Baik-Lin Seong

Baik-Lin Seong, PhD, is Professor of Yonsei University College of Medicine, and Director General of Vaccine Innovative Technology ALliance (VITAL)-Korea. He served as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council of Science & Technology of Korean Government (2021-2022) and the Scientific Advisory Board of International Vaccine Institute (IVI) (2018-2022). He was the chair of the COVID-19 Vaccine Pan-Government Strategic Plan of Korean Government. With a view to ensure equitable access of effective vaccines to LMICs, he works on developing a low-cost bacterial production of VLP/nanoparticle vaccines against RSV, norovirus, highly pathogenic avian influenza, and flaviviruses including Japanese Encephalitis, Zika, and West Nile viruses