Yuan Zhao, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Yuan Zhao received his BS degree in Biochemistry from Hebei University
and his MS degree in Cell and Molecular Biology from the Shanghai
Institute of Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He
received his Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Biological Chemistry at
Washington State University in 1993 and did his post-doctoral research
in Purdue University.
He has extensive experience in the biotechnology industry.
He worked as a project manager and senior scientist for many years in
the Biotechnology Department of Mead Westvaco Corporation and ArborGen
LLC to develop forest biotechnology products. Yuan joined Unigen
Pharmaceuticals in February 2004 as a Senior Scientist responsible for
Unigen’s Genomics research.
Dr. Zhao has nine research papers published in peer-reviewed journals.
Ji-Fu Zhao, Ph.D.
Natural Product Chemist
Dr. Zhao received his B.S. in Pharmacognosy from Liaoning College of
Traditional Chinese Medicine. Then he went to graduate school in
Shengyang Pharmaceutical University for his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
Analytical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
Dr. Zhao studied structures and anti-complements properties of
polysaccharides from plants at Dr. H. Yamada’s group in Oriental
Medicine Institutes Japan. He also did his dost-doctoral research on
chemopreventive effects of green teas and grapes at Columbia
University. Dr. Zhao continued his research on natural products
with cancer prevention and therapeutic effects at AMC Cancer Research
Center and then Applied Food Science as a R&D scientist.
Dr. Zhao holds 11 issued and pending patents and 27 peer-reviewed publications in the field of natural product research.
Bruce P. Burnett, PhD
Director of Screening and Discovery
Dr. Burnett received his BS degrees in Biology and Chemistry from
Eastern Washington University in 1987 and his MS and PhD degrees from
Yale University (1989,1992). His PhD focused on the mechanisms of
DNA recombination and repair. He went on to postdoctoral studies
at Yale and the University of Colorado's Health Sciences Center.
His postdoctoral work focused on the genetics of protein folding and
HIV replication confirming a key intermediate in the retroviral
replication process first proposed by Nobel Prize Recipient Dr. David
Baltimore winning an NIH fellowship award for his work in the process.
Dr. Burnett has worked for several different biotech/pharmaceutical
companies during his career including Sulzer Biologics, Vitro
Diagnostics, Sangamo Biosciences, Cytokine Sciences, and Enzyco, Inc.
He has been instrumental in the development of products for immune
modulation, gene regulation with targeted transcription factors,
development of cell immortalization technology for hormone producing
cells, developed processes for the purification of bone growth
promoting factors and various other marketable products and
technologies. Dr. Burnett has extensive experience in protein
chemistry, enzymology, cell biology, molecular biology and genomics,
immunology, bacteriology, methods development, and process development.
He is the recipient of several SBIR grants through NIH and has served
on the ad hoc study section for review of SBIR awards. He speaks
regularly to a wide variety of audiences on the state of science and
biotechnology in Colorado and the nation. Dr. Burnett also has over ten
peer-reviewed publications in top-level journals.
Abeysinghe A. Padmapriya, Ph.D.
Vice President of Organic Synthesis and Manufacturing
Dr. Padma joined Unigen Pharmaceuticals in 1996 as the director of
organic synthesis where he developed short novel synthesis for natural
products. His experience and knowledge in the fields of natural
products and pharmaceutical development are quite extensive and
directly replicated in his work.
Padmapriya earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Sri
Lanka. He further studied at Ceylon Institute of Industrial Research
and earned his Ph.D. at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, in
Organic Synthesis of Natural Products. Abeysinghe did his post-doctoral
research at McGill University in Montreal and further went on to study
the synthesis of novel anti-cancer natural product based compounds at
the University of Virginia under the direction of Professor Sydney M.
Hecht.
Prior to joining Unigen, Padmapriya worked in various research avenues
including positions with Hybridon Inc., in Worchester, MA, and Nexagen,
Inc, in Boulder, CO. Padmapriya has co-authored multiple publications
and many patents.
Qi Jia, Ph.D.
Vice President, Scientific Affairs
Dr. Qi Jia received his B.S. in Medicinal Chemistry from Beijing
Medical University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Texas
Christian University in 1995.
