The POSTECH Air Pollution Lab. integrates satellite remote sensing technologies with statistical and AI models to conduct high-resolution air pollution exposure assessments and to perform advanced air quality analyses that support evidence-based policy recommendations.
January 2022-Present, Assistant Professor, POSTECH Division of Environmental Science and Engineering
October 2018-January 2022, Staff Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board
September 2015 - October 2018, Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board
January 2014 - September 2015, NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center
June 2012 - January 2014, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University
Lee HJ*, Shin MY, Kim NR. 2025. Droughts and PM2.5 air pollution in California: the roles of wildfires. Environment International. 202, 109678.
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.
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.
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.
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.