People:IS Lee

	Insuk Lee Yonsei University Faculty Information Department of Biotechnology 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea Science Research Center S323 (Lab) S328 (Office) Office: +82-2-2123-5559 Email: insuklee(at)yonsei(dot)ac(dot)kr

Education

• Postdoctoral training, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX (01/2003 – 12/2005)
• Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, TX (09/1996 – 12/2002)
• M.S., Biology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL (09/1993 – 05/1996)
• B.S., Biology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (03/1986 – 02/1993, military service: 02/1988 – 05/1990)

Awards and Honors

• 2022.05: Yonsei Academic Award (Field of Science and Engineering); 2022년 연세학술상(이학 공학 부문)
• 2022.02: Yonsei University Teaching Excellence Award; 2021년 연세 우수강의교수상
• 2022.07: Yonsei University Faculty Research Award; 2021년 연세 우수업적교수상(연구부문, 논문업적분야)
• 2019.02: Yonsei University Teaching Excellence Award; 2018년 연세 우수강의교수상
• 2018.06: 28th The Outstanding Research Article Award in Science and Technology, The Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies (KOFST); 제28회 과학기술우수논문상 (한국과학기술단체총연합회)
• 2016.10: The Best Research Article of the Year 2017 in Animal Cells & Systems, The Korean Society for Integrative Biology; 한국통합생물학회 Animal Cells & Systems 최우수논문상
• 2016.02: Yonsei University Teaching Excellence Award; 2015년 연세 우수강의교수상
• 2015.01: Yonsei University Faculty Research Award; 2014년 연세 우수업적교수상(연구부문)
• 2014.10: The Best Research Article of the Year 2014 in Animal Cells & Systems, The Korean Society for Integrative Biology; 한국통합생물학회 Animal Cells & Systems 최우수논문상
• 2012.11: Top Ten Papers in Regulatory and Systems Genomics 2011, 5th Annual RECOMB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, San Francisco, Nov 12-15
• 2012.09: Top 50 Basic Research Achievement Award by Korean National Research Foundation; 2012년 한국연구재단 우수성과 50선
• 2011.12: ON-BIT Academic Award by Korean Society for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (KSBSB) 2011년 온빛학술상 (한국생명정보학회선정)
• 2011.09: Top 50 Basic Research Achievement Award by Korean National Research Foundation 2011년 한국연구재단 우수성과 50선
• 2011.02: Science magazine 2010 Visualization Challenge; A winner of Honorable Mention
• 2010.11: POSCO TJ Park Junior Faculty Fellowship; 2010년 포스코 청암 사이언스펠로
• 2010.02: Yonsei University Teaching Excellence Award; 2009년 연세 우수강의교수상

Professional Experience

• 01/2023 – 12/2024 President, Korea Society of Bioinformatics (KSBI) (한국생명정보학회장)
• 05/2022 – Present Affiliated Faculty, POSTECH Biotech Center, Pohang University of Science and Technology
• 03/2020 – 02/2022 Department Chair, Department of Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
• 09/2018 – 08/2020 Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Data Science & Systems Informatics, (의생명시스템정보학교실), Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
• 03/2018 – 02/2019 Associate Dean, College of Life Science and Biotechnology(생명시스템대학), Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
• 03/2017 – Present Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
• 03/2016 – 02/2018 Program Chair, Graduate Program in Biomaterials Science & Engineering (생물소재공학협동과정), Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
• 03/2012 – 02/2017 Associate professor, Department of Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
• 03/2008 – 02/2012 Assistant professor, Department of Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
• 01/2006 – 02/2008 Research Associate, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

Editorial/Reviewer Board member

• Genes (2019): Guest Editor (BIOINFO2019 special issue)
• Molecules and Cells (2018 – 2023): Editorial Board Member
• BMC Systems Biology (2017): Guest Editor (GIW2017 special issue)
• Scientific Reports (NPG) (2015 - 2020): Editorial Board Member (Genetics and Genomics category)
• Current Opinions in Plant Biology (2015): Guest Editor (Genome studies and molecular genetics)
• Animal Cells and Systems (2010 – 2020): Associate Editor
• Frontiers in Plant Science (2010 – 2018): Reviewer Board Member

Invited Journal Ad hoc referee

Nature Biotechnology, Nature Protocols, Genome Research, Genome Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, Cancer Research, Genome Medicine, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Computational Biology, Scientific Reports, Science Advances, Trends in Plant Science, Plant Cell, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Plant Physiology, Journal of Plant Biology, Bioinformatics, BMC Systems Biology, BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Genomics, PROTEOMICS, PLoS One, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, BioTechniques, IET-Systems Biology, and INFORMS Journal on Computing.