- Rm. 211, DESE Building
- 054) 279-2285
- ktl@postech.ac.kr
- Rm. 211, DESE Building
- 054) 279-2285
- ktl@postech.ac.kr
The Core Lab for Innovative Marine & Atmospheric Technology (CLIMATE) CLIMATE investigates human-driven changes in the Earth system by focusing on the interconnected carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur cycles. Our research addresses key processes such as oceanic blue carbon dynamics, atmospheric nitrogen deposition, and polar climate feedbacks, with the overarching goal of advancing scientific understanding of global environmental change.
- 1996
- Ph.D., University of Miami (Marine Chemistry)
- 1990
- M.S., University of South Florida (Oceanography)
- 1986
- B.S., Chungnam National University (Oceanography)
NOAA/AOML/CIMAS, Miami, FL, Assistant Scientist, October 1998 – July 2001.
NOAA/AOML/CIMAS, Miami, FL, Postdoctoral Research Associate, May 1997 – September 1998 (Advisor: Dr. Rik Wanninkhof).
Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemical Oceanography, September 1996 – April 1997 (Advisor: Professor F.J. Millero).
“Order of Service Merit - Red Stripes”, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, 2024
“Grand Prize of Chang PoGo - Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Award”, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries/Korea Ocean Foundation, 2020
Elected as “2019 Class of AGU Fellow”, American Geophysical Union, 2019.
“Scientist of the Month Award (May)”, The Korean National Research Foundation, 2015.
"Outstanding Educator Award in Geoscience", The Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Korea, 2012.
"Proud Postechian Award in Research", Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea, 2011.
Best 50 Research Achievements selected by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Research and Development Project, 2008.
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Editors Journal Highlights; "Sudden, considerable reduction in recent uptake of anthropogenic CO2 by the East/Japan Sea", Geophysical Research Letters, 2008.
Best Paper Award, Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies; "Prediction of surface ocean pCO2 from observations of salinity, temperature, and nitrate: the empirical model perspective", Ocean Science Journal, 2008.
Jang, E.-H.; *Park, K.-T.; Yoon, Y.-J.; Lee, K.; Traversi, Rita; Becagli, Silvia; Severi, Mirko; Tunved, Peter; Krejci, Radovan; *Kim, T.-W.; Fernandez, Rafael P.; Saiz-Lopez, Alfonso; Lee, B.-Y., “Synergistic effects of oceanic dimethyl sulfide emissions and atmospheric oxidants on new particle formation in the Arctic”, 2025, Environmental Research, 282, Article number 122024, doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.122024
*Lee, C.-H.; Lee, K.; *Kim, M.-O.; Kim, J.-H.; Zhang, Yongyu; Kang, J.-W.; Choi, I.-H.; Oh, J.-C.; Choi, Y.-W.; Kim, J.-H.; *Kim, J.-M.; Kim, K.-Y., “Alkalinity (Bicarbonate) Pumping by Coastal Macroalgal Forests”, 2025, Geophysical Research Letters, 52(12), Article number e2025GL115753, doi: 10.1029/2025GL115753
*Park, K.-T.; Yoon, Y.-J.; Lee, K., “Quantifying dimethylsulfoniopropionate lyase activity in marine environments using selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry”, 2025, Marine Environmental Research, 208, Article number 107125, doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2025.107125
*Ko, Y.-H.; Shin, S.-H.; Kim, S.-G.; Park, M.-O.; Seok, M.-W.; Kim, M.-S.; Lee, K.; *Kim, T.-W., “Excess alkalinity and its impacts on pCO2 estimation in coastal and estuarine waters of the Yellow Sea”, 2025, Marine Chemistry, 269, Article number 104499, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2025.104499
