, 2005.04-2013.12
• Institutes of Green Bio Science Technology, Seoul National University, Director of Planning &Coordination, 2014.03-2014.08
• Seoul National University, Professor, 2014.01-Current
• Louisiana State University, Audubon Sugar Institute, Adjunct Professor, 2006.06-Current
• Korean Intellectual Property Office, Industrial Property Dispute Resolution Committee, 2007.01-2015.07
• Institute of Food Industrialization, Institutes of Green Bio Science Technology, Seoul National University, Director, 2014.06-Current

Society Memberships

• Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (한국생물공학회)
• Editorial Board of Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering (한국생물공학회영문지)
• Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (한국식품과학회)
• Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (한국미생물생명공학회)
• American Society for Microbiology (미국미생물학회)
• Society for Industrial Microbiology (미국산업미생물학회)
• American Chemical Society (미국화학회)

Research Interests

• Food Biotechnology and Bioengineering (식품생물공학)
• Functional Food Materials (기능성 식품 소재)
• Microbial Fermentation & Industrialization (미생물 발효 및 산업화)
• Glycomics & Microbial Genomics (글리코믹스 및 미생물 유전체학)
• Functional Carbohydrates & Enzymology (기능성 탄수화물 및 효소)
• GRID based Molecular Docking and Functional Foods, Cosmetics & Drug Compounds Design and Development (거대슈퍼컴퓨터 활용 기능성식품, 화장품 및 의약용품 개발 및 설계)
• Bio-informatics & Bio-mimetics(생물정보학 및 생물모방학)

Lectures

• Topics in Agri-Food Microbial Biotechnology (농식품미생물공학특강)
• Topics in Food Carbohydrates and Enzyme Engineering (식품탄수화물효소공학특강)
• Topics in Food Biochemistry (국제식품생화학특강)
• Special Issues on Bio Food Industry 1 (바이오식품산업연구 1)
• Special Issues on Bio Food Industry 2 (바이오식품산업연구 2)
• Topics in Functionality of International Agricultural Products (국제농산물기능학특강)
• Topics in Industrial Fermentation of International Agricultural Foods and Practice (농식품 발효학 특강 및 실습) 

Awards

• 1991 미국전자현미경학회 우수논문상
• 2003 한국생물공학회 신진학술상
• 2004 한국미생물생명공학회 산미클럽상(우수학술상)
• 2006 한국생물공학회 학술상
• 2007 한국특허청장상
• 2013 전남대학교 우수교수상
• 2017 한국생물공학회 공로상
  2017 대한민국 옥조근정훈장