PEOPLE
Professor Yuong-Nam Lee, Ph.D.
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INTERESTS Vertebrate Paleontology, Evolution, Paleoecology, Taphonomy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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EDITOR
2004~2007 Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea (Chief Editor)
2009~2011 Palaios (Assistant Editor)
2013~ Geosciences Journal (Associated Editor)
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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
최승 (Seung Choi)
Combined Master's & Doctoral student, 5th year
Email: seung0521@snu.ac.kr
Research Interests: Theropod-Aves transition, Evolution of Pterosaur, Darwinism and its history
저의 관심사는 공룡의 진화와, 화석에서 발견할 수 있는 진화의 기록들입니다. 특히 ‘비행’이라는 굉장히 독특한 생태학적 특성에 관심이 많습니다. 따라서 익룡과, 수각류-조류간의 진화사에 관심을 가지고 있습니다. 한편 고생물학의 특성상 화석에서 최대한 많은 정보를 읽어내고 이를 통해 합리적인 유추를 해 내어야 할 필요성이 있습니다. 따라서 퇴적학, 동위원소 지구화학, 해부학과 분자계통학을 깊이 공부할 계획을 가지고 있습니다. 또한 3D 스캐너를 활용한 in situ한 화석의 영상처리를 통한 연구, CT촬영을 통한 화석 내부의 분석 등 다양한 기기 및 소프트웨어를 활용한 연구방법론에도 관심이 있습니다. 진화생물학 자체에도 흥미를 가지고 있으며 19세기 후반 다윈의 시대부터 20세기 후반 단속평형설 논쟁에 이르기까지의 진화생물학의 발전 추이에도 흥미를 가지고 공부하고 있습니다. 비슷한 주제에 관심이 있으시거나 방법론에 대해 관심이 있으신 분들은 연락 주시면 감사하겠습니다.
김성영 (Seong Yeong Kim)
Ph.D. student, 4th year
Email: sykim2016@snu.ac.kr
Research Interests: Taphonomy, physiology, evolutionary biology, and bones through SEM
I am Seong Yeong Kim at Paleontological laboratory. I liked dinosaur very much from my childhood, so it was natural that I started being interested in Geology. The more I knew of it, the more I wanted to study it. This is the reason why I chose geology as my major and has become a great motivation I dedicated myself to studying it hard. In undergraduate course, I widely learned entire field of the study. In master’s course, I specifically studied sedimentology and paleoenvironment in Pukyoung National University, and I researched the taphonomy of invertebrate fossils excavated in the Jinju Formation, lacustrine deposits developed in Cretaceous. After graduation from the department, I worked in Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) as the postmaster for a year. During the training period, I researched authigenic carbonates precipitated in sediments by gas hydrate dissociation. Finally, this year, I began to study dinosaur at Seoul National University. Though I am almost a beginner in the field, I would like to research taphonomy, physiology, evolutionary biology, and bones through SEM.
이한울 (Hanwool Lee)
Combined Master's & Doctoral student, 4th year
Email: hwfence312@gmail.com
Research Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology (Mammals & Dinosaurs), Evolution, Paleoecology
My research interests are focused on the evolution of Cenozoic mammals, Mesozoic dinosaurs, and their diversification into modern families, using extensive anatomical and functional knowledge as a basis for comparison. Especially, interested in the evolution and community structure of carnivorans, human, and theropods.
박의준 (Euijun Park)
Combined Master's & Doctoral student, 4th year
Email: dmlwns77@gmail.com
Research Interests: Dinosaur eggs and footprints
I’m Euijun Park. I graduated School of Earth and Environmental Science, SNU. And I’m a combined Master's and Doctoral student. My interest areas are Vertebrate Paleontology, especially dinosaurs. I have got into dinosaurs since I was a child. Their appearances, behaviors, habits, etc. are very interesting to me. So I decided to study dinosaurs. I hope to find out dinosaurs’ behavior by studying eggs, footprints, and bones. My motto is ‘Don’t worry about worrying.’ My bad habit is worrying too much, so I hope to change myself by thinking that.
