Hyunbeom Lee
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Biography
Hyunbeom Lee earned his BS degree in chemistry in 2008 from Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago, Illinois. He received his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, under the supervision of Professor Richard B. Silverman. His graduate research was focused on the investigation and elucidation of the mechanism of inactivation of GABA aminotransferase as a target for the treatment of epilepsy. He also was involved in design, synthesis, and evaluation of novel GABA analogs as a drug candidate for hepatocellular carcinoma. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree in 2014, he joined as a researcher at Korea Institute of Science and Technology. Currently, appointed as a senior researcher, he is working on drug mechanism studies through metabolomics and developing enzyme assays to aid target identification.
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