Professor
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Yeonjoo Kim
Professor Yonsei Univ., 2015 - Present Korea Environment Institute (KEI), Senior Research Scientist, 2010 - 2015 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NPP Fellow, 2009 - 2010 Harvard Univ., Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006 - 2009 Univ. of Connecticut (Ph.D.), 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (S.M.), 2003 Yonsei Univ. (B.S.), 2001 more |
Researchers and Students
Eunjee Lee
NRF BP Int'l Fellow [NASA/GSFC & UMBC] Ph.D., MIT, USA S2S forecasts for water and carbon |
Yeonwoo Choi
Research Professor Ph.D., Pusan Nat'l Univ. Climate dynamics and climate change |
Satbyeol Shin
Research Professor [NRF Postdoc Fellow] Ph.D., Univ. of Florida, USA Hydrologic modelling and data assimilation |
Hocheol Seo
Postdoctoral Scholar [NRF Postdoc Fellow] Ph.D./M.S./B.S., Yonsei Univ. Arctic fire and the ecohydrologic systems |
Jaehyeong Lee
Graduate (Ph.D.) [NRF Ph.D. Fellow] M.S., Yonsei Univ. Hydrologic impacts of climate change over East Asia |
Manas Panda
Graduate (Ph.D.) M.S., IIT Kharagpur Global water resources and hydrology models |
Jungho Seo
Graduate (Ph.D.) M.S., Yonsei Univ. Snow land data assimilation with LSM and AI |
Hyunyoung Oh
Graduate (Integrated) [NRF Ph.D. Fellow] B.S., Yonsei Univ. Water and carbon modeling for wetland ecosystems |
Eva Rivas Pozo
Graduate (Ph.D.) M.S., Tech. Univ. of Madrid Wetland hydrology and biogeochemistry |
Gyobeom Kim
Graduate (Ph.D.) [Researcher in KEI] M.S., Yonsei Univ. Environmental impact assessment |
Guhyup Kang
Graduate (Ph.D.) M.S., Yonsei Univ. Drought with process-based modelling |
Min Ki Hong
Graduate (Integrated) B.S., Yonsei Univ. Flood and inundation prediction with AI |
Jisung Lee
Graduate (Integrated) B.S., Yonsei Univ. Process-based water and carbon modeling |
Younhong Min
Graduate (Master) B.S., Sejong Univ. |
Jaewoo Lee
Undergraduate Intern B.S., Yonsei (expected) |
Sua Lee
Undergraduate Intern B.S., Yonsei (expected) |
Jaeho Park
Undergraduate Intern B.S., Yonsei (expected) |
Alumni
Graduate Students
Ph.D.
Suyeon Choi (2025) Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Hamburg, Germany
Physics-informed artificial intelligence for predicting precipitation and streamflow with reservoir operation
Hocheol Seo (2025) Postdoc, HECL, Yonsei / Lecturer, Kyonggi Univ.
Integrating process-based modeling with satellite-based data and deep learning for high-latitude wildfire simulation
Shafqat Mehboob (2023) Postdoc, University of Manitoba, Canada
Projecting hydrological variations and water scarce regions in the snow-covered Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan
M.S.
JongHyeok Lee (2025) Ph.D. student, Univ. of California at Irvine, CA, USA
Two-dimensional global water stress assessment using CLM5
Guhyup Kang (2025) Ph.D. student, HECL, Yonsei
Multi-index assessment of drought propagation and recovery in the Yeongsan-gang River and Seomjin-gang River Basins
Heechul Kim (2025) Saman Corp.
Impact of domain size on radar-based rainfall nowcasting models
Soyoung Sohn (2023) Ph.D. student, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Urbanization-induced changes in growing season length and carbon storage
Yeri Kim (2022) Hyundai Motor Group
Impact of SMAP surface soil moisture data assimilation on hydrologic prediction with WRF-Hydro
Haewon Chi (2022) Ph.D. student, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Impact of GRACE assimilation on hydrologic variation with CLM5-BGC
Kyeungwoo Cho (2020) Ph.D. student, Georgia Institute of Technology at Atlanta, GA, USA
Improving streamflow prediction with WRF-Hydro modeling system using a machine-learning algorithm
Heey Jin Kim (2020) Environmental Analyst, International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group at DC, USA
Projecting future global drought risk with climate scenarios and socioeconmic indicators
Jaehyeong Lee (2019) Ph.D. student, HECL, Yonsei
Streamflow drought assessment over the Korean Peninsula with WRF-Hydro
Hocheol Seo (2019) Ph.D. / Postdoc, HECL, Yonsei
Data assimilation of Leaf Area Index for ecohydrolgic predictions and drought assessments in East Asia
Jeongbin Kim (2018) Startup
Analysis of ecohydrological impacts of climate and land-use change in Jeju Island with Ecosystem Demography Model
Postdoctoral Researchers / Research Professors
JiHyun Kim (2018 - 2025) Associate Professor, Kyung Hee Univ.
