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Conference Presentations

  1. Junseok Lee, Seung Soo Steve Lee, Susanna Maisto, John D. Fortner “Nitrate Degradation Using Palladium, Platinum, and Copper Embedded in Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Under the Hydrogen Assisted Catalytic Reduction” AEESP Research and Education Conference, Boston, MA. June 2023

  2. Dilara Hatinoglu, Junseok Lee, John D. Fortner, Onur Apul “Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) as additives for microwave-based sludge pre-hydrolysis” AEESP Research and Education Conference, Boston, MA. June 2023 (Poster Presentation)

  3. Junseok Lee, Chen Liu, Seungsoo Steve Lee, Susanna Maisto, Seung Hee Chae, Kurt D. Pennell, and John D. Fortner “Understanding Oriented Attachment and Sorption Behavior of Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) on Surface Tailored Iron Oxide Nanocrystals by QCM-D” AEESP Research and Education Conference, June 28-30, 2022, St. Louis, US (Poster Presentation)

  4. Hnatko, J.P., C. Liu, Junseok Lee, S. Dong, H. Torkzadeh, John D. Fortner, Kurt D. Pennell, and N.L. Cápiro “Sequential Biological and Adsorptive Material Treatment of Chlorinated Ethenes and PFAS Co-contaminated Contaminated Groundwater” AEESP Research and Education Conference, June 28-30, 2022, St. Louis, US (Poster Presentation)

  5. Junseok Lee, Doyoung Kim, Eunhye Kwon, Hyun A Lee, Sanghoon Lee, Hye-On Yoon, “Effect of soil properties on fluorine desorption behavior in soil using various leaching tests” Poster presented at 2015 Goldschmidt, Praha, Czech (Poster Presentation)

  6. Hyun A Lee, Junseok Lee, Joo-Ae Kim, Hye-On Yoon, Preparation of QA/QC protocol for environmental CCS management: Selecting the pertinent analytical methods, Poster presented at 2015 Goldschmidt, Praha, Czech (Poster Presentation)

  7. Sanghoon Lee, Eunhye Kwon, Doyoung Kim, Junseok Lee, Hyun A Lee, Hye-On Yoon, Geochemical controls on dispersion and migration of fluoride in soil and soil solution via accidental leakage, Poster presented at 2015 Goldschmidt, Praha, Czech (Poster Presentation)

  8. Junseok Lee, Jinsung An, Hyun A Lee, Hye-On Yoon, “Optimization of ultrasound assisted enzymatic extraction for the analysis of fluorine contents in rice samples”, Poster presented at 2014 SETAC Europe 24th annual meeting, Basel, Switzerland (Poster Presentation)

  9. Hyun A Lee, Jinsung An, Junseok Lee, Hye-On Yoon, “Applicability of existing sequential extraction schemes to identify the fractionation of fluorine in soil”, Poster presented at 2014 SETAC Europe 24th annual meeting, Basel, Switzerland (Poster Presentation)

  10. Junseok Lee, Jinsung An, Doyoung Kim, Eunhye Kwon, Hyun A Lee, Hye-On Yoon, “A novel approach of WD-XRF for the analysis of fluorine content in soil with suggested correction factors for Fe/Mn interference”, Poster presented at 2014 Goldschmidt, 2014, Sacramento, US (Poster Presentation)

  11. Jinsung An, Junseok Lee, Hyun A Lee, Hye-On Yoon, “Determination of fluorine species in a rice sample affected by the accidental release of anhydrous hydrofluoric acid using XPS and GC/MS”, Poster presented at 2014 Goldschmidt, 2014, Sacramento, US (Poster Presentation)

  12. Hyun A Lee, Jinsung An, Junseok Lee, Jiyoon Lee, Hye-On Yoon, “Assessment of removable F fraction in the soil through existing sequential extraction schemes”, Poster presented at 2014 Goldschmidt, 2014, Sacramento, US (Poster Presentation)

  13. Junseok Lee, Hye-On Yoon, Jinsung An, “Selective sorption behavior of iodine species on an activated carbon disk and its implication for the speciation analysis”, Poster presented at 2013 AGU Fall meeting, Dec. 09, 2013, San Francisco, US (Poster Presentation)

  14. Junseok Lee, Jinsung An, Hye-On Yoon, “Total and soluble fluorine distribution in soil after occurring hydrogen fluoride spill”, 2013 AGU Chapman Conference, Oct. 22, 2013, US (Poster Presentation)

  15. Jinsung An, Junseok Lee, Hye-On Yoon, “Chemical speciation of fluorine in solid materials by the combined use of X-ray photoelectron spectrometry and sequential extraction scheme”, 2013 AGU Chapman Conference, Oct. 22, 2013, US (Poster Presentation)

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Junseok Lee, Ph.D.​

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Hometown

Yongin, Korea

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Education

Ph.D. Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, 2024

M.S Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea University, 2013

B.S Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea University, 2011

 

Research while at USC

PFAS investigation and remediation

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Publications

  1. Eun-Tae Yun, Junseok Lee, Seung Soo S Lee, Seungkwan Hong, and John D. Fortner “Harnessing the potential of in-situ, electrically generated microbubbles via nickel foam for enhanced, low energy membrane fouling control” Water Research 2024, 249, 120886.

