Research Experience

• 2015 - Korea-China Air Quality Join Research
• 2015 - Formation mechanism of O3 in megacity Seoul (MAPS-Seou)
• 2014 - Shiprboard measurement of reactive gases and aerosol over the Yellow Sea
• 2014 - Shiprboard measurement of reactive gases and aerosol over the Yellow Sea
• 2011 - Formation of O3 and SOA from biogenic volatile organic carbons (BVOCs)
• 2010 - Aerosol aging processes using PAM (Potential Aerosol Mass) chamber
• 2007 - Carbonaceous aerosols (OC,EC, radiocarbons) at Gosan in Jeju Island
• 2005 - Chemical characteristics of dust & haze in Chinese outflows
• 2003 - O3 & PM2.5 at Ieodo Ocean Research Station in the Southeastern China Sea
• 2002 - O3 formation and abatement in Seoul mega city

International Collaboration

• 2015-present: Collaborative study of the US and Korea through MAPS (Megacity Air Pollution Study) -Seoul NASA KORUS (Korea US) - AQ (Air Quality) Campaign in Korea
• 2014-present: Korea-China Air Quality Joint Research, Measurement of fine aerosol and its precursors in Beijing
• 2014-present: Source apportionment of fine aerosols using isotopes (C-14, C-13, N-15) measurement with UCI
• 2011-2014: BVOC (biogenic Organic Volatile Compounds) and their effect on O3 and aerosol formation at Mt. Taehwa by the collaboration of NIER (National Institute of Environmental Research), NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) & UCI (U. of California at Irvine)
• 2011: GoPoEx (Gosan Pollution Experiment)-2011, Collaboration with U. of Stockholm for source apportionment of BC (black carbon) by C-14 measurement, Ground measurement at Gosan, Jeju Island, Korea
• 2005: ABC-EAREX2005 (Atmospheric Brown Cloud -East Asian Regional Experiment), ground measurements at Gosan, Jeju Island
• 2002: IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)-2002, Shipboard measurement in the Northern Pacific
• 2000: Ace-Asia (Aerosol, Characterization Experiment - Asia), Ground measurement at Gosan, Jeju Island, Korea
• 1996: PEM-Tropics (Pacific Exploratory Mission), Airborne measurement over the South Pacific in P3-B
• 1992: TRACE-A (Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator Atlantic) Airborne measurement over the South Atlantic in DC-8
• 1991: PEM-West A (Pacific Exploratory Mission - West, Phase A), Airborne measurement over the North Pacific in DC-8
• 1990: SCAPE (Shenandoah Cloud and Photochemistry Experiment), Mountain-top measurement at Shenandoah National Park, USA

Education

• 박사 (1989-1995): 미국 로드아일래드 주립대학, 해양과학대학원, 이학박사(대기화학)
• 석사 (1986-1988): 서울대학교 쟈연과학대학, 해양학과, 이학석사(해양화학)
• 학사 (1982-1986): 서울대학교 자연과학대학, 해양학과, 이학사

Professional Experiences

• 2010-현재 : 고려대학교, 그린스쿨대학원, 겸임교수
• 2009-2013 : 양성평등센터장, 여학생감
• 2006-2007: 미국 샌디에고 주립대학, 스크립스 해양연구원, 대기과학과, 방문교수
• 2000-현재 : 고려대학교, 이과대학, 지구환경과학과, 교수
• 1999-2000 : 국립기상과학원, 연구원
• 1997-1999 : 해양과학기술원, 연구원
• 1995-1996 : 미국 로드아일랜드 주립대학, 대기화학연구소, 박사후연구원

수상 경력

• 2000.04. NASA Group Achievement Award
• 2006.03. 석탑강의상
• 2011.03. 우수강의상
• 2017.05, NASA Group Achievement Award (KORUS-AQ)
• 2017.06, 대통령표창 (환경부)

국제학술지 (as of 2015)

