Jin:Yong-Su Jin

Molecular and Systems Biotechnology Lab @ UIUC

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Contact Info Yong-Su Jin Yong-Su Jin Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition Affiliated faculty, Institute for Genomic Biology and Department of Bioengineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 3402 Institute for Genomic Biology, MC-195 1206 West Gregory Drive Urbana, IL 61801 Tel: 217-333-7981, Fax: 217-333-0508 E-mail: ysjin AT illinois DOT edu Education 2002-2005, Postdoctoral training, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA 2002, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 1998, MS, Seoul National Univeristy, Korea 1996, BS, Seoul National University, Korea Major research interests (experienced) Microbial metabolic mngineering Systems and synthetic biotechnology for strain improvment Quantitative microbial physiology and genetics Minor reserach interests (unexperienced) Elucidation of potential benefit and hazard of nano-materials for food science Exploitation of the networks of metabolites, reactions, and genes for strain improvement Antimicrobials and prebiotics for food and animal feed Miscellaneous projects Alumni network of BioMolecualr Engeering Laboratory (BMEL), Seoul National University Biographical Sketch Yong-Su Jin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and a faculty member of the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB). He is a principal investigator of the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI), and is also a member of the Center for Advanced BioEnergy Research (CABER) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Jin received B.S. (1996) and M. S. (1998, advisor: Prof. Jin-Ho Seo) degrees in Food Science and Technology from Seoul National University and received Ph. D. degree (2002, advisor: Prof. Thomas Jeffries) in Food Science and Bacteriology (minor) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing a post-doctoral training (2003-2005, advisor: Prof. Greg Stephanopoulos) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he served as an Assistant Professor (2006-2008) in the Department of Food Science and Biotechnology at the Sungkyunkwan University in Korea. Dr. Jin’s research is centered on metabolic engineering of microorganisms to produce biofuels and chemicals from renewable biomass. His research aims to identify, characterize, and engineer beneficial genetic perturbations eliciting rapid and efficient production of target products, such as biofuels, nutraceuticals, and food ingredients. In addition, his group performs food safety related research: rapid methods for food pathogen detection, elucidation of bactericidal mechanisms by antimicrobial compounds, and investigation of cellular toxicity caused by nanomaterials. Dr. Jin was a Faculty Fellow of National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) for 2009-2010 and received the ACES College Faculty Awards for Excellence in Research.