CEO, EcoWorld Pharm

Vice Director, Neuro-Serotonin Research Institute

Former Vice President, EcoBio Inc.

Former Senior Researcher, Daesang Central Lab

Founder of GIST’s 1st student startup

M.S./Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, GIST
B.S. in Chemistry, Brigham Young University-Hawaii 

Key Achievements

• Developed and commercialized joint cartilage regeneration materials from seaweed (exported to France/Germany)
• Developed men’s health supplements (exported to France/Germany)
• Developed over 100 oral hygiene products
• Lysine purification tech (Daesang’s global #1 product)
• Developed lactic acid–based biodegradable plastic

CTO, EcoWorld Pharm

Vice Director, Neuro-Serotonin Research Institute

Adjunct Professor, Konkuk University

Former Full Professor, Konkuk University (Biotech & Cosmeceuticals)

Former Policy Advisor, Ministry of Health & Welfare

Postdoc in Genomics & Biopharma, 

Harvard Medical School

M.S./Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology, 

University of Oxford

Key Achievements

• Selected as Top 100 R&D Achievements by the Ministry of Science
• 120+ SCI publications, including Nature series
• 40+ Korean academic journal publications
• Discovered cancer-targeting enzyme "Mulan" (Cell Research, 2012)
• Identified oncogene "Hades" (Cell Death and Differentiation, 2011)

Senior Researcher, EcoWorld Pharm

Postdoctoral Fellow, Terasaki Institute

Ph.D. in Materials Science, Kyushu University
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering, 

Indian Institute of Technology

Key Achievements

• Published 16 SCI papers
• Specializes in stem cells, hydrogels, and 3D/4D bioprinting

Neuro-Serotonin Research Center

R&D Laboratory

Life Care Production Facility