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Sang Lee Work

• Distinguished Professor, Director @ KAIST (March 1994 - Present)
• Director, Center for Synthetic Biology @ KAIST (April 2024 - Present)
• Director, BioProcess Engineering Research Center @ KAIST (March 2000 - Present)
• Senior Vice President for Research @ KAIST (March 2021 - July 2026)
• Director, Bioinformatics Research Center @ KAIST (March 2003 - June 2024)
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• Dean, KAIST Institutes @ KAIST (March 2017 - February 2021)
• Dean, KAIST Institutes @ KAIST (March 2013 - February 2015)
• Dean (Founding Dean), College of Life Science and Bioengineering @ KAIST (January 2008 - February 2013)
• President @ Korea Synthetic Biology Association (January 2026 - Present)
• Founder and CTO @ SilicoBio (September 2025 - Present)
• Foreign Academician @ Chinese Academy of Engineering (November 2023 - Present)
• Foreign Member of Royal Society UK @ The Royal Society (April 2021 - Present)
• International Member @ National Academy of Sciences (May 2017 - Present)
• International Member @ National Academy of Engineering (January 2010 - Present)
• Fellow @ European Academy of Microbiology (January 2026 - Present)
• Co-Editor-in-Chief @ Metabolic Engineering (January 2018 - Present)
• Fellow @ National Academy of Engineering of Korea (January 2011 - Present)
• Co-Editor-in-Chief @ Current Opinion in Biotechnology (January 2026 - Present)
• Fellow @ National Academy of Inventors (January 2017 - Present)
• Fellow @ American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (January 2013 - Present)
• Fellow @ TWAS – The World Academy of Sciences (January 2013 - Present)
• Fellow @ AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers (January 2012 - Present)
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• Fellow @ Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (January 2010 - Present)
• Scientific Advisory Council Member @ Joing BioEnergy Institute (January 2008 - Present)
• Fellow @ Korean Academy of Science and Technology (November 2007 - Present)
• Fellow @ AAAS (February 2007 - Present)
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• Fellow @ American Academy of Microbiology (January 2005 - Present)
• Associate Editor @ Biotechnology and Bioengineering (January 2005 - Present)
• Vice Chairman of Presidential Bio Committee @ Office of the President of the Republic of Korea (December 2024 - January 2026)
• President @ Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (January 2023 - December 2023)
• Co-Chairman @ World Council on Industrial Biotechnology (June 2010 - December 2021)
• Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies, Member @ World Economic Forum (January 2009 - December 2021)
• Founder @ BioFuelChem (January 2008 - December 2021)
• Scientific Advisory Board Member @ Genomatica (January 2006 - December 2021)
• Editor-in-Chief @ Biotechnology Journal (January 2008 - October 2019)
• Committee Member @ Presidential Committee on Green Growth (January 2010 - December 2012)