Sarah Yunmi Lee (이윤미), Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yonsei University

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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)

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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)

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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)

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     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