Young-Wook Lee

Professor of Astrophysics

phone: 82-2-2123-2689

e-mail: ywlee (csa.yonsei.ac.kr)

  • Education

  • Employment

  • Awards & Honors

      Hubble Fellowship, 1990-1993, from Space Telescope Science Institute (NASA)
      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"
      Scientist of the Month Award, 2000, from Korean Ministry of Science & Technology
      Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2000, from Yonsei University
      Scientist of the Year Award, 2000, from Korean Science Journalist Association
      New Generation Leader of Asia, 2002, from World Economic Forum
      Role-Model Scientist of the Year, 2003, from Korea Science Foundation

  • Research Interests

      Space UV Astrophysics, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters & Elliptical Galaxies, Observational Cosmology, RR Lyrae Variable Stars

  • 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", Astrophysical Journal, 350, 155

      Lee, Y.-W. 1990, "On the Sandage Period-Shift Effect among Field RR Lyrae Stars", Astrophysical Journal, 363, 159

      Lee, Y.-W. 1992, "The Chronology of the Formation of the Galaxy", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 104, 798

      Lee, Y.-W. 1992, "Evidence for an Old Galactic Bulge from RR Lyrae Stars in Baade's Window: Implications for the Formation of the Galaxy and the Age of the Universe", Astronomical Journal, 104, 1780

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

      Lee, Y.-W. 1994, "The Global Second Parameter Phenomenon and the Origin of the UV Radiation from Elliptical Galaxies", Astrophysical Journal, 430, L113

      Park, J.-H., & Lee, Y.-W. 1997, "Evidence for a Sizable Age Spread among Galaxies from the UV Upturn Phenomenon in Early-Type Systems", Astrophysical Journal, 476, 28

      Lee, Y.-W., Joo, J.-M., Sohn, Y.-J., Rey, S.-C., Lee, H.-c., & Walker, A. R., 1999 "Multiple Stellar Populations in the Globular Cluster Omega Centauri as Tracers of a Merger Event", Nature, 402, 55

      Yoon, S.-J., & Lee, Y.-W. 2002, "An Aligned Stream of Low-Metallicity Clusters in the Halo of the Milky Way", Science, 297, 578

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