Dr. Jia has studied ethnomedicinal plants for twenty years. His
research projects at Beijing Medical University focused on Traditional
Chinese Medicine with anti-tumor, anti-inflammation & immune
stimulation activities; and his postgraduate works at TCU focused on
discovery of drug leads from Bolivian medicinal plants for the
treatment of HIV infection, cancer, tuberculosis and fungal infections.
Since joining Unigen in 1995, Dr. Jia has established collaborations
with six organizations around the world to collect indigenous medicinal
plants and has built up a proprietary natural product library with
thousands of collections. He has been instrumental in drug discovery
technology platform development especially in the area of high
throughput fractionation & purification, online data collection,
structure dereplication, lead discovery, chemo-informatic and product
development. Dr. Jia has developed, patented and commercialized ACI
test as a high throughput and sensitive quantification method to
quantify 17-ketosteroids in urine specimens.
Dr. Jia holds 15 issued and pending patents and has co-authored 26
presentations at international science conferences and 24 peer-reviewed
publications in the field of natural product chemistry.
CURRICULUM VITAE: Sung-Sick Woo, Ph.D
Chief Operating Officer/Chief Scientific Officer
Office Ph: +82-41-529-1500
UniGen, Inc.
Fax: +82-41-529-1599
#200-1 Songjung-Ri, Byeongcheon-Myeon
E-Mail: sswoo@unigen.net
Cheonan-Si, Chungnam 330-863, S. Korea
Education History:
Ph.D. Genetics, Texas A&M University, USA, 1991-1996.
M.S. Agronomy, Seoul National University, S. Korea, 1986-1988.
B.S. Agronomy, Seoul National University, S. Korea, 1982-1986.
Professional Experience:
2004-current Chief Operating Officer/Chief Scientific Officer, UniGen, Inc.
2000-2003 Chief Scientific Officer, UniGen, Inc., S. Korea.
2000-2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Clemson University Genomics Institute (CUGI), USA.
1999-2000 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Agronomy, Konkuk University, S. Korea.
1998-1999 Research Associate/Assistant Professor
& DNA Sequencing Center Group Leader, Clemson University Genomics
Institute (CUGI), USA.
1996-1998 Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis, USA.
Honors & Awards:
1996 Elected Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
1995 J. Roy Quinby Graduate Fellowship, Texas A&M university.
1992 Elected
Member of Gamma Sigma Delta, The Honor Society of Agriculture.
1992 Summer Research Fellowship,
The Program for Plant Genetics & Plant Breeding, Texas
A&M university.
CURRICULUM VITAE: Dong-Seon Kim, Ph.D
Senior Researcher/Team Leader Office Ph: +82-41-529-1531 UniGen, Inc. Fax: +82-41-529-1599 #200-1 Songjung-Ri, Byeongcheon-Myeon E-Mail: dskim@unigen.net Cheonan-Si, Chungnam 330-863, S. Korea
Education History: Ph.D. Biochemistry, Chungnam National University, Korea, 1991-1996. M.S. Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Korea, 1989-1991. B.S. Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Korea, 1982-1989.
Professional Experience: 2003-current Senior Researcher/Team Leader, Natural Product Research Team, UniGen Inc., S. Korea. 2000-2003 Chief Researcher, Dept. of Natural Product & Drug Formulation, DongKook Pharmaceutical Research Institute, USA. 1997-1999 Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. 1996-1997 Postdoctoral
Researcher, Dept. of Natural Product Research, Korea Research Institute
of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea 1990-1996 Research Associate, Dept. of Natural Product Research, Korea Ginseng Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea
Honors & Awards: 2002 New Prouduct Development Award, Dongkook Pharmaceutical Co. 1996-1997 Research Fellowship, The Program for Korea Science and Engineering Foundation.
CURRICULUM VITAE: Kang-Woo Lee, Ph.D
Senior Researcher
Office Ph: +82-41-529-1541
UniGen, Inc.
Fax: +82-41-529-1599
#200-1 Songjung-Ri, Byeongcheon-Myeon
E-Mail: kwlee@unigen.net
Cheonan-Si, Chungnam 330-863, S. Korea
Education History:
Ph.D Analytical Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, S. Korea,
1990-1995.
M.S. Analytical Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, S. Korea,
1988-1990.
B.S. Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, S. Korea,
1984-1988.
