Byung-chun Yoo
Director Business Developement at NAPIGEN, INC.
Greater Philadelphia United States
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Top SchoolByung-chun Yoo is a director-level biotechnology leader with nine years of industry experience and over two decades in academic and translational research, specializing in IND-enabling gene and cell therapy development and CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. He blends hands-on molecular and biochemical expertise—ranging from multiplex gRNA design, high-throughput assay development, and recombinant protein production—to strategic roles in business development, IP strategy, and clinical protocol coordination. As a former CTO and Chief Research Officer, he has led technology optimization for gene therapy pipelines, filed provisional patents, and scaled HTP operations to tens of thousands of samples. He also serves as an adjunct professor guiding graduate research, underscoring a rare mix of practical commercialization experience and sustained academic mentorship. Colleagues know him for turning complex bench workflows into robust, IND-ready processes and for leveraging curiosity-driven problem solving to streamline discovery-to-clinic transitions.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
software development, software development at ZipCode of WilmingtonBachelor’s Degree, Food Science and Technology, Bachelor’s Degree, Food Science and Technology at Korea UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at University of Florida
English, Korean
Github Skills (5)
kubernetes2
cli1
open-data1
python1
data-science1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
yoocode/Inheritance
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:18 pushes in 3 days
yoocode/mynewproj
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
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