Sang-Eun Lee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

• 2025-Current : Assistant Professor, Division of Life Science, CHA University, South Korea
• 2023-2025: Research Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea
• 2020-2023: Postdoc Research Fellow, Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, University College London, United Kingdom (PI: Prof. Soyon Hong)
• 2013-2019: M.S-Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea (PI: Prof. Sunghoe Chang) 
• 2008-2013: B.S., College of Life Sciences, Korea University, South Korea

Honors and Awards

2023: The Best Presentation Award in 2023 KSND (The Korean Society for Neurodegenerative Disease)

2019-2021: Awardee of the Biomedical Global Talent Nurturing Program of KHIDI

2019: Graduated with honor: Summa Cum Laude of the Ph.D. course, Department of Biomedical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine

2018: The best Young Scientists awards in 2018 IASSF (Inter-Academy Seoul Science Forum) 

2017: Outstanding presentation awards in ISN (International Society for Neurochemistry)-APSN(Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry) Advanced School 

2022, 2021, 2019, 2016: The Best Researcher Prize in the Month in the Department of Biomedical Science, Seoul National University College of Medicine

Fundings

2023-2025: 창의도전연구기반지원사업 PI (National Research Foundation of Korea)

2025-2026: 우수신진연구 PI (National Research Foundation of Korea)

2026-2030: 우수신진연구 PI (National Research Foundation of Korea)