Tae Seok Moon

Tae Seok Moon has 25 years of research experience in chemistry, metabolic engineering, systems biology, and synthetic biology, including 5.5 years of industry experience. His research focus (2012-2022 with 21 external grants; $10.3M external funding to Moon; $35.1M to the entire team) is understanding gene regulation, evolution, and metabolism and building RNA regulators, biosensors, and genetic circuits. His current projects include 12 funded projects from 10 government or non-government funding agencies. He has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers, has filed 10 patents, has given over 110 invited and over 140 contributed presentations (as of Sep. 2022). He is the Founding Chair and organizer of SynBYSS (Synthetic Biology Young Speaker Series), a weekly multi-year seminar series, in which a global thought leader, a synthetic biology pioneer, and a young rising star discuss synthetic biology, systems biology, and metabolic engineering with more than 1000 global audiences.