Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room: 66-425
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

Phone: (617) 258-8037
E-mail: shyoon@mit.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education
Ph.D. Biotechnology
Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea, 2006

M.S. Biotechnology
Yeosu National University, Yeosu, Korea, 2002

B.S. Biotechnology
Yeosu National University, Yeosu, Korea, 1999

Research Description
To date, various chemicals including fuels, fine chemicals, plastics, and pharmaceuticals have been produced from fossil resources such as petroleum. However, the limited reserves and increased demand of petroleum have brought about rising global oil prices. Furthermore, the heavy use of fossil resources by traditional chemical industries has exacerbated the growing problem of global warming. As a fundamental solution to these problems, environmentally-friendly alternative chemicals from biological resources are required. My research focuses on the production of these alternative chemicals using microorganisms. To this end, I will investigate diverse genetic sources and optimize retrobiosynthetic pathways using manifold molecular biological techniques.