Kim, J.-H.; Lee, H.-W.; Lee, J.-H.; *Kim, M.-O.; Lee, K.; Kim, C.-S.; Kang, E.-J.; Kim, Y.-R.; Yoon, Y.-J.; Lee, S.-B.; Kim, H.-J.; Choi, E.-J.; Yoon, H.-S.; Kim, B.-S.; Kang, J.-W.; Oh, J.-C.; Kim, J.-H.; Choi, I.-H, “Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) potential in temperate macroalgal forests: A comparative study of chemical and biological net ecosystem production (NEP)”, 2025, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 210, Article number 117327, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117327
*Lee, C.-H.; Lee, K.; Lee, J.-S.; Jeong, K.-Y.; *Ko, Y.-H., "Persistent organic alkalinity in the ocean", 2024, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 387(53-62), doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2024.06.010 Rush, Samantha; Vlahos, Penny; *Lee, C.-H.; Lee, K.; Barrett, Lauren J, “Boron to salinity ratios in the Fram Strait entering the Central Arctic: The role of sea ice formation and future predictions”, 2024, Marine Chemistry, 267, Article number 104463, doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2024.104463
*Ko, Y.-H.; Shin, S.-H.; Kim, S.-G.; Park, M.-O.; Seok, M.-W.; Kim, M.-S.; Lee, K.; Kim, D.-S.; *Park, G.-H.; *Kim, T.-W.; "Significant CO2 emission in the shallow inshore waters of the southeastern Yellow Sea in 2020", 2024, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 201, Article number 116262, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116262
Kwon, E.-Y.; Dunne, John P.; Lee, K., "Biological export production controls upper ocean calcium carbonate dissolution and CO2 buffer capacity", 2024, Science Advances, 10(13), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adl0779
*Kim, H.-R.; Kim, H.-S.; Kim, J.-H.; Yang, D.-W.; Lee, K., Kim, K.-T.; Ock, G.-Y.; Park, H.-G.; Robinson, Rebecca S.; Kim, M.-S.; *Park, G.-H.; Kim, J.-H.; Kim, Y.-I.; Lee, M.-H.; Park, C.-U.; Lim, D.-G.; Han, S.-H.; *Kim, T.-W., “Identifying the external N and Hg inputs to the estuary ecosystem based on the triple isotopic information (δ15NNO3, Δ17ONO3 and δ18ONO3)”, 2024, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 200, Article number 116035, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116035
Kang, H.-C.; Jeong, H.-J.; Ok, J.-H.; Lim, A.-S.; Lee, K.; You, J.-H.; Park, S.-A.; Eom, S.-H.; Lee, S.-Y.; Lee, K.-H.; Jang, S.-H.; Yoo, Y.-D.; Lee, M.-J.; Kim, K.-Y., “Food web structure for high carbon retention in marine plankton communities”, 2023, Science Advances, 9(50), Article number eadk0842, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adk0842
Kim, S.-Y.; Lee, K.; Lee, T.-S.; *Kim, J.-M.; Han, I.-S., “Climate-Driven Fluctuations in Anthropogenic CO2 Uptake by the East Sea in the North Pacific Ocean”, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters, 50(21), Article number e2023GL105819, doi: 10.1029/2023GL105819
Lee, K.-H.; Ali, Shahid; Kim, Y.-N.; Lee, K.; Kwon, S.-Y.; Kam, J.-H., “High Resolution Mapping of Nitrate Loads of a Reservoir Using an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle: Potential Opportunities and Challenges”, 2023, Water Resources Research, 59(11), Article number e2023WR034665, doi: 10.1029/2023WR034665
Lee, H.-I.; Kwon, S.-Y.; Kam, J.-H.; Lee, K.; Fu, Xuewu; Cho, I.-G.; Choi, S.-D., “Isotopic investigation of sources and processes affecting gaseous and particulate bound mercury in the east coast, South Korea”, 2023, Science of the Total Environment, 891, Article number 164404, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164404
