2010
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

2002
M.S. in Medicinal Chemistry, Chonbuk National University

2000
B.S. in Chemistry, Chonbuk National University

2010 - 2013
Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2004 - 2005
Researcher, POSTECH Biotech Center

2002 - 2004
Researcher, HS-Engelhard Research Center

1. Lu, T.–T., Lee, S. J., Apfel, U. P., Lippard, S. J. “Aging-associated enzyme human clock-1: Substrate-mediated reduction of the diiron center for 5-demethoxyubiquinone hydroxylation”, Biochemistry,2013,52,2236-2244

2. Lee, S. J., McCormick, M., Lippard, S. J., Cho, U. S. “Control of substrate access to the active site in methane monooxygenase”,Nature,2013, 494,380-384

3. Michalek, J., Lee, S. J., Michel, S.L.J. “Cadmium coordination to the zinc binding domains of the non-classical zinc finger protein Tristetraprolin affects RNA binding selectivity”,JournalofInorganicBiochemistry,2012,112,32-38

4. Lee, S. J., Michalek, J., Besold, A., Rokita, S.E., Michel, S.L.J. “Classical Cys2His2zincfingerpeptidesarerapidlyoxidizedbyeitherH2O2orO2irrespectiveofmetalcoordination“,InorganicChemistry,2011,50,5442-5450

5. Besold, A., Lee, S. J., Lue Sue, N, Michel, S.L.J., Cymet, H.J. “Functional characterization of iron-substituted neural zinc finger factor 1: metal and DNA binding affinities”, JournalofBiologicalInorganicChemistry,2010,15,583-590

6. Lee, S. J. and Michel, S. L. J. “Cysteine oxidation enhanced by iron in tristetraprolin, a zinc finger protein”, InorganicChemistry,2010,49,1211-1219