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Lee Sang-yup, vice president for research and distinguished professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), has received the 2025 Gregory N. Stephanopoulos Award for Metabolic Engineering from the International Metabolic Engineering Society for his decades of contributions to the field.
To honor the pioneering work of Stephanopoulos in the quantitative analysis and design of metabolism, the award is presented every two years to a prominent scientist or engineer who has made seminal contributions to the industrial translation of basic developments in metabolic engineering or to the quantitative analysis, design and modeling of metabolism.
Having authored more than 770 journal papers and holding over 860 patents, Lee has developed a variety of technologies based on metabolic engineering, transferring technologies for the production of chemicals, polymers, pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements to businesses.
He also founded his own startup and has advised a wide range of companies.
“I am honored to receive this award at such a pivotal moment, as the world transitions toward a bio-based economy,” Lee said. “I will continue to pursue both fundamental and translational research in the field.”
During the Metabolic Engineering 16 conference held from June 15 to 19 in Copenhagen, Denmark, Lee delivered a special lecture to commemorate the award.
The professor also received the Merck Metabolic Engineering Award in 2008 and the Eni Award in 2018. The latter, often called the “Nobel Prize for Energy,” was presented by the president of Italy.