Lee. K.; *Kim, J.-S.; *Park, K.-T.; *Park, M.-J.; Jang, E.-H.; Gudmundsson, Kristinn; Olafsdottir, Solveig R.; Olafsson, Jon; Yoon, Y.-J.; Lee, B.-Y.; Kwon, S.-Y.; Kam, J,-H., "Observational evidence linking ocean sulfur compounds to atmospheric dimethyl sulfide during Icelandic Sea phytoplankton blooms", 2023, Science of the Total Environment, 879, Article number 163020, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163020
Vlahos, P.; Lee, K.; *Lee, C.-H.; Barrett, L.; Juranek, L., “Non-conservative nature of boron in Arctic marginal ice zones”, 2022, Communications Earth and Environment, 3(1), Article number 214, doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00552-0
Choi, H.; Choi, B.; Chikaraishi, Y.; Takano, Y.; *Kim, H.; Lee, K.; Lim, D.; Shin, K.-H., “Microbial alteration in marine sediments: Insights from compound-specific isotopic compositions of amino acids in subseafloor environments”, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article number 1030669, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1030669
*Kim, J.-M.; Lee. K.; Han, I.-S.; *Kim. M.-O.; Kim, J.-H.; Kim, T.-H.; Kim, H.; Jeon, B.-H.; Shin, K., “Factors governing seawater carbonate dynamics in a macroalgal habitat”, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article number 963193, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.963193
Lee, K.; *Kim, J.-M.; *Lee, G.-S.; Lee, E.; Jeong, J.-Y.; Lee, J.; Han, I.-S., “Persistent Continental Shelf Carbon Sink at the Ieodo Ocean Research Station in the Northern East China Sea”, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article number 919249, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.919249
*Yang, J. Y. T.; Hsu, T. C.; Tan, E.; Lee, K.; Krom, M. D.; Kang, S.; Dai, Minhan; Hsiao, Silver Sung-Yun; Yan, Xiuli; Zou, Wenbin; Tian, Li; Kao, S.-J., “Sedimentary processes dominate nitrous oxide production and emission in the hypoxic zone off the Changjiang River estuary”, 2022, Science of The Total Environment, 827, Article number 154042, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154042
Li, H.; Moon, H.; Kang, E.-J.; *Kim, J.-M.; *Kim, M.-O.; Lee, K.; Kwak, C.-W.; *Kim, H.; *Kim, I.-N.; Park, K.-Y.; Lee, Y.-K.; Jin, J.-W.; Edwards, M. S.; Kim, J.-H., "The Diel and Seasonal Heterogeneity of Carbonate Chemistry and Dissolved Oxygen in Three Types of Macroalgal Habitats", 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article number 857153, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.857153
Mo, A.; Yang, E.-J.; Kang, S.-H.; Kim, D.; Lee, K.; *Ko, Y.-H.; Kim, K.; *Kim, T.-W., "Impact of Sea Ice Melting on Summer Air-Sea CO2 Exchange in the East Siberian Sea", 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article number 766810, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.766810
Jiang, L.-Q.; Pierrot, D.; Wanninkhof, R.; Feely, Richard A.; Tilbrook, Bronte; Alin, Simone; Barbero, Leticia; Byrne, Robert H.; Carter, Brendan R.; Dickson, Andrew G.; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Greeley, Dana; Hoppema, Mario; Humphreys, Matthew P.; Karstensen, Johannes; Lange, Nico; Lauvset, Siv K.; Lewis, Ernie R.; Olsen, Are; Pérez, Fiz F.; Sabine, Christopher; Sharp, Jonathan D.; Tanhua, Toste; Trull, Thomas W.; Velo, Anton; Allegra, Andrew J.; Barker, Paul; Burger, Eugene; Cai, Wei-Jun; Chen, Chen-Tung A.; Cross, Jessica; Garcia, Hernan; Hernandez-Ayon, Jose Martin; Hu, Xinping; Kozyr, Alex; Langdon, Chris; Lee, K.; Salisbury, C.; Wang, Z.A.; Xue, L., "Best Practice Data Standards for Discrete Chemical Oceanographic Observations", 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article number 705638, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022, 705638
