Sang Yup Lee (이상엽)
Distinguished Professor
Education- Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1991
- M.S. Northwestern University, 1987
- B.S. Seoul National University, 1986
leesy@kaist.ac.kr
+82-42-350-3930
Bldg W1-3 Room 5103
Research Interests
- Metabolic Engineering, Systems and synthetic biology, Biochemical engineering, Nanobiotechnology, Industrial biotechnology
- “A comprehensive metabolic map for production of bio-based chemicals” Nature Catalysis 2019, 2, 18
- “Engineering of an oleaginous bacterium for the production of fatty acids and fuels” Nature Chem. Biol. 2019, 15, 721
- “One-step fermentative production of poly(lactate-co-glycolate) from carbohydrates in Escherichia coli” Nature Biotechnol. 2016, 34, 435
- “Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli using synthetic small regulatory RNAs” Nature Biotechnol. 2013, 31, 170
- “Microbial production of short-chain alkanes” Nature 2013, 3, 502, 571