Seung-Jae Lee
Seung-Jae Lee is a member of the Data Analysis and Visualization Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center.
Postdoctoral Researcher
On staff since 2008
Phone number: 303-275-4623
E-mail: sean_lee@nrel.gov
Analysis expertise
- Modern geostatistics and space/time statistics
- Spatial extrapolation and forecasting
- Temporal GIS and numerical development of advanced mapping functions
- Space/time modeling under uncertain environments
Primary research interests
- Space/time mapping of renewable energy resources
- Disaggregation of energy consumption and energy efficiency
- Data uncertainty processing
- Temporal GIS-based decision-support tools for integrated decision making
- Monitoring site optimization
Education and background training
- Ph.D. in environmental modeling, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2005
- M.S. in environmental engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2001
- B.S. in environmental engineering, Korea University, Korea, 1999
Prior work experience
- Adjunct Professor, School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (2006-2008)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Decision Center for a Desert City, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (2006-2008)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (2006)
- Research Assistant, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (2002-2005)
Selected publications
Lee, S.J., and E.A. Wentz, 2008. "Applying Bayesian Maximum Entropy to Extrapolating Local-Scale Water Consumption in Maricopa County," Arizona, Water Resources Research. 43. W01401 - doi:10.1029/2007WR006101.
Lee, S.J., R. Balling, and P. Gober, 2008. "Bayesian Maximum Entropy Mapping and the Soft Data in Urban Climate Research," Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 98(2): 309-322.
Lee, S.J., E.A. Wentz, and P. Gober, 2008. "Space-Time Forecasting Using Bayesian Maximum Entropy: A Case Study in Forecasting Municipal Water Demand for Phoenix, Arizona," Geographical Analysis, under review.
Brazel, A., P. Gober, S.J. Lee, S. Grossman-Clarke, J. Zehnder, B. Hedquist, and E. Comparri, 2007. "Determinants of Changes in the Regional Urban Heat Island in Metropolitan Phoenix ( Arizona, USA) between 1990 and 2004," Climate Research. 33. 171-182.
Serre, M.L., S.J. Lee, and K. Yeatts, 2006. "Accounting for the Observation Scale of Confidential Health Data to Study the Spatial Association between Childhood Asthma Prevalence and Air Pollutants in North Carolina." Epidemiology. 17(6): S288.
