Weifu Lee
Director
Biochemistry
Biocenter Ltd
Greece
Biography
W. Lee is current working as an Director in Biocare Ltd., Old Dominion University. He finished Ph.D. in Photosynthesis Research, Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry from Cornell University in 1993 and M.S. in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Athens Unoiversity in 1988.
Research Interest
Designer photosynthetic organisms for photobiological production of biofuels from water and carbon dioxide. This multidisciplinary R&D involves synthetic biology and genetic transformation of photosynthetic organisms to create designer organisms for photobiological production of advanced biofuels such as hydrogen, biooils/biodiesel, and/or butanol directly from water and carbon dioxide.