Research Interest:

 

(1) Fabrication and characterization of multifunctional nanohybrid membranes in advanced water treatment

(2) Protocol of micro/nanoplastics analysis in water environments

(3) Detection/removal and separation/recovery of micro/nanopolastics in water envrionments

Referred Journal Articles

Publications with peer review process

1.      Jiwon Kong, Jieun Lee*, Sanghyun Jeong*, Distribution of microplastics in rainfall and their control by a permeable pavement in low-impact development facility, Journal of environmental management, accepted.

2.      Jieun Lee, Jiwon Kong, Sanghyun Jeong*, To avoid overestimation of microplastics released from actual usage of disposable cups: In-depth quantitative analysis of microplastics and simultaneously exposed chemicals, Microchemical Journal, 196 (2024) 109629.

3.      Jieun Lee, Sanghyun Jeong, Approach to an answer to “How dangerous microplastics are to the human body”: A systematic review of the quantification of MPs and simultaneously exposed chemicals. Journal of Hazardous Material, 460(2023) 132404.

4.      Jieun Lee, Jiae Wang, Yumin Oh, Sanghyun Jeong, Highly efficient microplastics removal from water using in-situ ferrate coagulation: Performance evaluation by micro-Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy and coagulation mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal, 451(2023) 138556.

5.      Jiae Wang, Jieun Lee*, Eilhann E. Kwon, Sanghyun Jeong*, Quantitative analysis of polystyrene microplastic and styrene monomer released from plastic food containers. Heliyon, 9(2023) e15787.

6.      Jieun Lee, Yejin Lee, Jeonghyeon Lee, Minseong Kang, Sanghyun Jeong, Complementary Analysis for Undetectable Microplastics from Contact Lenses to Aquatic Environments via Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Molecules, 28(2023) 3713.

7.      Seongeom Jeong, Boram Gu, Subi Choi, Suk-kyun Ahn, Jaegeun Lee, Jieun Lee, Sanghyun Jeong*, Engineered multi-scale roughness of carbon nanofiller-embedded 3D printed spacers for membrane distillation. Water research, 231(2023) 119649.

8.      Seonguk Ha, Jieun Lee, Seongeom Jeong, Sanghyun Jeong*, Fouling Control Strategies for High Concentrated Liquid Desiccants Concentrating Using Membrane Distillation. Membranes, 13(2023) 222.

9.      Yumin Oh, Dongjin Sim, Seongeom Jeong, Jieun Lee*, Heejong Son, Hyokwan Bae, Sanghyun Jeong*, Multifunctional in-situ ferrate treatment and its removal mechanisms of membrane bioreactor residual pollutants. Chemical Engineering Journal, 446(2022) 136956.

10.  Jaewon Jeong, Siyong Kim, Yong-Soon Ki, Sanghyn Jeong, Jieun Lee*, Tracing microplastics from raw water to drinking water treatment plants in Busan, South Korea. Science of the Total Environment, 825(2022) 154015.

11.  Yongsun Jang, Jung-Gil Lee, Luca Fortunato, Jieun Lee, Yejin Lee, Alicia Kyoungjin An, Noreddine Ghaffour, Sangho Lee, ?Sanghyun Jeong*, Colloidal silica fouling mechanism in direct-contact membrane distillation. Desalination, 527(2022) 115554.

12.  Siyong Byun, Jieun Lee*, Jaegun Lee, Sanghyun Jeong*, Reusable carbon nanotube-embedded polystyrene/polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous sorbent for managing oil spills. Desalination, 537(2022) 115865.

13.  Al-Bloushi Mohammed, Arun Kumar S. Raju, Jieun Lee, Yumin Oh, Sanghyun Jeong*, Non-chemical biofouling mitigation systems for seawater cooling tower using granular activated carbon biofiltration and ultrafiltration, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(2021) 106784.

14.  Jieun Lee, Sanghyun Jeong*, Kyu-Jung Chae*, Discharge of microplastics fibres from wet wipes in aquatic and solid environments under different release conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 784(2021) 147144.

15.  Jieun Lee, Kyu-Jung Chae*, A systematic protocol of microplastics analysis from their identification to quantification in water environment: A comprehensive review. Journal of Hazardous Material, 403(2021) 124049.

16.  Jieun Lee, YunJeong Choi, Jaewon Jeong, Kyu-Jung Chae*, Eye-glass polishing wastewater as significant microplastic source: microplastic identification and quantification, 403(2021) 123991.

17.  Tae-Nam Kim¹, Jieun Lee¹, Jeong-Hun Choi, Ji-Hoon Ahn, Euntae Yang, Moon-Hyun Hwang, Kyu-Jung Chae*, Tunable atomic level surface functionalization of a multi-layered graphene oxide membrane to break the permeability-selectivity trade-off in salt removal of brackish water. Sep. Purif. Technol. 274(2021) 119047.

