CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name in full:        Lee, Soo-Hong

Sex:               Male

Date of Birth:        April 19, 1970

Place of Birth:       Seoul, Korea

Present Address:      

The department of Bioengineering

Rice University, TX, US

Tel.: +1-713-348-3154

E-mail: shlee@rice.edu

 

Professional Position:  Doctor of philosophy

Major Field:  Synthetic Polymer Chemistry

Nationality:  Republic of Korea

Research Interests: Biomaterials, Hydrogel, Scaffold, Surface modification, Tissue Engineering

 

Education:        

Jul. 2003 ~ present:  Post-doctor

    The department of Bioengineering, Rice University, TX, US

Mar. 2002 ~ Jun. 2003:  Post-doctor

    Biomaterials research center, KIST, Seoul, Korea

Sep. 1997 ~ Feb. 2002:  Ph.D., Department of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Mar. 1994 ~ Feb. 1997:  M.S., Department of Chemistry,

Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Mar. 1989 ~ Feb. 1994:  B.S., Department of Chemistry,

Department of Chemistry, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Teaching Experience: 

1995-1996 : Laboratory Assistant for Sophomore & Freshmen,

Organic Chemistry & Elementary Chemistry, Hanyang University

Technical Experience: 

NMR: Varian 200MHz NMR

IR: ATI Genesis series FT IR

GPC: Waters 150C

SEM: Hitachi S-2300

DSC and TGA: DuPont 910 & 915

HPLC: Hewlett Packard series 1100

Instron: model 5567

Optical microscope: Leitz Ortholex II

Auto-Titrator: 736 GP Titrino

Goniometer: model G-1. Erma Inc.

 

Publications:

1.        Soo-Hong Lee, Byung-Soo Kim, Seong-In Jeong, Sun Woong Kang, Young Ha Kim, Soo Hyun Kim ˇ°Thermal process to Fabricate Biodegradable Polymer Scaffolds without the Use of Organic Solventˇ± Biomaterials, submitted (2003).

2.        Soo-Hong Lee, Byung-Soo Kim, Sung Won Choi, Seong-In Jeong, Il Keun Kwon, Janeta Nikolovski, David J. Mooney, Yang-Kyoo Han, Young Ha Kim, Soo Hyun Kim ˇ°Elastic Poly(glycolide-co-caprolactone) Scaffold for Tissue Engineeringˇ± J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 66A (1): 29-37 (2003).

3.        Soo-Hong Lee, Yang-Kyoo Han, Young Ha Kim, Soo Hyun Kim* ˇ°Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(ethylene oxide)/Polylactide/Poly(ethylene oxide) Tri-block Copolymerˇ± J. of Polymer Sci., Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 40, 2545-2555 (2002).

4.        Soo-Hong Lee, Yang-Kyoo Han, Young Ha Kim, Soo Hyun Kim* ˇ°Synthesis and Degradation Behaviors of PEO/PLA/PEO and PLA/PEO/PLA Triblock Copolymersˇ± Macromolecular Research (Korea), 10(2), 85-90 (2002).

5.        Soo-Hong Lee, Soo Hyun Kim, Yang-Kyoo Han, and Young Ha Kim, "Synthesis and Degradation of End-Group-Functionalized Polylactide", J. of Polymer Sci., Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 39, 7, 973-985 (April 1, 2001).

6.        Soo-Hong Lee, Yang-Kyoo Han, Eng Ryul Kim, Seung Soon Im ˇ°Synthesis and Polymerization of New Sequentially Ordered Aliphatic Ester Diolˇ± Polymer(Korea), 21, 6, 926-936 (1997).

7.        I.K.Kwon, K.D.Park, S.W.Choi, S-H.Lee, E.B.Lee, J.S.Na, S.H.Kim, and Y.H.Kim, "Fibroblast Culture on Surface-modified Poly(glycolide-co-caprolactone) Scaffold for Soft Tissue Regeneration", J. Biomaterials Sci., Polymer Ed, 12, 10, 1147-1160 (2001)

8.        O.J.Jeon, S.H.Lee, Y.H.Kim, Y.M.Lee, S.H.Kim, ˇ°Synthesis and Characterization of ˇ°Poly(e-caprolactone)-Poly(L-lactide) Multiblock Copolymersˇ± Macromolecules, 36(15); 5585-5592 (2003).

9.        B.-S.Kim, S.I.Jeong, S.-W.Cho, J.Nikolovski, D.J.Mooney, S.H.Lee, O.Jeon, T.W.Kim, S.H.Lim, Y.S.Hong, C.Y.Choi, Y.M.Lee, S.H.Kim and Y.H.Kim ˇ°Tissue Engineering of Smooth Muscle under a Mechanically Dynamic Tissue Conditionˇ± Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, accepted (2003).

