Tae Seok Moon is a YouTuber, director of an NSF global center, professor at JCVI, EBRC Council Member, SynBYSS Chair, Moonshot Bio founder, EFB Executive Board Member, and editor of 10 journals, including the New Biotechnology Editor-in-Chief. His 32 funded projects have secured $45.8M since 2012 and resulted in 106 publications, 238 invited talks, 210 contributed presentations, and 10 patents (as of 6/19/2025). His service to SynBYSS provides a weekly forum for >2,000 global audiences. The 428 speakers include a Nobel Laureate, 25 National Academy Members, 42 funders, 20 Editors-in-chief, 11 Nature/Cell journal editors, and 200 rising stars.