- 환경공학동 218호
- 054) 279-2290
- saeyunk@postech.ac.kr
- 환경공학동 218호
- 054) 279-2290
- saeyunk@postech.ac.kr
본 연구실은 환경과학수사로 ‘누가, 언제, 무엇이, 어디에 있는’ 오염물질인지 밝혀내는 연구를 수행 중임. 오염물질 고유의 안정동위원소를 분석해 국내부터 극지까지, 생태계 모든 환경 매체에서 수은과 중금속 노출을 추적함. 과거부터 미래까지의 전지구적 오염 변동 연구는 국제 환경협약과 국가 환경정책의 기초 자료로 활용되고 있음.
- 2015
- Ph.D., 미시건대학교 (지구환경과학)
- 2009
- B.S., 퀸즈대학교 (생물학)
- 2015.09 – 2017.10
- 박사후연구원, 매사추세츠공과대학교(MIT), 미국
경북과학기술대상 여성과학인부문, 대한민국 (2025)
젊은과학자상, 대한환경공학회(KSEE), 대한민국 (2020)
Motta, L.C., Lim, S.H., Blum, J.D., Lee, Y.-H., Kang, D.-J., Kwon, S.Y., 2025. Anthropogenic mercury migration from Asia to the open ocean. Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 669.
Kim, Y.-G., Yoon, J.W., Kang, S., Shin, K.-H., Hyun, J.-H., Ra, K., Kim, J.-H., Kwon, S.Y., 2025. Impacts of dam construction on mercury methylation and bioaccumulation revealed by stable isotopes. Environmental Pollution, 372, 125970.
Besnard, L., Ra, K., Kim, Y.G., Lepoint, G., Jung, S., Kwon, S.Y., 2025. Bivalves as a mercury bioindicator: A National Isotopic Survey along the Coast of South Korea. Environmental Sciecne & Technology, 59, 1745-1755.
Lim, S.H., Kim, Y., Motta, L.C., Yang, E.J., Rhee, T.S., Hong, J.K., Han, S., Kwon, S.Y., 2024. Near surface oxidation of elemental mercury leads to mercury exposure in the Arctic Ocean biota. Nature Communications, 15, 7598.
Zhao, L., Zhang, H., Wang, Y., Li, X., Chen, J., Liu, G., Kwon, S.Y., 2024. Soil Geobacteraceae are the key predictors of neurotoxic methylmercury bioaccumulation in rice. Nature Food, 5, 954–961.
Kim, Y.G., Kwon, S.Y., Washburn, S.J., Hong, Y.S., Han, S.H., Lee, M., Park, J.H., 2024. Environmental forensics approach to source investigation in a mercury contaminated river: Insights from mercury stable isotopes. Journal of hazardous materials, 461, 132559.
Yang, Y.H., Kwon, S.Y., Tsui, M.T.K., Motta, L.C., Washburn, S.J., Park, J., Kim, M.-S., Shin, K.-H., 2022. Ecological Traits of Fish for Mercury Biomonitoring: Insights from Compound-Specific Nitrogen and Stable Mercury Isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology, 56, 15, 10808-10817
Li, M.-L., Kwon, S.Y., Poulin, B.A., Tsui, M.T.K., Motta, L.C., Cho, M., 2022. Internal Dynamics and Metabolism of Mercury in Biota: A Review of Insights from Mercury Stable Isotopes. Environmental Science & Technology, 56, 13, 9182-9195.
Lee, J.H., Kwon, S.Y., Yin, R., Motta, L.C., Kurz, A.Y., Nam, S.-I., 2021. Spatiotemporal characterization of mercury isotope baselines and anthropogenic influences in lake sediment cores. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35, 10.
Kwon, S.Y., Blum, J.D., Yin, R., Tsui, M.T.K., Yang, Y.H., Choi, J.W., 2020. Mercury stable isotopes for monitoring the effectiveness of the Minamata convention on Mercury. Earth-Science Reviews, 203, 103111.