Unveiling Venus, from afar and from up-close
DR. LEE, Yeon Joo
Institute For Basic Science
Yeon Joo Lee is the chief investigator of the Planetary Atmospheres Group, IBS. Yeon Joo studied atmospheric sciences for her B.S. and M.Sc. She started her research on the atmosphere of Venus during her Ph.D. project at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany. She has been involved in several space missions, such as the European Space Agency(ESA)'s Venus Express, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)'s Akatsuki, ESA-JAXA's BepiColombo, and ESA's future Venus orbiter EnVision. She came to Korea to set up PAG at IBS.