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Se-Yeun Lee, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor
Biography
- Se-Yeun Lee CV (PDF)
Dr. Lee earned a B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from Chonbuk National University, South Korea in 1994 and her Ph.D in Civil and Environmental Engineering from University of Washington in 2009.
Courses Taught
Dr. Lee teaches courses on environmental, water, and climate change topics, including Environmental Field Methods, Environmental Sensors, Natural Systems, Water Resources II, Confronting Climate Change, and A Sound Ecosystem, as well as Introduction to Geographic Information System.
Research Interests
Before joining Seattle University in 2018, she worked for nearly 10 years at the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington. Her research focuses on understanding and modeling complex interactions between climate, hydrology, and natural resource management including montane wetlands, wetlands in the Columbia Plateau, meadow and stream temperature. She has worked on assessing impacts of climate change on water resources and hydrology for the Skagit, King County, Tacoma, Snohomish, Columbia River Basin, and Pacific Northwest. Additionally, she developed a comprehensive data set of climate change scenarios to support water resources planning in the Pacific Northwest.