Huh, Youngsook
Professor
Marine Chemistry/Geochemistry
Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory
Office : Bldg 25-1 Room 608 / +82-2-880-9167
Lab. : Bldg 25-1 Room 609 / +82-2-880-4208

Research Topic

We are interested studying the global geochemical cycle of the diverse elements of the periodic table. We are developing new isotopic proxies, such as the boron isotopes that record past seawater pH and lithium isotopes that record past continental weathering intensity.

Education

  • Ph.D., Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA, 1998
  • M.S., Physical Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, 1994
  • B.S., Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, 1992

Careers

  • Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2012-
  • Assistant & Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2004-2012
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 2000-2004
  • Invited Adjunct Researcher, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France, 1999-2000

Papers

  1. Kwangchul Jang, Youngsook Huh and Yeongcheol Han, (2018). Diagenetic overprint on authigenic Nd isotope records: A case study of the Bering Slope. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 498, 247-256, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.045
  2. Kwangchul Jang, Youngsook Huh and Yeongcheol Han, (2017). Authigenic Nd isotope record of North Pacific Intermediate Water formation and boundary exchange on the Bering Slope. Quaternary Science Reviews, 156, 150-163, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.11.032
  3. Yeongcheol Han, Youngsook Huh and Louis Derry, (2015). Ge/Si ratios indicating hydrothermal and sulfide weathering input to rivers of the Eastern Tibetan Plateau and Mt. Baekdu. Chemical Geology, 410, 40-52, doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.06.001