Dong-Keun Lee CTO
His research background is plant genetics, plant development, and plant biotechnology. Before joining as a member of EGG, he was a research professor at Seoul National University, Korea. At the University, he did researches about the development of drought tolerance and high nitrogen-use-efficiency crops for 4 years. Based on these researches, he got an award of “2017 best research 50 in Korea” from Korea Ministry of Education. Additionally, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Utah for 6 years. At Utah, his research centered on the plant stem cell modulation regulated by environmental conditions. He got a bachelor's degree in biological science at MyongJi University (Korea), a master's degree in molecular biology at Seoul National University (Korea), and a Ph. D. degree in plant biology at the University of California Riverside (USA).