CV

Myungkook James Jee

Full Professor, Department of Astronomy, Yonsei University

• Email: mkjee@yonsei.ac.kr
• Address: 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul

Education

• Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Johns Hopkins University (2001–2005)
• B.Sc. in Astronomy and Atmospheric Science, Yonsei University (1989–1993)

Employment

• Full Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2019–Present)
• Associate Professor, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2015–2019)
• Research Associate, University of California, Davis, USA (2012–Present)
• LSST Fellow, University of California, Davis, USA (2007–2012)
• Associate Research Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA (2005–2007)
• Software Engineer, California Institute of Technology, CA, USA (1998–2001)
• System Engineer, Samsung, Inc., Seoul, Korea (1993–1995)

Research Metrics

• Publications: Over 135 papers in major peer-reviewed journals
• Impact: h-index of 53 (Google Scholar)
• Total Citations: Over 18,000

Awards & Honors

• KAS Best Research Academic Prize, Korean Astronomical Society (2023)
• Best Yonsei University Research Achievement, Yonsei University (2023)
• Excellence in Teaching, Yonsei University (2018, 2020, 2021)
• The third GRavitational lEnsing Accuracy Testing (GREAT3) challenge, 1st Prize (2014)
• LSST Cosmology Prize Fellowship (5-year) (2007)
• NASA Group Achievement Award for GALEX mission (2004)

NASA Press Releases

• NASA News Release STScI-2025-128: NASA’s Webb ‘Pierces’ Bullet Cluster, Refines Its Mass, Baltimore, MD, June 30, 2025
• NASA News Release STScI-2023-003: Ghost Light Among Galaxies, Baltimore, MD, January 4, 2023
• NASA News Release STScI-2014-022: Unexpectedly Large Amount of Dark Matter, Baltimore, MD, April 3, 2014
• NASA News Release STScI-2012-010: Dark Matter Core in Galaxy Cluster Collision, Baltimore, MD, March 2, 2012
• NASA News Release STScI-2007-017: Hubble Finds Ring of Dark Matter, Baltimore, MD, May 15, 2007