Yong Min Lee

Dr. Yong Min Lee is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Department of Battery Engineering at Yonsei University (YU), Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2007. After completing his Ph.D., he served as a researcher at SK Innovation Co., where he developed large-format Li-ion batteries for xEVs. From 2009 to 2017, he was a tenured professor at Hanbat National University. He then moved to the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), where he worked as a professor until 2024, before moving to YU. His work pioneers the design of composite electrodes and cells for safer and higher-performance energy storage devices, integrating his unique digital twin technology with experimental approaches. Recently, his digital twin-based 3D battery modeling and simulation has expanded to include the microstructure evolution of composite electrodes and soft materials (binders, separators, and polymer electrolytes) for next-generation batteries. His research spans from the scale of single particles to battery modules, and from lithium-ion batteries to all-solid-state battery systems. He has published more than 250 papers in this field and has been cited more than 11,000 times. He has received several prestigious awards, including the Korea Battery Industry Association Prize (2014), an award from the Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea (2022), and the PBFC Research Award from the Korean Electrochemical Society (2024).