Jung Lee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Milwaukee School of Engineering

  • Milwaukee WI

Dr. Jung Lee is an expert in bioinformatics, drug design and molecular modeling.

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Higher education, biotech and innovation - will the future be part of the 2024 campaign?

As  the RNC brings national attention to Milwaukee, discussions are expected to cover pivotal topics such as biotechnology, innovation, and higher education. And as the Republican National Convention 2024 begins, journalists from across the nation and the world will converge on Milwaukee, not only to cover the political spectacle but also to dig deeper on the key issues that may decide the election. To help visiting journalists navigate and understand these issues and how and where the Republican policies are taking on these topics our MSOE experts are available to offer insights. Dr. Wujie Zhang, Dr. Jung Lee, Dr. Eric Baumgartner, Dr. Candela Marini, and Dr. John Walz are leading voices nationally on these important subjects and are ready to assist with any stories during the convention. Dr. John Walz President Expertise: Thought leadership on higher education, relevancy and value of higher ed View Profile “Engineering is not a very diverse field,” Walz said. “I want to continue to push those boundaries and make our programs open, to see more and more under-represented students come here and succeed here, and do well here.” MSOE president John Walz works to make 'hidden gem' not so hidden. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 17, 2023 Dr. Wujie Zhang Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Expertise: Biomaterials; Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering; Micro/Nano-technology; Drug Delivery; Stem Cell Research; Cancer Treatment; Cryobiology; Food Science and Engineering (Fluent in Chinese and English) View Profile “We accidentally noticed that we can make the hydrogel particle red blood cell shaped,” he explains. “We started then to make artificial red blood cells to mimic pretty much all aspects of red blood cells.” You're Somebody's Type MKE Lifestyle January 24, 2020 Dr. Jung Lee Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Expertise: Bioinformatics, drug design and molecular modeling. View Profile Dr. Eric Baumgartner Executive Vice President of Academics Expertise: Thought leadership on higher education, relevancy and value of higher ed, role of A.I. in future degrees and workforce development. View Profile MSOE serves as an educational resource to Wisconsin companies is building an A.I.-ready workforce. In 2018 MSOE was the first in the nation to launch a B.S. in Computer Science with a sole focus on A.I. and machine learning. Wisconsin Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence December, 2023 Dr. Candela Marini Assistant Professor Expertise: Latin American Studies and Visual Culture View Profile “Contrary to stereotypical images of Native Americans trying to stop ‘progress’ by fighting against mines and pipelines projects, the Menominees’ sustainable forestry stands out as a clear example of resource management that actually thinks about, and works for, the future,” said Marini. The MSOE Mindset visits the Menominee Indian Reservation MSOE Online April 11, 2019 . .    . Media Relations Contact To schedule an interview or for more information, please contact: JoEllen Burdue Senior Director of Communications and Media Relations Phone: (414) 839-0906 Email: burdue@msoe.edu . .    . About Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) Milwaukee School of Engineering is the university of choice for those seeking an inclusive community of experiential learners driven to solve the complex challenges of today and tomorrow. The independent, non-profit university has about 2,800 students and was founded in 1903. MSOE offers bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering, business and nursing. Faculty are student-focused experts who bring real-world experience into the classroom. This approach to learning makes students ready now as well as prepared for the future. Longstanding partnerships with business and industry leaders enable students to learn alongside professional mentors, and challenge them to go beyond what's possible. MSOE graduates are leaders of character, responsible professionals, passionate learners and value creators.

Jung Lee, Ph.D.John WalzWujie Zhang, Ph.D.Candela Marini, Ph.D.Eric Baumgartner, Ph.D.

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Education, Licensure and Certification

I-Corps National Program Training Certificate

National Science Foundation

2016

Training Certificate

Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2)

2016

Bioreactor and Fermentor Training

With Charles Villan

2015

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Biography

Dr. Jung Lee joined the faculty at Milwaukee School of Engineering in 2011 and is currently an associate professor in the Physics and Chemistry Department. Lee is also part of a team of faculty and students working on a National Science Foundation I-Corp funded research project titled “Developing an Artificial Red-Blood-Cell Product.” He also has been involved with the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI), and the MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling. He will be serving as the Milwaukee section chair of the American Chemical Society in 2021.

