Faculty Profile

Moo-Yeal Lee

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Biomedical Engineering
College
College of Engineering

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1999. 
Major: Chemical Engineering
Degree Specialization: Biochemical Engineering
Dissertation Title: Synthesis of functional surfactants derived from chitosan and their characteristics
MS, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1995. 
Major: Chemical Engineering
Degree Specialization: Environmental Engineering
Dissertation Title: Biosorption of lead using crab shell
BS, Gyeongsang National University, 1993. 
Major: Chemical Engineering





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
BMEN 6950.013, Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024 
BIOL 4900.776, Special Problems, Spring 2024 
BMEN 5900.015, Special Problems in Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2024 
BMEN 5330.001, Three Dimensional Bioprinting, Spring 2024 


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    BMEN 6950.012, Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    BMEN 6950.016, Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    BMEN 6910.005, Individual Research, Fall 2023 
                    

                    BMEN 4200.001, Introduction to Biochemical Engineering, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BMEN 6950.013, Biomedical Engineering Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023  SPOT
                    

                    BMEN 5330.001, Three Dimensional Bioprinting, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BMEN 6910.005, Individual Research, Fall 2022 
                    

                    BMEN 4200.001, Introduction to Biochemical Engineering, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BMEN 2900.005, Special Problems in Biomedical Engineering, Fall 2022 
                    

                    BMEN 5900.009, Special Problems in Biomedical Engineering, Fall 2022 
                    

                    BMEN 6910.005, Individual Research, Spring 2022 
                    

                    BMEN 2900.005, Special Problems in Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2022 
                    

                    BMEN 5800.004, Topics in Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BMEN 6910.005, Individual Research, Fall 2021 

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Acharya, P., Joshi, P., Shrestha, S., Choi, N., Jeong, S., Lee, M.  (2024). Uniform cerebral organoid culture on a pillar plate by simple and reproducible spheroid transfer from an ultralow attachment well plate. Biofabrication. 
Kang, S., Kimura, M., Shrestha, S., Lewis, P., Lee, S., Cai, Y., Joshi, P., Acharya, P., Liu, J., Yang, Y., Sanchez, J., Ayyagari, S., Alsberg, E., Wells, J., Takebe, T., Lee, M.  (2023). A pillar and perfusion plate platform for robust human organoid culture and analysis. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 
Acharya, P., Choi, N., Shrestha, S., Jeong, S., Lee, M.  (2023). Brain organoids: A revolutionary tool for modeling neurological disorders and development of therapeutics. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 
Kim, K., Kim, S., Im, C., Na, K., Lee, M., Park, J., Kuh, H.  (2023). Effect of paclitaxel priming on doxorubicin penetration in a multicellular layer model of human colorectal cancer cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 
Joshi, P., Kang, S., Acharya, P., Sidhpura, D., Lee, M.  (2023). High-throughput assessment of metabolism-mediated neurotoxicity by combining 3D-cultured neural stem cells and liver cell spheroids. Toxicology in Vitro. 
Kim, H., Kim, H., Nam, M., Park, J., Lee, M., Chung, S., Lee, K., Kuh, H.  (2023). Suppression of the antitumoral activity of natural killer cells under indirect coculture with cancer-associated fibroblasts in a pancreatic TIME-on-Chip model. Cancer Cell International. 
Rogozinski, N., Yanez, A., Bhoi, R., Lee, M., Yang, H.  (2022). Current methods for fabricating 3D cardiac engineered constructs. iScience. 
Joshi, P., Patel, R., Kang, S., Serbinowski, E., Lee, M.  (2022). Establishment of ion channel and ABC transporter assays in 3D-cultrued ReNcell VM on a 384-pillar plate for neurotoxicity potential. Toxicology in Vitro. 
Choi, N., Lee, M., Jeong, S.  (2022). Recent advances in 3D-cultured brain tissue models derived from human iPSCs. Biochip Journal. 
Shrestha, S., Lekkala, V., Acharya, P., Siddhpura, D., Lee, M.  (2021). Recent advances in microarray 3D bioprinting for high-throughput spheroid and tissue culture and analysis. Essays in Biochemistry. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Lee, M. (Co-Principal), Joshi, P. (Principal), "Gene-edited liver organoids for predictive hepatotoxicity," Sponsored by NIH/NIEHS, Federal, $284638 Funded. (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024).
Lee, M. (Principal), Takebe, T. (Supporting), Wells, J. (Co-Principal), Alsberg, E. (Supporting), "Modeling diabetes using an integrated plate system," Sponsored by NIH/NIDDK, Federal, $1278182 Funded. (August 16, 2021 – July 31, 2023).
Lee, M. (Co-Principal), Joshi, P. (Principal), "Pillar and perfusion well plate platforms for reproducible organoid culture from iPSC," Sponsored by NIH/NCATS, Federal, $195946 Funded. (August 16, 2021 – June 30, 2023).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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