Employment History

· Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea, Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of
  Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, 8/1/2001-present.

· NOAA/AOML/CIMAS, Miami, FL, Assistant Scientist, 10/1/1998-7/30/2001.

· NOAA/AOML/CIMAS, Miami, FL, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 6/1/1997-9/30/1998 (Advisor: Dr. Rik
  Wanninkhof).

Education

· Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL, Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography, 1/1/1992-7/30/1996,
  Thesis advisor: Professor Frank J. Millero.
  Thesis title: Studies of the carbonate system in the oceans, 253 pp.

· Univ. of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, M.S. in Chemical Oceanography, 8/1988-6/1991,
  Thesis advisor: Professor William M. Sackett.
  Thesis title: The high temperature titration of amorphous silica, 62 pp.

· Chungnam National University, Korea, B.S. in Oceanography, 1982-1986.

Awards

· 2020 Grand Prize of Chang PoGo - Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Award”, Ministry of Oceans and   Fisheries/Korea Ocean Foundation

· 2019 Class of AGU(American Geophysical Union) Fellow

· 2015 A recipient of “Best Scientist Award in May 2015, The Korean Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.

· 2012 Outstanding Educator Award in Geoscience, The Korean Academy of Science and Technology

· 2011 A recipient of “Proud Postechian Award in Research”, POSTECH.

· 2008 Best 50 Research Achievements for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Research and
  Development Project.

· American Geophysical Union (AGU) Editors Journal Highlights; Park, G.-H., K. Lee, and P.Tischchenko.
  "Sudden, considerable reduction in recent uptake of anthropogenic CO₂ by the East/Japan Sea", Geophysical
  Research Letters, 2008.

· Best Paper Award, Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies; Lee, H.-W., K. Lee, and B.Y. Lee,
  "Prediction of surface ocean pCO₂ from observations of salinity, temperature, and nitrate: the empirical model
  perspective", Ocean Science Journal, 2008.

Professional Experiences

· Lecture entitled “Impacts of Anthropogenic Nitrogen on Ocean Nitrogen System in the Yellow and East China   Seas”, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 9-13, 2019.

· Plenary lecture entitled “Biological production reduces the net impacts of coastal acidification in the   northwestern Pacific Ocean”, SOLAS Open Science Conference, Sapporo, April 21-25, 2019.

· Lecture entitled “Rising anthropogenic nitrate levels in the North Pacific Ocean”, Monterey Bay Research   Institute, CA, USA, July 19, 2017.

· Plenary lecture entitled “Anthropogenic ocean chemistry changes (carbon and nutrients)”, First Korean-   American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Korean Academy of Science and Technology-U.S. National   Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA, USA, August 12–14, 2013.

· Plenary lecture entitled “Human footprints in the marginal seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean”, The North   Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) Science Board Symposium, Hiroshima, October 12–19, 2012

· Plenary presentation “Change in ocean carbon chemistry since pre-industrial times”, Intergovernmental Panel
  on Climate Changes, Working group II/I Workshop on Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biology and
  Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan, January 17-19, 2011.

· Visiting Scientist at Univ. of Washington/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA, February
  2009-December 2009.

· Plenary presentation “Excess carbon export following the spring bloom in extratropical oceans: Implications of
  N₂-fixer-mediated carbon export”, Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Open Science Conference,
  Xiamen, China, March 6-9, 2007.

· Adjunct Assistant Professor in Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry Division of Univ. of Miami / RSMAS, Miami, FL,
  USA, 2002-2009.

· Session Chair for the 2nd International Symposium of CO₂ in the Oceans, Tsukuba, Japan, January 1999.

· Chief scientist for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Ocean Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study
  (NOAA/OACES) North Atlantic cruise (24oN), 1/23/1998-2/24/1998.

· Research Assistant at the University of Miami, 1992-1996.

· Teaching Assistant for undergraduate and graduate chemical oceanography at the University of Miami, 1993-
  1996.

· Research Assistant at the University of South Florida, 1988-1991.

Professional Activities

· The First President of the Korean Academy of Marine Science, 2021-2024.

· Member of 2050 Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Commission, 2021-2023.

· United Nations system–Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection   (GESAMP) WG 38, 2017–present.

· Member of the International Advisory Board of the European Project on Ocean Acidification, 2008-2010.

· Member of Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research, 2005-2006.

· Member of International Surface Ocean Low Atmosphere Studies (SOLAS), 2004-2008.

· Member of Joint IOC (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission)-JGOFS (Joint Global Ocean Flux Study)
  CO₂ Advisory Panel, 2002-2005.