Principal Investigator
The principal investigator of NABL.
Research interests
Design and assembly of artificial biomolecular systems
I design artificial biomolecules — aptamers, nanobodies, engineered proteins and DNA nano-frames — and study the principles that govern them: affinity, self-organization, aggregation, phase behavior and biological timing. My group applies these principles across next-generation biomedicines, aging and chronobiology, bio-mineralized regenerative materials, and climate and environmental biotechnology.
Research Areas
- N
New Biomedicine & Bio Nano-Cluster Design
- Aptamer
- Nanobody
- D(R)NA-Protein Ligate
- DNA Nano-frame
- Bio-Supramolecule
- Nanocluster
- Bio-Medicine
- Biosensor
- DDS
- A
Aging Tech (Anti/Slow/Reverse) & Chronobiology
- Chrono Bio/Health
- Age-related Diseases
- Virtual + Physical AI Screening
- Functional Food
- Drug Repurposing
- Digital Health
- Wellness
- B
Bio-Mineralization & Regenerative Medicine
- Bio-Silica
- Bio-Calcium
- Mineral Microbes
- Diatom
- Diatomite
- Regenerative Materials
- Bone/Skin/Muscle
- Bio-coating
- L
Liquid Phase Control & Climate/Environmental Biotech
- Bio-Liquid Condensate
- Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
- Bio-Coacervate
- Aggregation
- Flocculation
- Microalgae
- Biocatalyst
- Climate Technology
Education
- 1997 – 2003Ph.D. in Chemical EngineeringSchool of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
- 1995 – 1997M.S. in Chemical EngineeringDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University
- 1991 – 1995B.S. in Applied Biology and ChemistryDepartment of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Seoul National University
Career
Current
- 2026 – PresentDeanSchool of Science and Technology, Korea University
- 2021 – PresentDirectorBiological Clock-based Anti-Aging Convergence RLRC, Korea University
- 2016 – PresentProfessorDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Korea University
- 2013 – PresentAdjunct ProfessorKorea University Medical Center
Previous
- 2018 – 2020PresidentResearch-Business Foundation & Start-up Support Foundation (Sejong Campus), Korea University
- 2016 – 2020DirectorMarine Bio-Mineralization Research Center (mBMRC), NRF
- 2014 – 2015Visiting ProfessorInstitute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
- 2012 – 2018DirectorInstitute of Science and Technology, Korea University
- 2011 – 2016Associate ProfessorDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Korea University
- 2008 – 2010Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Korea University
- 2003 – 2008JSPS / JST Research FellowInstitute of Advanced Energy and Venture Business Laboratory, Kyoto University, Japan
- 2003Post-Doctoral FellowInstitute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University
Professional activities
- 2026 – PresentPresidentThe Korean Society for Marine Biotechnology
- 2019 – 2020Executive DirectorSejong Technopark