June-Yi Lee is an atmospheric scientist at

Pusan National University Pusan National University (PNU), also called Busan National University, is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities in South Korea and second highest public universities in South Korea. Located mainly in Busan (or Pusan), the universi ...

known for her use of models to investigate the atmosphere and the ocean under future climate scenarios.

Education and career

Lee received a B.S. from

Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University () is a private women's university in Seoul founded in 1886 by Mary F. Scranton under Emperor Gojong. It was the first university founded in South Korea. Currently, Ewha is one of the world's largest female educational ins ...

in 1997. She earned an M.S. (1999) and a Ph.D. (2003) from

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

. She then did postdoctoral work at

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

and the

University of Hawaiʻi The University of Hawaiʻi System, formally the University of Hawaiʻi and popularly known as UH, is a public college and university system that confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three universities, seven com ...

. As of 2022 she is an associate professor at Pusan National University, and an associate researcher at the University of Hawaii.

Research

Lee's early work examined rainfall patterns and modeling of the Asian-Australian monsoon. She subsequently examined seasonal predictions within coupled ocean-atmosphere models, with a particular focus on seasonal oscillations and the impact on the Asian summer monsoon. More recently she examines how the monsoon is parameterized within the

CMIP5 In climatology, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) is a collaborative framework designed to improve knowledge of climate change. It was organized in 1995 by the Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) of the World Climate Research ...

model. In 2021, she was the coordinating lead author for Working Group I, chapter 4 of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to advance scientific knowledge about climate change caused by human activities. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) a ...

Selected publications

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Awards and honors

In 2018 Lee received the Climate Change Grand Leaders Award from the Climate Change Center. in 2020 she received the 30th Science and Technology Award from the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Society, in recognition of her paper on the 2016 heat wave in Korea. In 2021 she was named scientist of the year by the Korean Science Journalists Association.

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