Jang, E.; *Park, K.-T.; Yoon, Y.-J.; Kim, K.; Gim, Y.; Chung, H.-Y.; Lee, K.; Choi, J.; Park, J.; Park, S.-J.; Koo, J.-H.; Fernandez R.P.; Saiz-Lopez A., "First-year sea ice leads to an increase in dimethyl sulfide-induced particle formation in the Antarctic Peninsula", 2022, Science of the Total Environment, 803, Article number 150002, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150002
Seok, M.-W.; Kim, D.; *Park, G.-H.; Lee, K.; Kim, T.-H.; Jung, J.; Kim, K.; *Park, K.-T.; Kim, Y.-H.; Mo, A.; Park, S.; *Ko, Y.-H.; Kang, J.; *Kim, H.; *Kim, T.-W., "Atmospheric deposition of inorganic nutrients to the Western North Pacific Ocean", 2021, Science of the Total Environment, 793, Article number 148401, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148401
*Lee, C.-H.; Lee, K., *Ko, Y.-H.; Lee, J.-S., "Contribution of Marine Phytoplankton and Bacteria to Alkalinity: An Uncharacterized Component", 2021, Geophysical Research Letters, 48(19), Article number e2021GL093738, DOI: 10.1029/2021GL093738
Byun, D.-S.; Jeong, J.-Y.; Kim, D.-J.; Hong, S.; Lee, K.-T.; Lee, K., "Ocean and Atmospheric Observations at the Remote Ieodo Ocean Research Station in the Northern East China Sea", 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article number 618500, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.618500
*Park, K.-T.; Yoon, Y.-J.; Lee, K., Tunved, P.; Krejci, R.; Ström, J.; Jang, E.; Kang, H.-J.; *Jang, S.; Park, J.; Lee, B.-Y.; Traversi, R.; Becagli, S.; Hermansen, O., "Dimethyl Sulfide-Induced Increase in Cloud Condensation Nuclei in the Arctic Atmosphere", 2021, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35(7), Article number e2021GB006969, DOI: 10.1029/2021GB006969
*Jang, S.; *Park, K.-T.; Lee, K.; Yoon, Y.-J.; Kim, K.; Chung, H.-Y.; Jang, E.; Becagli, S.; Lee, B.-Y.; Traversi, R.; Eleftheriadis, K.; Krejci, R.; Hermansen, O., "Large seasonal and interannual variations of biogenic sulfur compounds in the Arctic atmosphere (Svalbard; 78.9g N, 11.9g E)", 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(12), 9761-9777, DOI: 10.5194/acp-21-9761-2021 Lee, K.; Feely, R.A., "Dissolution resolution", 2021, Nature Geoscience, 14(6), 356 – 357, DOI: 10.1038/s41561-021-00765-6
Jeong, H.-J.; Yoo, Y.-D.; Lee, K.; Kang, H.-C.; Kim, J.-S.; Kim, K.-Y., "Annual carbon retention of a marine-plankton community in the eutrophic Masan Bay, based on daily measurements", 2021, Marine Biology, 168(5), Article number 69, DOI: 10.1007/s00227-021-03881-4
*Moon, J.-Y.; Lee, K.; Lim, W.-A.; Lee, E.; Dai, M.; Choi, Y.-H.; Han, I.-S.; Shin, K.; *Kim, J.-M.; Chae, J., "Anthropogenic nitrogen is changing the East China and Yellow seas from being N deficient to being P deficient", 2021, Limnology and Oceanography, 66(3), 914-924, DOI: 10.1002/lno.11651
Beck, L.J.; Sarnela, N.; Junninen, H.; Hoppe, C.J.M.; Garmash, O.; Bianchi, F.; Riva, M.; Rose, C.; Peräkylä, O.; Wimmer, D.; Kausiala, O.; Jokinen, T.; Ahonen, L.; Mikkilä, J.; Hakala, J.; He, X.-C.; Kontkanen, J.; Wolf, K.K.E.; Cappelletti, D.; Mazzola, M.; Traversi, R.; Petroselli, C.; Viola, A.P.; Vitale, V.; Lange, R.; Massling, A.; Nøjgaard, J.K.; Krejci, R.; Karlsson, L.; Zieger, P.; *Jang, S.; Lee, K.; Vakkari, V.; Lampilahti, J.; Thakur, R.C.; Leino, K.; Kangasluoma, J.; Duplissy, E.-M.; Siivola, E.; Marbouti, M.; Tham, Y.J.; Saiz-Lopez, A.; Petäjä, T.; Ehn, M.; Worsnop, D.R.; Skov, H.; Kulmala, M.; Kerminen, V.-M.; Sipilä, M.,"Differing Mechanisms of New Particle Formation at Two Arctic Sites", 2021, Geophysical Research Letters, 48(4), Article number e2020GL091334, DOI: 10.1029/2020GL091334
