Principal Investigator

Sarah Yunmi Lee (이윤미), Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yonsei University
E-mail: sarahyunmi@yonsei.ac.kr
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
2023 Young Organic Chemist Award, Division of Organic Chemistry, Korean Chemical Society
2023 Outstanding Teaching Award (2022), Yonsei University
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
2022 - 2023 Early Career Advisory Board, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Wiley