MAMMALIAN CELL DESIGNERS' LAB
BY JAE SEONG LEE SINCE 2017

PROFESSSSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 – Present: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Biology, KAIST, Korea
2023 – 2024: Visiting Scholar, Depts. of Pediatrics and Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, USA
2021 – 2025: Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular Science and Technology / Advanced College of Bio-Convergence Engineering, Ajou University, Korea
2017 - 2021: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Science and Technology / Dept. of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Ajou University, Korea
2016 – 2017: Research Scientist, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability,
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
2013 – 2015: Post-doctoral Fellow, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability,
Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
2012 – 2013: Post-doctoral Fellow, Biological Sciences, KAIST, Korea
 

EDUCATION
Ph. D., Biological Sciences, KAIST, Korea, 2012 (Advisor: Prof. Gyun Min Lee)
B.S., Biological Sciences, KAIST, Korea, 2007​
 

HONORS AND AWARDS
2019-2022. Best Poster Award, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
2021. Best teaching award, College of Engineering, Ajou University
2019-2025. Best research award, Ajou University
2016. Best Poster Presentation award, CFB Annual Seminar 2016
2016. Outstanding Best Poster Award (1st place), Cell Culture Engineering XV
2010. Best Poster Award, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
2008. Best Poster Award, BK21 BioKAIST Initiative
2007-2008. Kim Bo Jung Basic Science Scholarship, KAIST
2007. Magna Cum Laude Degree of Bachelor of Science, KAIST