Young-Wook Lee

Director & Underwood Professor of Astrophysics
Center for Space Astrophysics & Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
phone: 82-2-2123-2689
e-mail: ywlee (csa.yonsei.ac.kr)

  • Education

  • Employment

  • Awards & Honors

      Hubble Fellowship, 1990-1993, from NASA Space Telescope Science Institute
      Dirk Brouwer Prize, 1990, from Yale University for "a contribution of unusual merit to astronomy"
      Certificate of Recognition, 1991, from NASA "in recognition of contributions to the Hubble Space Telescope Program"
      Selected as One of the 20 Most Cited Astronomy Papers, 1995, Royal Observatories, UK
      Co-I & Head of Korean Participation, 1998-present, NASA GALEX mission
      Selected as the Most Cited Paper by Korean Scientist, 1999, Korean Ministry of Science & Technology
      Scientist of the Month Award, 2000, Korean Ministry of Science & Technology
      Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2000, Yonsei University
      Asian Science & Technology Pioneer, 2002, World Economic Forum
      Scientist of the Year Award, 2003, Korean National Assembly
      Role Model Scientist, 2003, Korean Ministry of Science & Technology
      NASA Group Achievement Award, 2004, for "a contribution to GALEX mission"
      Yongjae Special Award, 2005, Yongjae Foundation
      Organizing Committee Member, 2006-present, IAU Commission 37
      Member, 2006-2008, Korean National Space Committee
      Distinguished Research Award, 2008, Yonsei University
      Underwood Distinguished Professorship, 2008-present, Yonsei University
      Yonsei PI for the CTIO 4m Operation Partnership, 2006-2009, CTIO, Chile
      Member, 2009-present, Korean Academy of Science & Technology

  • Research Interests

      Stellar Evolution & Populations in Globular Clusters & Elliptical Galaxies, Space UV Astrophysics, Observational Cosmology

  • Scientific Papers

      5 papers published in Nature/Science
      130 papers published in top 5 journals of Astronomy/Astrophysics
      85 papers published in conference proceedings or domestic journals
      Total number of publications: 220
      Total number of citations: 6120
      h-index: 41

  • Selected Publications (Complete Publication List)

      Lee, Y.-W., Demarque, P., & Zinn, R. 1990, "The Horizontal-Branch Stars in Globular Clusters. I. The Period-Shift Effect, the Luminosity of the Horizontal-Branch, and the Age-Metallicity Relation", APJ, 350, 155

      Lee, Y.-W., Demarque, P., & Zinn, R. 1994, "The Horizontal-Branch Stars in Globular Clusters. II. The Second Parameter Phenomenon", ApJ, 423, 248

      Lee, Y.-W. et al. 1999, ˇ°Multiple Stellar Populations in the Globular Cluster w Centauri as Tracers of a Merger Eventˇ±, Nature, 402, 55

      Martin, C., Fanson, J., Lee, Y.-W. et al. 2005, "The Galaxy Evolution Explorer: A Space Ultraviolet Survey Mission", ApJ, 619, L1

      Lee, Y.-W. et al. 2005, "Super-Helium-rich Populations and the Origin of Extreme Horizontal-Branch Stars in Globular Clusters", ApJ, 621, L57

      Yoon, S.-J., Yi, S., Lee, Y.-W. 2006, "Explaining the Color Distributions of Globular Cluster Systems in Elliptical Galaxies", Science, 311, 1129

      Schawinski, K., Yi, S., Lee, Y.-W. et al. 2006, "Suppression of Star Formation in Early-type Galaxies by Feedback from Supermassive Black Holes", Nature, 442, 888

      Lee, Y.-W., Gim, H., Dinescu, D. 2007, "Kinematic Decoupling of Globular Clusters with the Extended Horizontal Branch", ApJ, 661, L49

      Lee, J.-W., Lee, Y.-W. et al. 2009, "Enrichment by Supernovae in Globular Clusters with Multiple Populations", Nature, 462, 480

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