Prof. Cho is an associate professor at the department of biological sciences of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Before joining the KAIST, he has been a project scientist in the Palsson lab at the department of bioengineering of University of California San Diego. He completed his Ph.D. in the molecular biotechnology and biomaterials laboratory at the Seoul National University. Currently, he is focusing on (1) development of the microbial gas fermentation systems to convert syngas to multi-carbon products, (2) design of the minimal genome to provide a novel chassis for the synthetic biology applications, (3) engineering microbiome for the healthy aging, and (4) microbial production of novel antibiotics to treat super bacteria. He has been appointed as a young scientist from World Economic Forum (WEF) 2012 and Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) 2013.