Sarah Yunmi Lee (이윤미), Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry, KAIST

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E-mail: sarahyunmi@kaist.ac.kr

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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

2025.03 - present  Associate Professor, KAIST

2018.03 - 2025.02  Assistant/Associate 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 ​

2024  ACP Lectureship Award (Singapore/Taiwan), Asian Core Program

2024  Outstanding Achievement Award in Education, Yonsei University

2024  Outstanding Teaching Award (2023), Yonsei University

2023  ACP Lectureship Award (China/Thailand), Asian Core Program

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)

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     Editorial Board ​

2022 - 2024 Early Career Advisory Board, Science of Synthesis, Thieme 

2022 - 2025 Early Career Advisory Board, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Wiley 

 2024 - 2025 Early Career Advisory Board, Organic Chemistry Frontiers, Royal Society of Chemistry 

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