Professor Hyung Joo Lee

Assistant Professor (January 2022 - Present)

Division of Environmental Science & Engineering

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Previous Affiliations

Staff Air Pollution Specialist                       California Air Resources Board (Oct 2018 - Jan 2022)

Air Pollution Specialist                               California Air Resources Board (Sep 2015 - Oct 2018)

NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow          NASA Ames Research Center (Jan 2014 - Sep 2015)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow                   Harvard University (Jun 2012 - Jan 2014)

Education

ScD: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University (2012)

MS: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard University (2008)

BS: Department of Animal Biotechnology, Seoul National University (2006)

Research Interests

PM2.5, Satellite Remote Sensing, Exposure Assessment, Statistical Modeling, Climate Pollutants, Air Quality Policies and Management, Weather Extremes, Health Impact Assessment, Environmental Justice.

Selected publications

1. Kim NR, Lee HJ. 2025. Leveraging high-resolution satellite-derived NO2 estimates to evaluate NO2 exposure representativeness and socioeconomic disparities. Environmental Science & Technology. 59, 7, 3434-3442.

2. Shin MY, Lee HJ. 2024. A comprehensive multi-tiered approach to assessing weather penalties on O3 levels and exceedance days in Seoul using generalized additive models (2001-2019). Chemosphere. 368, 143687.

3. Lee HJ, Kim NR, Shin MY. 2024. Capabilities of satellite Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) NO2 data for hourly ambient NO2 exposure modeling. Environmental Research. 261, 119633. 

4. Kim NR, Lee HJ. 2024. Ambient PM2.5 exposure and rapid population aging: A double threat to public health in the Republic of Korea. Environmental Research. 252, 119032. 

5. Lee HJ, Kuwayama T, FitzGibbon M. 2023. Trends of ambient O3 levels associated with O3 precursor gases and meteorology in California: Synergies from ground and satellite observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 284, 113358.

6. Lee HJ, Liu Y, Chatfield RB. 2023. Neighborhood-scale ambient NO2 concentrations using TROPOMI NO2 data: Applications for spatially comprehensive exposure assessment. Science of the Total Environment. 857, 159342.

7. Lee HJ, Bell ML, Koutrakis P. 2023. Drought and ozone air quality in California: Identifying susceptible regions in the preparedness of future drought. Environmental Research. 216, 114461.

8. Lee HJ. 2019. Benefits of high-resolution PM2.5 prediction using satellite MAIAC AOD and land use regression for exposure assessment: California examples. Environmental Science & Technology 53:12774-12783.