Yang Ji-won (born 1949) is a professor in Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and CEO of ABC (Advanced Biomass R&D Center), which is a key research institutes for biofuel and bio-refinery in South Korea.
He joined KAIST as a faculty member in 1986 and his research area has covered a wide range of topics in environmental biotechnology.
Approximately 200 million US dollars will be funded by MEST(Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) for 9 years.
More than 200 experts in a wide variety of research fields including biochemical engineering and molecular biology are employed or participated in ABC.
He is a recipient of various awards for significant contribution to the research innovations in environmental or microalgal biotechnology from the South Korean government or many academic societies.