Professors

The main research contents of the Volcanology & Volatiles Laboratory are: 1) Geochemistry of volatiles, stable isotopes, and noble gas analysis to understand volcanic or plate tectonic activities. 2) Measurement of the carbon dioxide flux in the volcanic or fault zones where geological disasters can occur, and monitoring the carbon dioxide discharged from areas with high permeability through δ13C analysis. 3) Mantle geochemistry to identify the origin of magma through the analysis of volatiles of igneous rocks. The goal of our research group is to understand the interaction between crust, mantle and atmosphere through these studies.

• Ph.D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 2017
• M.S., Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2011
• B.S., Department of Earth System Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, 2009

• Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2022-
• Board Member, The Petrological Society of Korea Board, 2020-2022
• Board Member, The Korean Society of Economic and Environmental Geology Board, 2019-2021
• Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 2018-2021
• Postdoctoral fellow, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan, 2017-2018

1. Hyunwoo Lee, James D. Muirhead, Tobias P. Fischer, Cynthia J. Ebinger, Simon A. Kattenhorn, Zachary D. Sharp and Gladys Kianji, (2016). Massive and prolonged deep carbon emissions associated with continental rifting. Nature Geoscience, 9, 145-149, doi: 10.1038/ngeo2622
2. Hyunwoo Lee, Tobias P. Fischer, James D. Muirhead, Cynthia J. Ebinger, Simon A. Kattenhorn, Zachary D. Sharp, Gladys Kianji, Naoto Takahata and Yuji Sano, (2017). Incipient rifting accompanied by the release of subcontinental lithospheric mantle volatiles in the Magadi and Natron basin, East Africa. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 346, 118-133, doi: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.03.017
3. Hyunwoo Lee, Heejun Kim, Takanori Kagoshima, Jin-Oh Park, Naoto Takahata and Yuji Sano, (2019). Mantle degassing along strike-slip faults in the southeastern Korean peninsula. Scientific Reports, 9, 15334, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51719-3