Lee Sang-mook

Lee Sang-Mook (born October 18, 1962) is a South Korean marine geologist and computational scientist. He has worked as a researcher at the Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute from 1998 to 2003, and as a professor and researcher at Seoul National University since 2003.

After being injured in a car accident on July 2, 2006, Dr. Lee became a quadriplegic. He was able to return to work in less than a year, and continues to teach, do research, and travel. He has helped in the development of assistive technologies such as the DOWELL smartphone program by Samsung.

He is an advocate for the education of students with physical disabilities, and has introduced a "Calculative science collaboration major" focusing on the use of supercomputers, mathematics and digital modeling techniques, suitable for disabled science students.

Education 1985, B.S., Seoul National University, College of Natural Sciences, Dept of Oceanography 1995, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering

Awards 2008 Commendation (Certificate of Honor), The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco 2009 Medal of Merit, Republic of Korea 2010 2010 DO-IT Trailblazer Award, DO-IT Center, University of Washington 2011 Grand Prize, Seoul City Welfare Award

Research Area Oceanography, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geodynamics, Plate Tectonics, High-resolution Investigation of Deep Sea, Underwater Acoustics, Seafloor Topography, Underwater Volcanoes and Earthquakes, Gravity and Magnetics, Structure of Earth Interior, Numerical Modeling, Computational Sciences, Rock Magnetics, Assistive Technology