Principal Investigator
Hahk-Soo Kang, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Science & Engineering
Konkuk University
Education & Training
Postodc, The Rockefeller University
Ph.D, University of Illinois at Chicago
BS/MS, Chung-Ang University
Awards
Kilmer Prize (American Society of Pharmacognosy & American Pharmacist association)
van Doren Scholar Award (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Our team is dedicated to building a world-class BGC (Biosynthetic Gene Cluster) engineering platform. If you are interested in joining the team, e-mail to Hahk-Soo Kang (hkang@konkuk.ac.kr).
Research associate
Hiyoung Kim, Ph.D
Project: heterologous expression of BGC from uncultured marine symbionts
Students
Chang-Hun Ji
Project: Strain development
Hyun-Woo Jae
Project: Strain development
Kunwoo Lee
Project: Retrobiosynthesis
Sehong Park
Project: Retrobiosynthesis
Boin Yun
Project: Synthetic biology
Soobin Park
Project: training
Alumni
Yoon-Hee Chung, MS
(Graduated in 2022)
Current: SK Bioscience
Jun Yong Kim, MS
(Graduated in 2024)
Current: Celltrion Inc.