18.  Munkhtsooj Jargalsaikhan, Jieun Lee, Am Jang, Jeong, Sanghyun*, Efficient removal of azo Dye from wastewater using the non-toxic potassium ferrate oxidation?coagulation process. Applied Sciences, 11(2021) 6825.

19.  Jieun Lee¹, Wan-Cheol Cho¹, Kyung-Min Poo, Sangi Choi, Tan-Nam Kim, Eun-Bi Son, Yun-Jeong Choi, Young Mo Kim*, Kyu-Jung Chae*, Refractory oil wastewater treatment by dissolved air flotation, electrochemical advanced oxidation process, and magnetic biochar integrated system. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 36(2020) 101358.

20.  Jieun Lee, In S. Kim*, Moon-Hyun Hwang and Kyu-Jung Chae*, Atomic layer deposition and electrospinning as membrane surface engineering methods for water treatment: a short review. ES:Water Research & Technology. 6(2020) 1765-1785.

21.  Eisa, Tasnim, Sung-Gwan Park, Hend Omar Mohamed, Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem, Jieun Lee, Euntae Yang, Pedro Casta?o, Kyu-Jung Chae, Outstanding performance of direct urea/hydrogen peroxide fuel cell based on precious metal-free catalyst electrodes. Energy, 228(2021) 120584.

22.  Tae-Un Jeong, Kyoung Hoon Chu, Sung-Jo Kim, Jieun Lee*, Kyu-Jung Chae, Moon-Hyun Hwang*, Evaluation of foam-glass media in a high-rate filtration process for the removal of particulate matter containing phosphorus in municipal wastewater. Journal of environmental management. 239(2019) 159-166.

23.   Jieun Lee, Yun Ye, Antony J. Ward, Cuifeng Zhou, Vicki Chen, Andrew.I.Minett, Sanghyup Lee, Zongwen Liu*, and Soryong Chae*, Jeffrey Shi, High flux and high selectivity carbon nanotube composite membranes for natural organic matter removal. Sep. Purif. Technol. 163 (2016) 109-119.

24.  Jieun Lee^*, Sanghyun Jeong, Zongwen Liu, Progress and challenges in carbon nanotube membrane in water treatment. Crit. Rev. Env. Sci. Technol.46 (2016) 999-1046

25.  Jieun Lee*, Sanghyun Jeong, Yun Ye, Vicki Chen, Saravanamuth Vigneswaran, TorOve Leiknes, and Zongwen Liu*, Protein fouling in carbon nanotube enhanced ultrafiltration membrane: fouling mechanism as a function of pH and ionic strength. Sep. Purif. Technol. 176 (2017) 323-334.

26.  Jieun Lee, Sanghyun Jeong, Gayathri Naidu, Yun Ye, Vicki Chen, Zongwen Liu, and Saravanamuth Vigneswaran*, Performance evaluation of carbon nanotube enhanced membranes for SWRO pretreatment application. J. Ind. Eng. Chem.38 (2016) 123-131.

27.  Xiaoshuang Yang, Jieun Lee, Lixian Yuan, Soryong Chae, Vanessa K. Peterson, Andrew I. Minett, Yongbai Yin, Andrew T. Harris*, Removal of natural organic matter in water using functionalised carbon nanotube buckypaper. Carbon. 59 (2013) 160-166.

28.  Jieun Lee, Saravanamuth Vigneswaran, Yongshun Zhang, Ramireddy S.P. Raj Reddy, Zongwen Liu*, Effective natural organic removal in pond water treatment by carbon nanotube membrane. Water Sci Technol: Water Supply. 17 (2017) 1080-1087

Book chapter

Jieun Lee, Chapter 12 - Carbon Nanotube-Based Membranes for Water Purification, in Nanoscale Materials in Water Purification, S. Thomas, et al., Editors. 2019, Elsevier. p. 309-331

Awards:

1. Basic Science Research Program: Postdoctoral fellowship by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), 2019 ? 2021

2. Endeavor postgraduate awards: Kapyong Commemorative Scholarship postgraduate award by Australian Department of Education and Training (DET), 2012 ~ 2016

3. Third prize for ‘Best Postgraduate Poster Presentation’ at the Research Conversazione by faculty of engineering and IT, the University of Sydney, 2014

4. Travel awards for early career researchers to ICOM by Membrane Society of Australia (MSA), 2014

5. Full financial support by University of Science & Technology(UST), Korea 2007 ~2009

6. Undergraduate Fellowship bySeoul Women’s University, Korea 2000 ~2001