Lee Sang-mook

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Sang-Mook Lee
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Sang-Mook Lee in 2019.
Born (1962-10-18) October 18, 1962 (age 61)
Seoul, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Alma mater Seoul National University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation Professor
Employer Seoul National University
Known forKorean "Steve Hawking". Scientist. Professor of Seoul National University [1]
TitleDean, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, SNU
Korean name
Hangul
이상묵
Hanja
李尙默
Revised Romanization I Sang-muk
McCune–Reischauer I Sang-muk
Website qolt homepage
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Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg The INNERview - #40 Lee Sang-mook(이상묵), "Oceanography Professor at Seoul National University"

Lee Sang-Mook (born October 18, 1962) is a Korean marine geologist and computational scientist. He has worked as a researcher at the Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute from 1998 to 2003, and as a professor and researcher at Seoul National University since 2003. [2] As an associate professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, he specializes in Marine Geology and Geophysics. He heads the Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Program in Computational Sciences and the graduate program in Computational Science and Technology. [3]

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His research focuses on tectonic plates, underwater earthquakes, and volcanoes. He has advocated successfully at the national level for the use of Korean survey ships for basic scientific research. [4] [5]

After being injured in a car accident on July 2, 2006, Dr. Lee became a quadriplegic. He was able to return to work in less than a year, and continues to teach, do research, and travel. [2] [6] [7] He has helped in the development of assistive technologies such as the DOWELL smartphone program by Samsung. [8]

He is an advocate for the education of students with physical disabilities, [9] [10] and has introduced a "Calculative science collaboration major" focusing on the use of supercomputers, mathematics and digital modeling techniques, suitable for disabled science students. [1] Lee served as Chair of the Preparation Committee of the "PyeongChang Forum for the Earth and its Citizens" prior to the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang. [11] [12]

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  2. 1 2 LEE, SU-HYUN (April 19, 2008). "From a Wheelchair, a Scientist Pries Open South Korean Minds". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Plenary Keynote Speakers Dr. Sang-Mook Lee Associate Professor Seoul National University A Personal Perspective into Life, Society and Consciousness" (PDF). UCK2015 Pursuing excellence with a servant's heart. p. 10. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Zastrow, Mark (6 January 2015). "South Korean survey ships open up to science". Nature. 517 (7533): 129–130. Bibcode:2015Natur.517..129Z. doi: 10.1038/517129a . PMID   25567261.
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