Professor

Contact

📧 estherlee@handong.edu

🏫 Cornerstone Hall 309, Handong Global University

(558 Handong-ro, Buk-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea)

www.linkedin.com

ORCID

Esther (Junyoung) Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Handong Global University School of Spatial Environment System Engineering

Education

• Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Civil and Environmental Engineering (Water Resources Engineering and Science)

• M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Civil and Environmental Engineering (Water Resources Engineering and Science)

• B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Civil and Environmental Engineering (Water Resources Engineering and Science & Geotechnical Engineering)

Employment

• Assistant Professor Handong Global University School of Spatial Environment System Engineering (2024 - present)
• Postdoctoral Associate University of Florida Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences (2021 - 2024)

Academic Service

Journal Assistant Editor

• Sustainability, Special Issues: Impact of Climate Change on Plants
• Forest, Special Issue: Gas Exchange and Carbon-Water Balance in Forests
• Korean Society on Water Environment
• Korea Water Resources Association

Journal Reviewer

• Water Resources Research
• Science of Total Environment
• Journal of Hydrology
• Korea Water Resources Association

Current Members

Undergraduate research assistant

Uiseong An (안의성) 2025. 3 - present

Hyunjun Jang (장현준) 2026. 1 - present

Dahyun Kang (강다현) 2025. 9 - present

Yeerim Yun (윤예림) 2026. 2 - present

Junho Lee (이준호) 2026. 1 - present

Minjun Kim (김민준) 2026. 3 - present Field research assistant

Past Members

Undergraduate research assistant

Sanggeun Oh (오상근) 2025. 3 - 2025. 12

Group Pictures

2026 Korea Water Resources Association, Busan, South Korea

2026 Korea Water Resources Association, Busan, South Korea

2026 Spring, Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea

2025 Spring, Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea

2025 Korea Water Resources Association, Yeosu, South Korea