Tae-young Yoon MEng, PhD

Tae-Young Yoon Ph.D. is a professor in the school of biological sciences / a member of the future research committee of Seoul National University as well as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of biotechnology start-up Proteina Co., Ltd.

Although Dr. Yoon started his research career as an electrical engineer, studying liquid crystal display technologies, he made a bold switch to the field of biophysics in the middle of his graduate study. After starting his own research lab at KAIST, Dr. Yoon was named a principal investigator of the National Creative Research Initiative of South Korea and one of the first awardees of the Samsung Research Foundation Grant. These unconditional supports enabled Dr. Yoon’s research team to explore a technique studying protein-protein interactions vastly different from conventional ones.​

Dr. Yoon founded Proteina Co., Ltd. in 2015 with a vision of generating large-scale, quantitative data at the level of protein-protein interactions, and has served as founder and Chief Executive Officer, responsible for directing all aspects of company strategy, planning, and operations.