 

 

Presentations at conferences:

International

1.        S.H.Kim, S.H.Lee, Y-K. Han and Y.H.Kim, "Synthesis and Degradation of End group Functionalized Polylactide", Bio/Environmentally Degradable Polymer Society, 32, August 18-21, New Orleans, USA (1999)

2.        S.H.Lee, S.W.Choi, S.Y.Lee, Y.K.Han, S.H.Kim and Y.H.Kim, "Biodegradable scaffold with various properties for tissue engineering", International Symposium on Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Systems, 129, August 20-22, Cheju, Korea (2000)

3.        S.H.Kim, S.H.Lee, Y-K. Han and Y.H.Kim, "End group Modified Polylactideˇ±, Sixth World Biomaterials Congress, 548, May 15-20, Hawaii, USA (2000)

4.        S.Y.Lee, I.K.Kwon, S.H.Lee, J.W.Choi, K.D.Park, S.H.Kim and Y.H.Kim, "Epithelial cell and human stromal fibroblast culture on surface modified poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide)(PLGA) scaffold for corneal regeneration", International Symposium on Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Systems, 133, August 20-22, Cheju, Korea (2000)

5.        S.H.Kim, S.H.Lee, Y-K. Han and Y.H.Kim, "End group Functionalized Polylactideˇ±, Polymillennial 2000, p296, Dec. 9-13, Hawaii, USA (2000)

6.        S.H. Kim, S.H. Lee, S.W. Choi, Y.K. Han, Y.H. Kim, "Flexible Biodegradable Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering", Society for Biomaterials, April 24-29, Saint Paul, USA (2001)

7.        S.H.Kim, S.H. Lee, Y.K. Han, Y.H. Kim, "The Effect of End Group on Polylactide Degradation", Gorden Research Conference, July 8-13, Oxford, UK (2001)

8.        S.H.Kim, S.-H.Lee, B.-S.Kim, S.W.Choi, S.I.Joung, Y.-K.Han and Y.H.Kim, ˇ°Elastic Poly(glycolide-co-caprolactone) Scaffold for Tissue Engineeringˇ±, Society for Biomaterials, p644, April 24-27, Tampa, USA (2002)

9.        Y.H.Kim, S.H.Kim, S.H.Lee, J.W.Pack, S.S.Im, ˇ°Charareristics and application of star-shaped architecture for polylactide and poly(glycolide-co-caprolactone)ˇ±, 7th World Conference on Biodegradable Polymers & Plastics, p31, June 4-8, Tirrenia, Italy (2002)

10.    Y.H.Kim, S.H.Kim, O.Jeon, S.H.Lee, Y.M.Lee, ˇ°Synthesis and biodegradation of elastic(L-lactide)-Poly(e-caprolactone) multiblock copolymerˇ±, 7th World Conference on Biodegradable Polymers & Plastics, p119, June 4-8, Tirrenia, Italy (2002)

11.    S.H.Kim, S.-H.Lee, B.-S.Kim, S.I.Joung and Y.H.Kim, ˇ°Elastic Scaffold for Tissue Engineeringˇ±, IUPAC Macro 2002, p965, July 7-12, Beijing, China (2002)

 

 

Patents:

1.        Y.H.Kim, K.D.Park, S.H.Lee and S.H.Kim, ˇ°L- or D-Arginine ion complex compounds and use thereof for the improvement of vascular diseasesˇ±, KP Appl. No. 99-9082 (March 18,1999)

2.        Y.H.Kim, K.D.Park, S.H.Lee and S.H.Kim, ˇ°Biodegradable Triblock Copolymers and process for Their Preparationˇ±, KP Appl. 00-6745 (Feb. 14, 2000), JP Appl. 13-33281 (Feb. 9, 2001), JP Appl. 13-261838 (Sep. 26, 2001), USP Appl. 09/778081 (Feb. 7, 2001)

3.        Y.H.Kim, S.H.Kim, K.D.Park, S.W.Choi, S.H.Lee and I.K.Kwon, "Synthesis and Fabrication of Porous Biodegradable Glycolide/e-caprolactone Copolymer Scaffold for Tissue Engineering", KP Appl. 00-82684 (Dec. 27, 2000)

4.        Y.H.Kim, O.Jeon, S.H.Lee and S.H.Kim, ˇ°Synthesis and Properties of Sequentially Ordered Biodegradable L-lactide/e-caprolactone Multi-block Copolymerˇ±, KP Appl. 01-72538 (Nov. 21, 2001).

5.        Y.H.Kim, O.Jeon, S.H.Lee, S.I.Jeong and S.H.Kim, "Synthesis and Fabrication of Porous Biodegradable L-lactide/e-caprolactone Copolymer Scaffold for Tissue Engineering", KP, submitted (2002)

6.        Y.H.Kim, S.H.Lee, S.I.Jeong and S.H.Kim,, ˇ°A Novel Non-solvent Method of Fabricating Porous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineeringˇ±, KP, submitted (2003)