CV

Dr. Lee, Yeon Joo
Chief Investigator

Planetary Atmospheres Group (PAG)
Pioneer Research Center for Climate and Earth Science
Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, South Korea

PAG website: https://www.ibs.re.kr/pag/

e-mail: yeonjoolee (at) ibs.re.kr

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yeon-Joo-Lee-4
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4571-0669
Web of Science ResearchID: https://publons.com/researcher/W-5738-2019/

Education

  • Ph.D., Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), the research group “Planetary Atmospheres” of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) and the Institute for Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics (IGEP) of the TU Braunschweig, Germany, April 2012
  • M.Sc., Atmospheric Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, August 2008.
  • B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, August 2006.

Honors/Awards/Fellowships

  • 2021: Chief Investigator position at the Institute for Basic Science, South Korea, receiving research grant up to 7.5 billion KRW (~5M Euro or ~6M USD) for 5 years.
  • 2019: EU Horizon2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships (IF), https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/841432
    • The Fellow of the Week (MSCA), May 7th 2021, Facebook
  • 2009-2012: PhD Fellowship from the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) on Physical Processes in the Solar System and Beyond at the Universities of Braunschweig and Göttingen, Germany

Research Highlight

Work Experiences

  • 2022(June)-: Chief Investigator, Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon, South Korea
  • 2021-present: Co-I of VenSpec-U of the EnVision project (ESA)
  • 2019-2022, 2023-2025: Guest Investigator of the BepiColombo project (ESA-JAXA)
  • 2016-present: Co-I of UVI on board Akatsuki (JAXA)
  • 2015-present:  Member of the science observation planning team of Akatsuki (JAXA)
  • 2021: Researcher at DLR Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
  • 2019-2021: EU researcher at Technical Univ. of Berlin, Germany
  • 2019-2021: Visiting scientist at DLR, Berlin, Germany
  • 2020: Venus Faraway observation campaign (3 spacecraft, 6 ground-based telescopes)
  • 2017-2020: Co-I of 5 Venus observation programs at IRTF/NASA, Subaru/NAOJ, and SOFIA (all are executed, or confirmed)
  • 2018: PI of Venus observations at UVES/VLT/ESO, Chile (total 5 hrs during 3 nights)
  • 2017: PI of Venus observations at IRTF/NASA, Hawaii, USA (total 60 hours for 15 days in 2016B and 2017A)
  • 2017-2018: Project Researcher at Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
  • 2016-2018: Organizer of coordinated Venus observations of ground-based observations with Akatsuki/JAXA
  • 2012-2017: Invited Research Associate at ISAS/JAXA in the Akatsuki team, Japan
  • 2009-2012: Ph.D. and a postdoc position in the ‘Planetary Atmospheres’ research group, MPS, Germany

Community service

  • COSPAR2024 July 13-21, Busan, S. Korea, B4.2 Venus Science and Exploration, convener
  • KGU2023 Aug, United session: Science and Exploration of Planetary Systems, from Interiors to Atmospheres, convener
  • AOGS2023 July 31 – Aug 4, Singapore, PS8. Science and Exploration of Mars and Venus, co-convener
  • 2023 Great Magellan Telescope (GMT) Science Meeting, Exoplanets: Architectures to Atmospheres (Sep 6-8, 2023, Washington DC), SOC
  • 2022-2026 COSPAR vice-chair of B4. Terrestrial Planets
  • 2022 ICPAE Webinar team (monthly webinar Jan-Dec 2022)
  • 2021-2024 ICPAE secretary
  • 2022 UN Space4Women Rapporteur activities (17-19 Aug 2022)
  • 2021 IAMAS ECS representative of ICPAE

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