Professional Experience:
2002-current Senior Researcher, Natural Product Research Team, UniGen, Inc.
2000-2001 Full-time Researcher, Research
Institute for Development of Pharmaceutical Resources, Chungbuk
National University,
S. Korea.
1998-1999 Part-time Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, S. Korea.
1995-1998 Senior Researcher, Institute of Korea Drug Co., S. Korea.
1993-1995 Full-time Assistant, Dept. of Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, S. Korea.
CURRICULUM VITAE: Seon-Gil Do, Ph.D
Senior Researcher/Team Leader
Office Ph: +82-41-529-1552
UniGen, Inc.
Fax: +82-41-529-1599
#200-1 Songjung-Ri, Byeongcheon-Myeon
E-Mail: sgildo@unigen.net
Cheonan-Si, Chungnam 330-863, S. Korea
Education History:
Ph.D. Vet. Biochemistry, Seoul National University, S. Korea, 1998-2002.
M.S. Vet. Biochemistry, Seoul National University, S. Korea, 1990-1994.
B.S. College of Vet. Medicine, Seoul National University, S. Korea, 1986-1990.
Professional and Other Experience:
2003-current Senior Researcher/Team Leader, Bioassay and Discovery Team, UniGen, Inc.
2001-2003 Senior Researcher, Sungae-Biotech Co., S. Korea.
1997-2001 Research and Teaching
Assistant, Experimental Animal Center and Dept. of Medical
Genetics, College of Medicine, Hallym University, S. Korea.
1994-1997 Researcher, Toxicology Lab, Central Research Institute, Kyung-Nong Co., S. Korea.
1993-1994 Research Assistant,
Experimental Animal Center, College of Medicine, Hallym Univ., S. Korea.
1990-1992 Military Service (First Lieutenant)
1990 Spring Licensed DVM by Korean government
CURRICULUM VITAE: Sun-Young Sung, Ph.D
Senior Researcher/Team Leader
Office Ph: +82-41-529-1571
UniGen, Inc.
Fax: +82-41-529-1502
#200-1 Songjung-Ri, Byeongcheon-Myeon
E-Mail: sysung@unigen.net
Cheonan-Si, Chungnam 330-863, S. Korea
Education History:
Ph.D
Pharmaceutical chemistry, Albert-Ludwigs University Frieburg, Germany,
1991-1995.
M.S.
Pharmaceutical chemistry, Gangwon National University, S. Korea,
1988-1990.
B.S. Pharmacy, Gangwon National University, S. Korea, 1984-1987.
Professional Experience:
2001-current Senior Researcher/Team Leader, NCE Development Team, UniGen, Inc.
2000-2001 Researcher, Basic Research Center, Gangwon National Univ., S. Korea.
1998-1999 Senior Researcher, Central Research Institute, Boryung Pharm. Inc. S. Korea.
1996-1998 Postdoctoral Researcher,
Dept. of Pharmacy, Gangwon National University, S. Korea.
Research & Other Experience:
1996-1997 Lecturer, Dept. of Pharmacy, Gangwon National University.
1994 Spring Teaching Assistance, Dept. of Pharmacy, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
1991 Summer Language course of Goethe Institute Freiburg, Germany
1990-1991 Research and
Teaching Assistant, Dep. of Pharmacy, Gangwon National University.
1988-1990 Research Assistant, Dep. of Pharmacy, Gangwon National University.
CURRICULUM VITAE: Young-Chul Lee, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
Office Ph: +82-41-529-1500
UniGen, Inc.
Fax: +82-41-529-1599
#200-1 Songjung-Ri, Byeongcheon-Myeon
E-Mail: yclee@unigen.net
Cheonan-Si, Chungnam 330-863, S. Korea
Education History:
Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chungnam
National University, S. Korea, 2000-2003.
M.S. Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chungnam
National University, S. Korea, 1998-2000.
B.S. Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Science,
Chungnam National University, S. Korea, 1992-1998.
Research & Professional Experience:
2003-current Senior Researcher, Bioassay & Discovery team, UniGen Inc., S. Korea.
2000-2003 Research Assistant,
Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Chungnam University
1998-2000 Research Assistant, Department of Isotope, College of Medicine,
Chungnam University
Independent Oasis Associate
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