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Dr. Young-Jin Lee

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University

Faculty Scientist, Ames Laboratory

 

Tel: 515-294-1235

Email: yjlee at iastate.edu

 

Dr. Lee joined the faculty in August 2008. Before joining Iowa State, he worked at the Genome Center, University of California-Davis as a staff scientist, and at the Department of Chemistry, Indiana University as a post-doctoral fellow with Prof. David E. Clemmer. He received his PhD from Seoul National University in 1997 with Prof. Myung Soo Kim, and worked for LG Semicon and Hyndai Electronics before coming to United States. His mass spectrometry expertise covers wide disciplines including fundamentals, instrumentation, proteomics, and ion mobility.  His current research interests include MALDI-based mass spectrometry imaging and its applications to plant metabolites, forensics, among others.

Graduate Students

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Josiah Rensner

PhD candidate

Joined Group 2020

 

Education
B.S. Concordia University-Nebraska in Biology, Chemistry, and Education, 2019

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Daphne Patten

PhD candidate

Joined Group 2020

 

Education

B.S. Lake Superior State University in Forensic Chemistry, 2020

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Sumin Na

PhD candidate

Joined Group Spring 2021

 

Education

M.S. Yonsei University

B.S. Kyunghee University

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Pubudu Hapuarachchige

PhD candidate

Joined Group 2021

 

Education

M.S. Eastern Illinois University, 2021

B.S. University of Sri Jayewardenepura

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Vy Tat

PhD candidate

Joined Group 2021

 

Education

B.S. Concordia College in Chemistry, 2021

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Raven Buckman

PhD candidate

Joined Group 2024

Joined ISU 2021

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Education
B.S. University of Minnesota Duluth, 2021

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Anna Uhlmansiek

PhD student

Joined Group 2022

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Education
B.S. Hanover College, 2022

Shanika Weerasinghe

PhD student

Joined Group 2024

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Education
B.S. University of Ruhuna

Undergraduate Research Associate

Madeline Stadtmueller

Please contatct me @ yjlee et iastate.edu if you are interested in research opportunity!

Chem major students are especially welcome!

Summer Intern

Tricia Chapela, high school teacher in Cy-Fair High School, Cypress, TX

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Contact

Mailing Address:

2415 Osborn Dr.

Department of Chemistry

Iowa State University

Ames, IA 50011

 

Office: 3759 Gilman

Tel: 515-294-1235 (Lee office)

515-294-2368 (Student Office)

Lab: 3334, 3651, 3652 Gilman

Student office: 3751/3753/3755 Gilman

Email: yjlee at iastate dot edu

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