• 1) S. Kim, S.-Y. Kim, M. Lee, H. Shim, G. M. Wolfe, A. B. Guenther, A. He, Y. Hong, J. Han, Impact of isoprene and HONO chemistry on ozone and OVOC formation in a semirural South Korean forest, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 4357-4371, doi:10.5194/acp-15-4357-2015, 2015 (Apr).
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• 2) J. Han, B. Shin, M. Lee*, G. Hwang, J. Kim, J. Shim, G. Lee, C. Shim, Variations of surface ozone at Ieodo Ocean Research Station in the East China Sea and influence of Asian outflows, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15 (21), 12611-12621, doi:10.5194/acp-15-12611-2015, 2015 (Nov).
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• 3) S. Kundu, K. Kawamura, M. Kobayashi, E. Tachibana, M. Lee, P. Q. Fu, J. Jung, A sub-decadal trend of diacids in atmospheric aerosols in East Asia. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16, 585-596, 2016 (Jan).
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• 4) Yan-Lin Zhang, Kimitaka Kawamura, Fang Cao, Meehye Lee, Stable carbon isotopic compositions of low-molecular-weight dicarboxylic acids, oxocarboxylic acids, α-dicarbonyls, and fatty acids: Implications for atmospheric processing of organic aerosols, J. Geophysical Research, 121 (7) DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024081, 2016 (April)
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• 5) Yan-Lin Zhang, Kimitaka Kawamura, Konstantinos Agrios, Meehye Lee, Gary Salazar, Sonke Szidat, Fossil and Nonfossil Sources of Organic and Elemental Carbon Aerosols in the Outflow from Northeast China, Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (12), 6284–6292, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00351, 2016 (June).
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• 6) Saewung Kim, Meehye Lee, et al., OH reactivity in urban and suburban regions in Seoul, South Korea–an East Asian megacity in a rapid transition, Faraday Discussions, 189, 231-251, DOI: 10.1039/c5fd00230c, 2016 (July).
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• 7) Ponam Tyagi, Kimitaka Kawamura, Tadashi Kariya, Srinivas Bikkina, Pingqing Fu, Meehye Lee, Tracing atmospheric transport of soil microorganisms and higher plant waxes in the East Asian outflow to the North Pacific Rim by using hydroxy fatty acids: Year-round observations at Gosan, Jeju Island, Journal of Geophysical Research, DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025496, 2017. (April 14)
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• 8) Steven S. Brown, Hyunjin An, Meehye Lee, Jeong-Hoo Park, Sang-Deok Lee, Dorothy L. Fibiger, Erin E. McDuffie, William P. Dubé, Nicholas L. Wagner and Kyung-Eun Min, Cavity enhanced spectroscopy for measurement of nitrogen oxides in the Anthropocene: results from the Seoul tower during MAPS 2015, Faraday Discussions, 2017,200, 529-557, DOI:10.1039/C7FD00001D, 2017 (August 01).
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• 9) Wenzheng Fang, August Andersson, Mei Zheng, Meehye Lee, Henry Holmstrand, Sang-Woo Kim, Ke Du and Örjan Gustafsson, Divergent Evolution of Carbonaceous Aerosols during Dispersal of East Asian Haze, Scientific Reports, 7, 10422, DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-10766-4, 2017 (September).
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• 10) Jihyun Han, Meehye Lee*, Gangwoong Lee, and Louisa, K. Emmons, Decoupling peroxyacetyl nitrate from ozone in Chinese outflows observed at Gosan Climate Observatory, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 10619–10631, doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-10619-2017, 2017 (September 08).
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• 11) Xiaona Shang, Meehye Lee*, Jihyun Han, Eunha Kang, Sang Woo Kim, Örjan Gustafsson, Limseok Chang, Identification and Chemical Characteristics of Distinctive Chinese Outflow Plumes Associated with Enhanced Submicron Aerosols at the Gosan Climate Observatory, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 18, 330-342, doi:10.4209/aaqr.2017.03.0115, 2018. Feb
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• 12) Xiaona Shang, Kai Zhang*, Fan Meng, Shihao Wang, Meehye Lee*, Inseon Suh, Daegon Kim, Kwonho Jeon, Hyunju Park, Xuezhong Wang, Yuxi Zhao, Characteristics and source apportionment of fine haze aerosol in Beijing during the winter of 2013, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 330–342, doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-2573-2018, 2018. Feb.
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• 13) Saehee Lim, Meehye Lee*, Sang-Woo Kim, Paolo Laj, Sulfate alters aerosol absorption properties in East Asian outflow, Scientific Reports, 8, 5172, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-23021-1, 2018. Mar
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• 14) Eunha Kang, Meehye Lee*, William H. Brune, Taehyoung Lee, Joonyoung Ahn, Photochemical aging of organic and inorganic ambient aerosol from the Potential Aerosol Mass (PAM) reactor experiment in East Asia, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 6661-6677, doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6661-2018doi:10.5194/acp-2016-1133, 2018. (Apr).
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• 15) Junsu Gil, Meehye Lee*, Jihyun Han, Joo-Ae Kim, Saewung Kim, Alex Guenther, Hyunseok Kim, Soyoung Kim, Sanguk Lee, Danbi Kim, Peroxyacetyl nitrate and ozone enhancement at Taehwa Research Forest under the influence of Seoul Metropolitan Area, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2017.11.0451, 2018. (July)
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• 16) Heejeong Kim, Woo-Chul Choi, Ho-Jun Rhee, Inseon Suh, Meehye Lee*, Donald R. Blake, Saewung Kim, Jinsang Jung, Gangwoong Lee, Deug-Soo Kim, Seung-Myung Park, Junyoung Ahn, Sang Deok Lee, Meteorological and Chemical Factors Controlling Ozone Formation in Seoul during MAPS-Seoul 2015, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 10.4209/aaqr.2017.11.0445, 2018,
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• 17) The Controlling Factors of Photochemical Ozone Production in Seoul, South Korea, Saewung Kim , Daun Jeong, Dianne Sanchez, Mark Wang, Roger Seco, Donald Blake, Simone Meinardi, Barbara Barletta, Stacey Hughes, Jinsang Jung, Deugsoo Kim, Gangwoong Lee, Meehye Lee, Joonyoung Ahn, Sang-Deok Lee, Gangnam Cho, Min-Young Sung, Yong-Hwan Lee, Rokjin Park, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2017.11.0452, 2018.

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Research Topic

• ⦁ 대류권 광화학 (Tropospheric chemistry / Atmospheric oxidant cycles)
• ⦁ 오존과 미세입자 생성과 변환 (Chemical transformation of ozone and fine aerosols)
• ⦁ 대기 극미량성분 분석 (Measurement of reactive trace species in the atmosphere)
• ⦁ 대기-생태 상호작용 (Atmosphere-Biosphere interaction)

• ⦁학부: 대기화학 해양환경학
• ⦁대학원 : 대기화학특론, 대기화학분석, 대기오염, 대기자료분석, 대기화학모델링, 생지구화학순환

• 연구교수 : 서인선, 김주애, 임세희, Xiaona Shang
• 박사과정 : 이호준 / 안진주, 함지영, 신범철 (파트)
• 석박사통합과정 : 길준수
• 석사과정 : 김희정, 서지환, 전한얼, 최윤영, 손지원, 황주리, 박준형