People

Professor Yuong-Nam Lee, Ph.D.

INTERESTS

Vertebrate Paleontology, Evolution, Paleoecology, Taphonomy

EDUCATION

1980~1986

Department of Geology, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

(B.S., Geology, 02/1984) (M.S., Paleontology, 08/86: Supervisor: Prof. Ha-Young Lee)

Thesis: Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Jigunsan Formation and Duwibong Formation of the Chosen Supergroup in Nokgeon Sangdong area, Yeongweol Gun, Kangweon Do, South Korea

1990~1995

Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

(Ph.D., Vertebrate Paleontology, 05/95, Supervisor: Prof. Louis L. Jacobs)

Dissertation: Mid-Cretaceous archosaurs of the Paw Paw and Woodbine formations, Texas

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1995~1996

Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Texas, USA

1996~1997

Department of Earth Science Education, Kyungpook National University, Korea

1997~1999

Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, Korea

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1994

Invited scholar at Smithsonian Institute

2000~2001

BK21 invited scholar at Seoul National University

2001~2007

Senior Researcher at KIGAM

2006~2011

Leader of Korea-Mongolia International Dinosaur Expedition

2008~2015

Principal Researcher at KIGAM

2009~

Visiting Researcher at Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, Japan

2010~2015

Director of Geological Museum of KIGAM

2013

Visiting Professor at Hokkaido University Museum, Japan

2013~

Vice President of ADA (Asia Dinosaur Association)

2015~

Professor at School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University

2018~2019

Vice President of the Geological Society of Korea

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

1983

An honor from the president of Yonsei University, Korea

1991

T.E. Williams Research Award, Southern Methodist University, USA

1993

Dallas Korean-American Scholarship, Dallas, USA

1994

Smithsonian Institution Short Term Visitor Award, USA

1996

The Saurus Institute Research Award, USA

1999

Distinguished Research Award from Korea Research Foundation, Korea

2003

Best Research Award from KIGAM, Korea

2004

Best Research Award from the Geological Society of Korea, Korea

2005

Special Award from KIGAM, Korea

2006

Best Science Writer from Donga Newspaper, Korea

2012

Best Research Award from the Paleontological Society of Korea, Korea

2014

2014 Scientist of the Year from Korea Science Journalists Association, Korea

2014

Best Researcher of the Year from KIGAM, Korea

2015

Special Award from NST (National Research Center of Science & Technology), Korea

2015

Honor Medal from Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Korea

2015

Global Player from KIGAM, Korea

2015

The National Academy of Sciences Award, Korea

EDITOR

2004~2007

Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea (Chief Editor)

2009~2011

Palaios (Assistant Editor)

2013~

Geosciences Journal (Associated Editor)

LECTURE OFFERED

046.012

Understanding the Earth (undergraduate class)

3345.308

Fossils & Lab. (undergraduate class)

3345.746

Seminar in Paleobiology (graduate class)

- Vertebrate Paleontology

- Dinosaurology

- Microvertebrate Paleontology

- Vertebrate Ichnology

- Paleoichthyology

- Bone histology

- Pterosauria

3345.606

Stratigraphy and Paleontology (graduate class)

Graduate Students

이성진 (Sungjin Lee)

Ph.D. student

Email: sungjinlee@snu.ac.kr

My interests are as diverse as dinosaurs, from their evolution to physiology to ecology. Studying their various shapes and lifestyles with fossil remains is what I do in order to know more about these fascinating creatures. Also, I have great interest in systematics and want to figure out phylogenetic relationships among Mesozoic dinosaurs and other archosaurs, mainly those lived in East Asia.

김수환 (Su-Hwan Kim)

Ph.D. student

Email: shwan0@snu.ac.kr

I studied Cenozoic fishes during my undergraduate in Kyungpook National University. My interests are taxonomy of fossil fishes and their paleoenvironment based on sedimentary rocks. I think it is worth to study fossil fishes for understanding of paleobiodiversity of Korean peninsula. Through my research activities, I hope that many people become interested in fossil fishes and their evolution.

윤한상 (Han Sang Yoon)

Ph.D. student

Email: rex0123@snu.ac.kr

Dinosaurs leaded my way to the natural science, especially geology and paleontology. Nowadays my research interests are focused on taphonomy and sedimentology, and using these tools I want to reconstruct paleoenvironment in more detailed ways. As a beginner, my main subject is dinosaur footprints and trackways, and I hope I could understand their behaviors and inhabited environment through their traces.

김 도 현 (Dohyeon Kim)

Ph.D. student

Email: a37995590@gmail.com

My name is Dohyeon Kim. I have been interested in Paleontology since I was a child. And when I was a university freshman in 2015, I had a great chance to participated in a special program (Gobi Dinosaur Supporters) organized by Prof. Lee. It was my first experience to discover and excavate dinosaur’s fossils. That unforgettable memory led me to find my goal that becomes a paleontologist.

My hobby is exercising and enjoying epicurism. Whenever I get stressed out, I have delicious food after doing extreme sports. I love reading books and meditating in a calm cafe sometimes.

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