Areas of Expertise

Molecular Modeling
Computational Biology
Chemistry
Biomolecular Engineering
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Drug Design

Accomplishments

Karl O. Werwath Engineering Research Award

MSOE, 2017

Finalist for the Falk Engineering Educator Award

MSOE, 2016 & 2017

Korean Government National Honors Fellowship

1989 - 1991

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Affiliations

  • Society for Biological Engineering : Member
  • Molecular Modeling in Life Sciences : Member
  • Drug Discovery Biology Community : Member
  • American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists : Member
  • Bioinformatics Computing : Member
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Media Appearances

Awards honor outstanding faculty members

MSOE News  

2017-09-11

Dr. Jung Lee, assistant professor in the Physics and Chemistry Department, received the Karl O. Werwath Engineering Research Award.

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MSOE Students Bioengineer a Medical Breakthrough With Synthetic Blood

The Milwaukee Independent  

2017-05-26

Dr. Zhang originally advised an MSOE biomolecular engineering senior project team with Dr. Jung Lee, assistant professor, which was working to optimize an oral drug delivery system that used pectin-encapsulated curcumin to treat colon cancer.

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Event and Speaking Appearances

Biodata Science

Guest lecture for CS-4981 (Topics in Computer Science, Dr. RJ Nowling)  

2018-09-28

Computational Tool Development to Identify and Visualize Protein-Protein Interactions

MSOE Fall Forum  

2018-09-18

jBPCI: A Bioinformatics Tool to Identify Basepairs and Their Conformations in RNA Structure

Gordon Research Conference on Visualization in Science & Education  Lewiston, ME

2017-08-06

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Research Grants

Summer Faculty Development Grant

MSOE

2018

I-Corps National Program Grant

NSF

2016
With Dr. Wujie Zhang and Mr. Gene Wright

Pilot Award

CTSI

2015

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Selected Publications

Are Genes and Their Mutations Responsible for Disease?

International Journal of Structural and Computational Biology

Lee, J. C.

2017

For more than 45 years since the War on Cancer in 1971, the ruling conceptual framework on fighting disease has been, and still is, on hunting for genes and their mutations, churning out countless “promising” breakthroughs, none of which really panned out into treatment. As the human genome was declared “completed” in 2003, gene-obsessed scientists turned to whole-exome sequencing, in the guise of Personalized Medicine, striving to comparatively identify all the deleterious mutations likely to cause “personalized” disease. Nonetheless, the genome-guided Personalized Medicine is not that guaranteed either. This review is not merely to discuss the inherent problems around the common wisdom on disease, but to document a growing number of multidimensional evidences, all coming together to point to one thing: genetic mutation is not behind disease.

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Does Sequence Dictate Structure Which Dictates Function?

International Journal of Structural and Computational Biology

Lee, J. C.

2017

Bioinformatics tools and computational methods to predict biomolecular structure from sequence has been and still is in constant development, originally motivated by the Anfinsen’s dogma on protein folding. The dogma was the very basis for the development of the extremely widely accepted notion that “sequence dictates structure which dictates function.” Nonetheless, the dogma does not support the concept of divergent evolution, the most common form of evolution in nature, but support the concept of convergent evolution, creating several major problems in its application to biomolecular structure prediction. Besides, the dogma ignores homology, the most important requirement for the successful use of comparative sequence analysis, which is the most powerful and most widely used Bioinformatics tool to align homologous sequences not only to infer RNA secondary structures accurately, but also derive evolutionary relationships between diverse organisms. Now is the time to revisit the dogma and throw the ingrained and flawed conventional notion away, followed by adopting a new notion: “Function dictates structure which, in turn, dictates sequence.”

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Design of Artificial Red Blood Cells using Polymeric Hydrogel Microcapsules: Hydrogel Stability Improvement and Polymer Selection

The International Journal of Artificial Organs

Zhang W., Bissen M. J., Savela E. S., Clausen J. N., Fredricks S. J., Guo X., Paquin Z. R., Dohn R. P., Pavelich I. J., Polovchak A. L., Wedemeyer M. J.

2016

To improve the stability of pectin-oligochitosan hydrogel microcapsules under physiological conditions.

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