Delft Process Technology Institute (DPTI) of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) announced Professor Sang Yup Lee, Distinguished Professor from the KAIST Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as the 2013 Jacobus van ’t Hoff Lecturer.

On November 13, Professor Lee will give a lecture titled “Systems Metabolic Engineering of Microorganisms for the Production of Natural and Non-natural Chemical” in the Auditorium of TU Delft.

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Junior, born in 1852 and died in 1911, was a Dutch physical and organic chemist, and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He is best known for his discoveries in chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, osmotic pressure, and stereochemistry. Van 't Hoff's work has contributed significantly to the foundation of the discipline in physical chemistry today.

The Jacobus van ’t Hoff Lectures, which is a series of annual lectures delivered by distinguished international speakers, was organized by TU Delft starting this year. It is aimed at a wide biochemical and bioprocess engineering audience in the Netherlands and abroad in celebration of van ’t Hoff’s achievements.

Professor Lee is currently the dean of the KAIST Institutes and the director at Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, Bioprocess Engineering Research Center, and Bioinformatics Research Center. He is also Foreign Associate of National Academy of Engineering USA, Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology, Fellow of Korean Academy of Science and Technology, the editor-in-chief of Biotechnology Journal, and an associate editor and board member of other numerous journals.

Professor Lee has received numerous awards including National Order of Merit, Merck Metabolic Engineering Award from Merck, and Elmer Gaden Award for Biotechnology and Bioengineering. His research interests are systems biology and biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, metabolic engineering, and nanobiotechnology.