Jeong, H.-J.; Kang, H.-C.; Lim, A.-S.; *Jang, S.-H.; Lee, K.; Lee, S.-Y.; Ok, J.-H.; You, J.-H.; Kim, J.-H.; Lee, K.-H.; Park, S.-A.; Eom, S.-H.; Yoo, Y.-D.; Kim, K.-Y., "Feeding diverse prey as an excellent strategy of mixotrophic dinoflagellates for global dominance", 2021, Science Advances, 7(2), Article number eabe4214, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe4214
*Kim, H., Kwon, S.Y., Lee, K., Lim, D., Han, S., *Kim, T.-W., Joo, Y.J., Lim, J., Kang, M.-H., Nam, S.-I., "Input of terrestrial organic matter linked to deglaciation increased mercury transport to the Svalbard fjords", 2020, Scientific Reports, 10(1), 3446, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60261-6
Hyun, B., *Kim, J.-M., Jang, P.-G., Jang, M.-C., Choi, K.-H., Lee, K., Yang, E.J., Noh, J.H., Shin, K., "The effects of ocean acidification and warming on growth of a natural community of coastal phytoplankton", 2020, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8(10), 821, DOI: 10.3390/jmse8100821
*Kim, J.-M., Lee, K., Han, I.-S., Lee, J.-S., Choi, Y.-H., Lee, J.H., *Moon, J.-Y., "Anthropogenic Nitrogen-Induced Changes in Seasonal Carbonate Dynamics in a Productive Coastal Environment", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters, 47(17), e2020GL088232, DOI: 10.1029/2020GL088232
*Jones, M.R., Lee, K., "Sequential injection analysis Ferrozine spectrophotometry versus Luminol chemiluminescence for continuous online monitoring of the concentration and speciation of iron", 2020, Microchemical Journal, 157, 104881, DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.104881
*Jones, M.R., Lee, K., "Precipitation of hydrogen peroxide during winter storms and summer typhoons", 2020, Science of the Total Environment, 733,139377, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139377
Olafsson, J., Lee, K., Olafsdottir, S.R., Benoit-Cattin, A., Lee, C.-H., Kim, M., "Boron to salinity ratios for Atlantic, Arctic and Polar Waters: A view from downstream", 2020, Marine Chemistry, 224, 103809, DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2020.103809
*Yang, J.-Y.T., Lee, K., Zhang, J.-Z., *Moon, J.-Y., J.-S., Han, I.-S., Lee, E., "Contrasting decadal trends of subsurface excess nitrate in the western and eastern North Atlantic Ocean", 2020, Biogeosciences, 17(13), 3631-3642, DOI : 10.5194/bg-17-3631-2020
Hopkins, F.E., Suntharalingam, P., Gehlen, M., Andrews, O., Archer, S.D., Bopp, L., Buitenhuis, E., Dadou, I., Duce, R., Goris, N., Jickells, T., Johnson, M., Keng, F., Law, C.S., Lee, K., Liss, P.S., Lizotte, M., Malin, G., Murrell, J.C., Naik, H., Rees, A.P., Schwinger, J., Williamson, P., "The impacts of ocean acidification on marine trace gases and the implications for atmospheric chemistry and climate", 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476(2237), 20190769, DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2019.0769
Lee, H.-G., Kim, H.M., Min, J., Park, C., Jeong, H.J., Lee, K., Kim, K.Y., "Quantification of the paralytic shellfish poisoning dinoflagellate Alexandrium species using a digital PCR", 2020, Harmful Algae, 92, 101726, DOI:10.1016/j.hal.2019.101726