  2. Junseok Lee, Changwoo Kim, Daniel Schmucker, Seung Soo Steve Lee, Shuchi Liao, Kurt D. Pennell, and John D. Fortner "Delineating the Role of Surface Grafting Density of Organic Coatings on the Colloidal Stability, Transport, and Sorbent Behavior of Engineered Nanoparticles" Environmental Science: Nano 2024.

  3. Junseok Lee, Changwoo Kim, Chen Liu, Michael Wong, Natalie L. Cápiro, Kurt D. Pennell, and John D. Fortner “Ultra-High Capacity, Multifunctional Nanoscale Sorbents for PFOA and PFOS Treatment” npj Clean Water 2023, 6, 62.

  4. Dilara Hatinoglu, Junseok Lee, John D. Fortner, and Onur Apul “Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as additives for microwave-based sludge pre-hydrolysis: A perspective” Environmental Science & Technology 2023, 57, 12191-12200.

  5. Kelsey Haddad, Ahmed Abokifa, Siyuan An, Junseok Lee, Baranidharan Raman, Pratim Biswas, John D Fortner “Crumpled graphene oxide for enhanced room temperature gas sensing: understanding the critical roles of surface morphology and functionalization” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2023, 11, 447-459.

  6. Changwoo Kim, Seung Soo Lee, Anushree Ghosh, Junseok Lee, John D Fortner “Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide–Oleic acid (CTAB-OA) bilayer coated iron oxide nanocrystals for enhanced chromium (VI) photoreduction via ligand-to-metal charge transfer mechanism” Chemical Engineering Journal 2022, 431, 133938.

  7. Changwoo Kim, Siyuan An, Junseok Lee, Anushree Ghosh, Mingjiang Zhong, John D Fortner “Photoactive Polyethylenimine-coated graphene oxide composites for enhanced Cr (VI) reduction and recovery” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 28027-28035.

  8. Changwoo Kim, Junseok Lee, Will Wang, John D. Fortner “Organic Functionalized Graphene Oxide Behavior in Water” Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 1228-1240.

  9. Changwoo Kim, Junseok Lee, Daniel Schmucker, and John D. Fortner "Highly Stable Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as Functional Draw Solutes for Osmotically Driven Water Transport" npj Clean Water 2020, 3, 1-6.

  10. Changwoo Kim, Seung Soo Lee, Kit Tan Kwan, Junseok Lee, Wenlu Li, Brandon J Lafferty, Daniel E Giammar, John D Fortner “Surface functionalized nanoscale metal oxides for arsenic (V), chromium (VI), and uranium (VI) sorption: considering single-and multi-sorbate dynamics” Environmental Science: Nano 2020, 7, 3805-3813.

  11. Changwoo Kim, Siyuan An, Junseok Lee, Qingqing Zeng, and John D. Fortner "Engineering Graphene Oxide Laminate Membranes for Enhanced Flux and Boron Treatment with Polyethylenimine (PEI) Polymers" ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 11, 924-929.

  12. Yountae Kim, Junseok Lee, and Hye-On Yoon "Determination of Sulfur in Soil and Plant Media using Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry as a Tool for Assessment of Chemical Spills" Microchemical Journal 2016, 124, 594-599.

  13. Junseok Lee, Jinsung An, Joo-Ae Kim, and Hye-On Yoon “Effectiveness of Activated Carbon Disk for the Analysis of Iodine in Water Samples using Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry” Chemosphere 2016, 142, 72-76.

  14. Jinsung An+, Junseok Lee+, and Hye-On Yoon "Strategies for Overcoming Limitations Associated with Fluorine Determination in Solid Materials by Conventional Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry" Microchemical Journal 2015, 122, 76-81.

  15. Jinsung An, Junseok Lee, Gyuri Lee, Kyoungphile Nam, and Hye-On Yoon "Combined Use of Collision Cell Technique and Methanol Addition for the Analysis of Arsenic in a High-chloride-containing Sample by ICP-MS" Microchemical Journal 2015, 120, 77-81.

  16. Junseok Lee, Jinsung An, and Hye-On Yoon "Determination of Fluorine Contents in Plant Samples by means of Facilitated Extraction with Enzyme" Talanta 2015, 132, 648-652.

  17. Jinsung An, Hyun A Lee, Junseok Lee, and Hye-On Yoon "Fluorine Distribution in Soil in the Vicinity of an Accidental Spillage of Hydrofluoric Acid in Korea" Chemosphere 2015, 119, 577-582.

  18. Junseok Lee, Bongchul Kim, and Seungkwan Hong "Fouling Distribution in Forward Osmosis Membrane Process" Journal of Environmental Sciences 2014, 26, 1348-1354.​

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Fun Facts 

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