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Chan Lee
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M.S., Food Safety and Regulatory Science, Chung-Ang University · Senior Researcher
Summary
- M.S. in Food Safety and Regulatory Science, Chung-Ang University Graduate School. Two conference poster awards as first author; co-author of an EMNLP 2025 paper with KAIST AI
- 5 years 3 months in total, across a food company, a district office and government R&D projects
- Government R&D from proposal and selection to execution and final reporting; specification, testing and operations of public information systems for the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
- Reports, decks, film and design made in-house; AI-assisted work tools, including a work-report tool now used by eleven people
Experience5 years 3 months in total, October 2026
Jul 2023 to presentCurrent · 3 years 4 months
CheminetSenior Researcher
- Researcher on national R&D projects, from proposal and selection to execution and final reporting
- Operations of public information systems for the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
- Proposals and decks that won projects; execution plans and reports
- Planning of web and mobile survey systems: screen specifications, definitions, development review
- Day-to-day contact for clients and partner institutions, including universities and KAIST
Mar 2022 to Jul 20231 year 5 months
Incheon Seo-gu OfficeUrban Regeneration Division · Field coordinator, contract (extended)
- Planned and ran resident education programs
- Newsletter editing and design; posters, banners and decks
- Resident grant program: document review and budget processing; community festival support
Feb 2018 to Aug 20187 months
Sempio FoodsCulinary research mentee program · Researcher, contract
- Research on Korean food culture; ingredient studies and product review for the cooking science team
- Planning, script and slides for a Sebasi talk
- Research booklet, event films and posters, menu and advertising photographs
Government R&D projects
2024 to 2026
Toxinfo, MFDS toxicity information system: maintenance and operationsOperations for the three-year contract; Tox chatbot pilot with KAIST (2024), later an EMNLP 2025 paper
2024 to 2026
Laboratory Animal Resource Bank: upgrade, improvement, operationsScreen specification (2024), execution plan and menu redesign (2025), operations
2024 to 2026
K-HBM: integrated management model for human biomonitoring data (NIFDS)VeST survey tool build and operations, testing, administrator screens, demo film, report sections
2025 to 2029
Precision nutrition program for vulnerable groups (MFDS): dietary survey platformSurvey tool operations, screen design, administrator pages
2025
Food frequency survey method and web survey tool (NIFDS, with Sahmyook University)Web and mobile survey tool: screens, testing, operations; two conference posters
2026 to 2029
KACE: AI-driven nutrient estimation for processed foodsProposal, roadmap, kickoff deck; year-one research tasks
2026 to 2028
DEFs: digital exposure-factor method and survey systemProposal; diagrams and example screens; participant app design; training data
2023 to 2024
LIMS test and inspection data studyParticipating researcher
2024
Rural Development Administration food data; food nutrient information database; CASA air-quality systemData mapping, operations, screen design
2024 to 2026
Films for seven public information systemsPlanning, capture, editing
Education
Sep 2024 to Aug 2026
Chung-Ang University Graduate SchoolM.S., Food Safety and Regulatory Science · GPA 4.28 / 4.5
Mar 2014 to Feb 2022
Sejong UniversityB.S., Bio-convergence Engineering · GPA 2.85 / 4.5
2014
Incheon Sangok High SchoolScience track
Research
2026
AI-assisted Detection and Prioritization of Emerging Food Safety Signals from Korean Online Text Data인공지능을 활용한 국내 온라인 텍스트 기반 식품안전 위해신호 탐지 및 우선순위 평가Master’s thesis, Chung-Ang University
- Food-safety signal detection and prioritization from Korean online news (January 2021 to November 2024) and MFDS inspection records (LIMS)
- Named-entity recognition and sentiment models; priority from five risk indicators (severity, spread, everyday relevance, persistence, sensitivity)
- NER F1 0.97 or higher, sentiment F1 0.95, agreement with five expert annotators F1 0.86
Nov 2025
Building Resource-Constrained Language Agents: A Korean Case Study on Chemical Toxicity InformationProceedings of EMNLP 2025, Industry Track, pages 2852 to 2880, Suzhou. Co-author, with KAIST AI. Tox-chat, a Korean toxicity-information language agent
Nov 2025
Development of a digital survey tool for identifying exposure and health effects in human biomonitoringKorean Society of Environmental Health, poster, first author. Poster Presentation Award
Oct 2025
Development of a web and mobile tool for surveying food intakeEast Asian Society of Dietary Life, poster, first author. Poster Encouragement Award
2013
Antioxidant and skin whitening effects of Inonotus obliquus methanol extractJournal of Mushroom Science and Production 11(2), pages 99 to 106. Third author, written at Incheon Sangok High School with Incheon National University
Skills
Food safety
M.S. in food safety and regulatory science; HACCP team leader course; food analysis and quality control coursework
Planning and documents
Proposals, reports and decks for government R&D; requirement analysis and screen specifications; film and diagram production
AI and digital
Generative AI for research notes and documents; web apps for work and personal use specified, directed and tested with AI coding tools, including a work-report tool in use by eleven people
Languages
Korean, native. English, conversational
Certificates and training
Oct 2021
Barista Level 2Korea Coffee Association
Jul to Aug 2021
NCS courses: design draft development, visual ideationGreen Computer Art Academy
May 2016
HACCP team leader courseKorea Food Information Institute
Feb 2015
Driver’s licenseKorean National Police Agency
Jan 2008
ITQ Hangul (national)Korea Productivity Center
Nov 2007
Word Processor Level 2Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry
May 2005
ITQ PowerPoint (national)Korea Productivity Center
Awards
2025
Poster Presentation Award, autumn conferenceKorean Society of Environmental Health
2025
Poster Encouragement Award, autumn conferenceEast Asian Society of Dietary Life
2018
Top prize, video category, World Friends Korea youth volunteer contestKorea University Council for Social Service
2017
Sejong volunteer award; Sejong KB creative volunteer corps encouragement awardSejong University
2016
Top prize, signature product proposal contest (Sejong Box: planning and making)Sejong University
2016
Best program award, UnivExpo Seoul (first overall)UnivExpo Seoul organizing committee
2016
Encouragement award, life science contestSejong University
2015
Top prize, College of Life Sciences academic festival (a proposal for targeted cancer therapy)Sejong University
Activities
Aug 2017 to Jan 2018
World Friends Korea youth volunteers, KyrgyzstanClasses in my field; publicity film and card news
Sep 2016 to Feb 2017
Sejong KB creative volunteer corpsCampus environment and study motivation projects
Apr 2016 to Nov 2016
Sejong volunteer corpsPlanning and managing student volunteering on campus and nearby
Mar 2016 to Dec 2016
Green Consumers Network, Greenit (5th class)Campaigns for green and safe consumption; UnivExpo
Jan 2016
Sejong overseas volunteers, Oudomxay, LaosCultural exchange and local environment work
Mar 2014 to Feb 2016
Department student council, Bio-convergence Engineering; later class representativeEvents; liaison between the school, faculty and students
The above is accurate as of October 2026.