Young-Wook Lee

 

Director & Professor of Astrophysics
Center for Galaxy Evolution Research & Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, South Korea
phone: 82-2-2123-2689
e-mail: ywlee2 (yonsei.ac.kr) 

 

Education 

 

B.S. 1984 Yonsei University

M.S. 1985 Yale University

Ph.D. 1989 Yale University

 

Employment 

 

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1989-1990, University of Victoria

Hubble Fellow, 1990-1993, Yale University & Space Telescope Science Institute 

Professor, 1993-present, Yonsei University

Director, 1997-present, Center for Galaxy Evolution Research/Yonsei University

 

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, 1998-2013, NASA GALEX mission

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, 2006-2012, IAU Commission 37

Member, 2006-2008, Korean National Space Committee

Distinguished Research Award, 2008, Yonsei University

Underwood Distinguished Professorship, 2008-2011, Yonsei University

Member, 2009-present, Korean Academy of Science & Technology

 

Research Interests 

 

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

 

Scientific Papers 

 

5 papers published in Nature/Science

160 papers published in top 5 journals of Astronomy/Astrophysics

90 papers published in conference proceedings or domestic journals

Total number of publications: 255

Total number of citations: 16,600

h-index: 63

 

• 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, “Multiple Stellar Populations in the Globular Cluster w Centauri as Tracers of a Merger Event”, 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
   

  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
   

  Joo, S.-J. & Lee, Y.-W. 2013, "Star Formation Histories of Globular Clusters with Multiple Populations. I. ω CEN, M22, and NGC 1851", ApJ, 762, 36
   

  Chung, C., Yoon, S.-J., Lee, S.-Y., & Lee, Y.-W. 2013, "Yonsei Evolutionary Population Synthesis (YEPS) Model. I. Spectroscopic Evolution of Simple Stellar Populations", ApJS, 204, 3
   

  Jang, S. & Lee, Y.-W. 2015, "Star Formation History of the Milky Way Halo Traced by the Oosterhoff Dichotomy among Globular Clusters", ApJS, 218, 31
   

  Lee, Y.-W., Joo, S.-J., & Chung, C. 2015, "The Milky Way without X: an Alternative Interpretation of the Double Red Clump in the Galactic Bulge", MNRAS, 453, 3906
   

  Kang, Y., Kim, Y.-L., Lee, Y.-W. et al. 2016, "Early-type Host Galaxies of Type Ia Supernovae. I. Evidence for Downsizing", ApJS, 223, 7

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Lee, Y.-W., Kim, J., Johnson, C. et al. 2019, "The Globular Cluster Origin of the Milky Way Outer Bulge: Evidence from Sodium Bimodality", ApJL, 878, L2