Prof. Lee specializes in hydrogeology, geostatistical and computational modeling, and geophysical application in shallow environments. His research focuses on developing numerical and theoretical methodologies that merge various hydrologic, geologic, and geophysical data into a stochastic modeling framework to characterize uncertain hydrologic processes, contaminant transport, and unknown subsurface structures. His recent projects are to quantify impacts of climate change and anthropogenic activities on groundwater through integration of surficial processes, land use and vegetation. He teaches hydrogeology, geotechnics, environmental geophysics, spatial data analysis, and introductory environmental science for both undergraduate and graduate levels.
B.S., Geology (with honor), Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
M.S., Geophysics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, IL
GEOL 220 General Geology
GEOL 341/5541 Environmental Geophysics
GEOL 370 Hydrogeology
GEOL 404 Geology of Fluids
GEOG 444 Spatial Data Analysis
GEOG 5544 Advanced Spatial Data Analysis
GEOL 551 Geotechnics
GEOL 5570 Advanced Hydrogeology
GEOL 598D Special Topic: Environmental Geology
GEOG 598F Special Topic: Geostatistics & Modeling
Norman Royall Distinguished Research Award, University of Missouri – Kansas City, 2021.
Nominee for Outstanding Academic Advisor in a Faculty Advising Role, Missouri Academic Advising Association, 2020.
Lee, J.-Y., Wainkwa Chia, R., Veerasingam, S., Uddin, S., Jeon, W.-H., Moon, H. S., Cha, J., Lee, J., 2024, “A comprehensive review of urban microplastic pollution sources, environment and human health impacts, and regulatory efforts,” Science of The Total Environment, 946, 174297, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174297.
Cha, J., Lee, J.-Y, Lee, J., 2023, “Effects of groundwater sample volume on identified microplastics in groundwater of an agricultural area in Korea,’ Science of the Total Environment. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168650.
Kato, Y. and Lee, J., 2022, “Quantitative analysis of the effect of human migration on the landslides after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake using Landsat imagery,” Natural Hazards,https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-05166-x.
Black, F., Lee, J., Ichoku, C.M., Ellison, L., Gatebe, C.K., Babamaaji, R., Abdollahi, K., 2021, “Biomass burning and its relationship with water cycle dynamics of the Chari-Logone catchment of Lake Chad Basin,” Earth 2021, 2, 340-356. https://doi.org/10.3390/earth2020020.
Skaskevych, A., Lee, J., Jung, H. C., Bolten, J., David, J. L., Policelli, F., Goni, I. B., Favreau, G., San, S., and Ichoku, C., 2019, “Application of GRACE to the estimation of groundwater storage change in a data poor region: a case study of Ngadda catchment in the Lake Chad Basin,” Hydrological Processes. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13613.
Bailing, L., Rodell, M., Kumar, S., Beaudoing, H. K., Getirana, A., Zaitchik, B., Gustavo de Goncalves, L., Cossetin, C., Bhanja, S., Mukherjee, A., Tian, S., Tangdamrongsub, N., Long, D., Nanteza, J., Lee, J., Policelli, F., Goni, I. B., Daira, D., Bila, M., de Lannoy, G., Mocko, D., and Steele-Dunne, S. C., 2019, “Global GRACE data assimilation for groundwater and drought monitoring: Advances and challenges,” Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024618.