Sarah Yunmi Lee | lee-catalysis

Principal Investigator

Sarah Yunmi Lee (이윤미), Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yonsei University

Tel: 82-2-2123-2635 (office; Natural Sciences Building Rm 441)

82-2-2123-7291 (lab; Natural Sciences Building Rm 417 & 456B)

Education

2009 - 2014 Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Gregory C. Fu)

2005 - 2009 B.S. in Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Advisor: Prof. Sukbok Chang)

Experience

2018.03 - present Assistant Professor, Yonsei University

2014.11 - 2017.12 NIH Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California, Berkeley (Advisor: Prof. John F. Hartwig)

2014.10 - 2014.11 Postdoctoral Fellow

California Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Gregory C. Fu)

2012.05 - 2014.09 Research Assistant

California Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Gregory C. Fu)

2009.11 - 2012.04 Research Assistant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Gregory C. Fu)

2008.02 - 2009.02 Undergraduate Researcher

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Advisor: Prof. Sukbok Chang)

Honors and Awards

2022 ACP Lectureship Award (Japan/Malaysia), Asian Core Program

2022 Outstanding Teaching Award (2021), Yonsei University

2022 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, Thieme (Synlett/Synthesis/Synfact)

2021 - 2023 Toray Research Grant for Young Investigator, Korea Toray Science Foundation

2020 Outstanding Teaching Award (2019), Yonsei University

2019 - 2020 POSCO TJ Park 청암 Science Fellowship for Young Investigator

2015 - 2017 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32)

2012 Morse Travel Award, Department of Chemistry, MIT

2010 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, MIT

2009 - 2010 Moore Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, MIT

Editorial Board

2022 - 2023 Early Career Advisory Board, Science of Synthesis, Thieme