이성진 (Sungjin Lee)
Ph.D. student, 2nd year
Email: sungjinlee@snu.ac.kr
Research Interests: Dinosaur Paleobiology, Evolution of Archosauria, Systematics and Paleoecology
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.
박진영 (Jin-Young Park)
Ph.D. student, 3rd year
Email: dinotopia3@snu.ac.kr
Research Interests: Dinosaur Paleobiology, Evolution of armored reptiles (ankylosaurs & turtles), Taxonomy
Born 1987 in Seoul, South Korea, and I was a paleo geek ever since. I studied conodonts during junior and senior years in Kangwon National University, and received a master’s degree on Paleontology from Chonnam National University. I have published some articles about lizard and dinosaur fossils, and also named a new genus and species of fossil varanoid lizard, Asprosaurus bibongriensis, in 2015.
김수환 (Su-Hwan Kim)
Ph.D. student, 1st year
Email: shwan0@snu.ac.kr
Research Interests: Taxonomy, Fish evolution
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)
Master student, 2nd year
Email: rex0123@snu.ac.kr
Research Interests: Taphonomy, Dinosaur footprints, Sedimentology and Paleoenvironments
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.
김뇌헌 (Noe Heon Kim)
Combined Master’s & Doctoral student, 1st year
Email: thunderboy6@snu.ac.kr
Research Interests: Archosaurian eggs, Crystallography, Evolution
My research interests are focused on studies of extinct and extant archosaurian eggs. I am especially interested in analyzing the crystallographic characters of various eggshells by using EBSD (Electron Backscatter Diffraction), and ultimately understanding archosaurian egg evolution. Although many dinosaur egg sites have been found in Korea, they are not extensively studied yet. Therefore, revealing the paleobiodiversity of eggs in Korea and its relationship within East Asia is one of my objectives.
박성준 (Sung Jun Baag)
Master student, 2nd year
E-mail: sjbaag@seoul.ac.kr
Research Interests: Evolution, Taxonomy, Species Diversification and Extinction
I graduated University of Washington at Seattle in 2015 as a general Biology major. During my sophomore year I was enthralled by the History of Life course offered by professor Peter D. Ward, and has been greatly interested in paleobiology ever since. I became interested in pretty much all aspects of paleobiology, but was particulary interested in the great diversification and extinction events of prehistoric lifeforms. I hope that research in these boom and bust cycles of speciation will lead to an insight on how life would eventually evolve in the current Anthropocene age.
손민영 (Min Young Son)
Master student, 1st year
E-mail: smy5124@gmail.com
Research Interests: Neogene marine mammals, Vertebrate systematics, Geochemical taphonomy
I am currently working on a fossil whale from the Miocene Duho Formation of South Korea.
The Jurassic Park trilogy and natural history museums in the U.S. led me into the world of Paleontology. I majored in Earth System Sciences in Yonsei University. I participated in Gobi Dinosaur Supporters led by Prof. Lee in my first year of college and have tried to study Geoscience hopefully in ways to become a better paleontologist ever since. Later on, I had trips to Europe and Japan to see large fossil collections. When dealing with fossil specimens, in addition to their morphological characteristics, I plan to investigate the geochemical properties and to induce the paleoenvironmental and diagenetic context it went through all along.
고혜진 (Haejin Ko)
Master student, 1st year
E-mail: shanako0518@gmail.com
Research Interests: Vertebrate Paleontology, Evolution (Reptiles), Paleobiology, Comparative Anatomy
I graduated from Waseda University in Japan as a Liberal arts major and wrote my thesis in Vertebrate Paleontology. I came across a dinosaur course during my sophomore year and ever since then, my interest in dinosaurs has grown rapidly and also reached out into the field of reptiles. I currently have a crested gecko as a pet and will expand my reptile hobby into bigger lizards and snakes. This leads to my research in reptile evolution and paleobiology. In specific, snakes have changed their features in the process of evolution which resulted in their loss of eyelids, limbs and ears, evolved their venom glands, Jacobson's organs and pit organs. Through fossil records, I will be researching on how these features evolved. To do so, I will focus on comparative anatomy, functional morphology and paleobiology to bring back the fossils and extinct animals to life.
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