Mahdi Panahi (2023 - 2024) Researcher, Stockholm Univ./KTH, Sweden
Abrar Faiz (2023 - 2024) Professor, Northeast Agricultural Univ., China
Myoung-Jin Um (2015 - 2019) Assistant Professor, Kyonggi Univ.
Zhan Wang (2017 - 2018) Research Scientist, Finland Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Post-Master's Researchers
Kyungmin Sung (2018 - 2019) Senior Research Scientist, Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
Hyesun Park (2015 - 2017) Researcher, Seoul Energy Corporation
Ji Hee Kim (2016)
Visiting Professors / Scientists
Eunjee Lee (2022 Fall, 2023 Fall, 2024 Summer) NRF BP Int'l Fellow
Senior Research Scientist at NASA/GSFC & UMBC, DC, USA
Sayed Bateni (2023 Summer) Yonsei Frontier Program for Outstanding Scholars
Professor at University of Hawaii, HI, USA
Ph.D.
Suyeon Choi (2025) Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Hamburg, Germany
Physics-informed artificial intelligence for predicting precipitation and streamflow with reservoir operation
Hocheol Seo (2025) Postdoc, HECL, Yonsei / Lecturer, Kyonggi Univ.
Integrating process-based modeling with satellite-based data and deep learning for high-latitude wildfire simulation
Shafqat Mehboob (2023) Postdoc, University of Manitoba, Canada
Projecting hydrological variations and water scarce regions in the snow-covered Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan
M.S.
JongHyeok Lee (2025) Ph.D. student, Univ. of California at Irvine, CA, USA
Two-dimensional global water stress assessment using CLM5
Guhyup Kang (2025) Ph.D. student, HECL, Yonsei
Multi-index assessment of drought propagation and recovery in the Yeongsan-gang River and Seomjin-gang River Basins
Heechul Kim (2025) Saman Corp.
Impact of domain size on radar-based rainfall nowcasting models
Soyoung Sohn (2023) Ph.D. student, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Urbanization-induced changes in growing season length and carbon storage
Yeri Kim (2022) Hyundai Motor Group
Impact of SMAP surface soil moisture data assimilation on hydrologic prediction with WRF-Hydro
Haewon Chi (2022) Ph.D. student, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Impact of GRACE assimilation on hydrologic variation with CLM5-BGC
Kyeungwoo Cho (2020) Ph.D. student, Georgia Institute of Technology at Atlanta, GA, USA
Improving streamflow prediction with WRF-Hydro modeling system using a machine-learning algorithm
Heey Jin Kim (2020) Environmental Analyst, International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group at DC, USA
Projecting future global drought risk with climate scenarios and socioeconmic indicators
Jaehyeong Lee (2019) Ph.D. student, HECL, Yonsei
Streamflow drought assessment over the Korean Peninsula with WRF-Hydro
Hocheol Seo (2019) Ph.D. / Postdoc, HECL, Yonsei
Data assimilation of Leaf Area Index for ecohydrolgic predictions and drought assessments in East Asia
Jeongbin Kim (2018) Startup
Analysis of ecohydrological impacts of climate and land-use change in Jeju Island with Ecosystem Demography Model
Postdoctoral Researchers / Research Professors
JiHyun Kim (2018 - 2025) Associate Professor, Kyung Hee Univ.
Mahdi Panahi (2023 - 2024) Researcher, Stockholm Univ./KTH, Sweden
Abrar Faiz (2023 - 2024) Professor, Northeast Agricultural Univ., China
Myoung-Jin Um (2015 - 2019) Assistant Professor, Kyonggi Univ.
Zhan Wang (2017 - 2018) Research Scientist, Finland Meteorological Institute (FMI)
Post-Master's Researchers
Kyungmin Sung (2018 - 2019) Senior Research Scientist, Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
Hyesun Park (2015 - 2017) Researcher, Seoul Energy Corporation
Ji Hee Kim (2016)
Visiting Professors / Scientists
Eunjee Lee (2022 Fall, 2023 Fall, 2024 Summer) NRF BP Int'l Fellow
Senior Research Scientist at NASA/GSFC & UMBC, DC, USA
Sayed Bateni (2023 Summer) Yonsei Frontier Program for Outstanding Scholars
Professor at University of Hawaii, HI, USA