Jin-Kyu Rhee

Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea Korea, South

Associate Professor - Ewha Womans University

Education

Dr. Rhee received his undergraduate and graduate education at Yonsei University in South Korea. His Ph.D. studies involved research in molecular biology and bacterial cell engineering. During his postdoctoral research at The Scripps Research Institute, Dr. Rhee had worked on a project funded by Pfizer, Inc. Dr. Rhee’s research focuses on the protein half of this relationship, rather than on the small molecule component. All proteins are subject to evolution, including receptors and enzymes. Dr. Rhee was developing a new method to perform such evolution in the laboratory, with the goal of making it possible to develop enzymes at will for new purposes in chemical synthesis and chemical bio...