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Yunseok Lee

Office: ES&T 2316
Email: ylee913@gatech.edu

Favorite Hobbies? Reading novels
Favorite TV show/movie? Secret forest (Korean drama)

Educational Background

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science Technology (GIST) 2023

M.S. Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science Technology (GIST) 2019

B.S. Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science Technology (GIST) 2017

Advisors

Christopher W. Jones

Project

Direct Air Capture

Project Description

CO2 capture from dry/humid ambient/sub-ambient conditions

Publications

  • Y. Lee, D. Seo, S. Lee, Y. Park, “Advances in Nanomaterials for Sustainable Gas Separation and Storage: Focus on Clathrate Hydrates”, Accounts of Chemical Research, in press (2023)
  • Y. Lee, D. Seo, S. Lee, Y. Park, “Unlocking enhanced gas storage capacity in tuned methane hydrates: Exploring eutectic compositions and water-to-hydrate conversion”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 475, 146381 (2023)
  • Seo, S. Lee, Y. Lee, Y. Park, “Tailoring gas hydrate lattice dimensions for enhanced methane selectivity in biogas upgrading”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 472, 145079 (2023)
  • Seo, S. Lee, S. Moon, Y. Lee, Y. Park, “Investigating two synthetic routes for gas hydrate formation to control the trapping of methane from natural gas”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 467, 143512 (2023)
  • Y. Lee, S. Moon, S. Lee, D. Seo, Y. Park, “Significance of wettability of porous media and its implication for hydrate-based pre-combustion CO2 capture”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 446, 136832 (2022)
  • Y. Lee, S. Moon, D. Seo, S. Lee, Y. Park, “Hydrogen-bonded clathrate hydrate as tunable media for efficient methane storage”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol 10(5), 108473 (2022)
  • Lee, Y. Ok, Y. Lee, D. Seo, S. Moon, Y. Park, “Exploring the tuning patterns of cyclopentyl amine hydrate for potential application to CH4 storage”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Vol 10(5), 108402 (2022)
  • Moon, Y. Lee, D. Seo, S. Lee, S. Hong, Y. Ahn, and Y. Park, “Critical hydrogen concentration of hydrogen natural gas blends in clathrate hydrates for blue hydrogen storage”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol 141, 110789 (2021)
  • Moon, S. Hong, Y. Lee, J. Lee, Y. Ahn, and Y. Park, “Enhancing Hydrogen Cluster Storage in Clathrate Hydrates via Defect-Mediated Lattice Engineering”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol 125, 1767–1773 (2021)
  • Y. Lee, S. Moon, S. Hong, S. Lee, and Y. Park, “Observation of distinct structural transformation between sI and sH gas hydrates and their kinetic properties during CO2 capture from N2+CO2”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 289, 123749, (2020)
  • Seo, S. Moon, Y. Lee, S. Hong, S. Lee, and Y. Park, “Investigation of tuning behavior of Trimethylene oxide hydrate with guest methane molecule and its critical guest concentration”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 389, 123582, (2020)
  • Hong, S. Moon, Y. Lee, S. Lee, and Y. Park, “Investigation of thermodynamic and kinetic effects of cyclopentane derivatives on CO2 hydrates for potential application to seawater desalination”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 363, 99-106, (2019)
  • Moon, Y. Lee, S. Choi, S. Hong, S. Lee, A.-H. A. Park, Y. Park, “Thermochemical Depolymerization of Lignin Model Compounds in the presence of Novel Liquid-like Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Solvents for Efficient Biomass Valorization”, Organic Process Research & Development, Vol 22, 1723–1732, (2018)
  • Moon, S. O. Park, Y. Ahn, H. Kim, E. Shin, S. Hong, Y. Lee, S. Kwak, Y. Park, “Distinct hydrophobic–hydrophilic dual interactions occurring in the clathrate hydrates of 3,3-dimethyl-1-butanol with help gases”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol 348, 583–591 (2018)

Group News

November 2024-

After completing his postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Yunseok Lee joined the Samsung Advanced Research Institute.

The group welcomes two new postdoctoral researchers: Dr. Xin Deng, who received her PhD from Nankai University, and Dr. Xiaowei Wu, who received his PhD from the University of Houston.

September 2024-

Dr. Tony Vallace completed his postdoctoral stay and has joined First Light Solutions Inc. as CSO.

Jiaqi Zhang joined the group to work on DAC.  He is co-advised with Prof. Sievers.

August, 2024-

The group’s work on carbon capture was recognized by ACS with the 2025 E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry.

Dr. Samser Shaikh completed his postdoctoral stay and took a position at National Energy Technology Laboratory.

June, 2024-

Botagoz Kuspangaliyeva passed her Ph.D. proposal and was admitted to Ph.D. candidacy.  Congratulations!

May, 2024-

Dr. Guanhe Rim completed his postdoctoral stay and joined Aramco in Houston, TX.

February, 2024-

Youn Ji Min successfully defended her PhD thesis.  Congratulations to Youn Ji, PhD graduate #48.  Dr. Min will work at GT as a postdoc.

The Jones Group also participated in our biennial Birkman Assessment workshop.

January, 2024-

Quinn Yu and Dr. Gaurav Iyer joined the group to work on DAC.  They are both coadvised with Prof. Lively.

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