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 KCS-Wiley Young Chemist Award, Korean Chemical Society
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 - 2024 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