Sarah Yunmi Lee (이윤미), Ph.D.

Associate 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/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 ​

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)

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