C. K. Boyce, J.-E. Lee, T. S. Feild, T. J. Brodribb, and M.A. Zwieniecki, "Angiosperms put the rain in the rainforests: The impact of plant physiological evolution on tropical biodiversity," Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, in prep.
J.-E. Lee, and A. Swann, "Evaluation of using the "amount effect" to interpret speleothem data: Asian monsoon study," IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, submitted.
J.-E. Lee, and C.K. Boyce, "The impact of the hydraulic capacity of plants on water and carbon cycle in tropical South America," Global Biogeochemical Cycle, submitted.
Boyce, C.K., and J.-E. Lee, "Flowering plant physiology triggered the expansion of tropical rain forest," PNAS, submitted.
Lee, J.-E., R. Pierrehumbert, A. Swann, and B.R. Lintner, "Sensitivity of the sable water isotopic values on the convective parameterization schemes," Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.
Lee, J.-E., K. Johnson, and I. Fung, "Precipitation over South America during the Last Glacial Maximum: An analysis of the "amount effect" with a water isotope-enabled General Circulation Model", Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L19701, doi:10.1029/2009GL039265, 2009. PDF
Lee, J.-E., I. Fung, D.J. DePaolo, B. Otto-Bliesner, "Water isotopes during the Last Glacial Maximum: New GCM calculations," J. Geophys. Res., 113, D19109, doi:10.1029/2008JD009859, 2008. PDF
Angert, A. , J.-E. Lee, and D. Yakir, "Seasonal variations in the isotopic composition of near surface water vapor in the Eastern-Mediterranean," Tellus B, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.0037.x, 60, 674-684, 2008. PDF
Lee, J.-E., I. Fung, D.J. DePaolo, C. Henning, "Analysis of the global distribution of water isotopes using the NCAR atmospheric general circulation model," J. Geophys. Res., 112, D16306, doi:10.1029/2006JD007657, 2007. PDF
Lee, J.-E., and I. Fung, "Amount effect of water isotopes and quantitative analysis of post-condensation processes," Hydrological Processes, 2007. PDF
Lee, J.-E., R.S. Oliveira, T.E. Dawson, T.E., and I. Fung, "Root functioning modifies seasonal climate," P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 102 (49), 17576-17581 2005. PDF
Kim, J. and Lee, J.-E., "A multi year regional climate hindcast for the western United States using the Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation Model," J. Hydrometeo, 4, 878-890. PDF
Lee, J.-E. and B. -J. Sohn, "Rainfall estimation over the Korean Peninsula from GMS-5 measurements of infrared radiation," J. Korean Meteo. Soc. 35, 20-29, 1999.
 
 
Education
Ph.D, 2005: Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley
MA, 1998: Science Education, Seoul National University
BS, 1996: Earth Science Education, Seoul National University
Employment
2008/11-present, postdoc, University of Chicago
2006-2008, postdoc, UC Berkeley
2000-2005, Graduate Student Researcher, UC Berkeley
1999, Visiting Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
1998, Research Scientist, Korean Meteorological Research Institute
Research interest
-Water isotopes in global precipitation and vapor
-Change of hydrological cycle with human activity
-Biosphere-atmosphere interaction
-Paleoclimate 
 
Publications