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Department of Physics
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-8440
yoonslee@phys.ufl.edu
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Lab: (352) 846 3121
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Educational Background:
BS in Physics (1985), Seoul National University, Seoul Korea
MS in Physics (1987), Seoul National University, Seoul Korea
PhD in Physics (1997), Northwestern University, Evanston IL

Employment History:

Professor (08/12 - present)

Associate Professor (08/07 - 08/12)
Assistant Professor (08/01 - 08/07)
Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University (3/99 - 7/01)
Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University (9/97 - 2/99)

Synergetic Activities:
SPS Faculty Advisor (2003 - 2007)
Chair of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (2009 - present)
Physics Undergraduate Coordinator (2009 - present)
Director of CCMS (2007 - 2009)

Awards and Grants:
AKPA President's Awards for Outstanding Young Researcher in 2002.
NSF Career Award in 2003 through 2008.
NHMFL IHRP Grant in 2003.
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship 2004-2006.
Physics Teacher of the year in 2004.
CLAS Advisor of the year in 2006.
NSF DMR Grant (2008 - 2015)

Selected Publications:

Y. Lee and R. Haley ., "Superfluid Helium Three in Aerogel: Experiment", (Review) CH. 5 in Novel Superfluids ed. by Bennaman and Ketterson (Oxford University Press, 2013) .

M. Gonzalez et al., "Comb-drive MEMS Oscillators for Low Temperature Experiments", Rev. Sci. Instr. 84, 025003 (2013).

M. Gonzalez et al., "Unusual Behavior of a MEMS Resonator in Superfluid 4He", JLTP (2012).

H. Takeuchi et al., "Knudsen-hydrodynamic c rossover in l iquid 3He in high porosity aerogel ", Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 225307 (2012).

P. Bhupathi et al., "Optical birefringence in uniaxially compressed aerogels ", New J Phys. 12, 103016 (2010).

B.H. Moon et al., " Frequency-dependent Ultrasound Attenuation in Superfluid 3He in Aerogel ", Phys. Rev. B 82, 060501(R) (2010). Editors' Suggestion

B.H. Moon et al., " Ultrasound attenuation and a P-B-T phase diagram of superfluid 3He in 98% aerogel", Phys. Rev. B 81, 134526 (2010).

S. Nutella et al., "Magnetic field induced quantum phase transition of the S = 1/2 antiferromagnet K2NaCrO8 ", Phys. Rev. B 81, 064431 (2010).

P. Bhupathi et al., "Aerogel Waveplates", Optics Express 17, 10599 (2009).

H.C. Choi et al., "Ultrasound Attenuation of Superfluid 3He in Aerogel", Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 225301 (2007).

C. L. Vicente, H. C. Choi, J. S. Xia,  W. P. Halperin, N. Mulders, and Y. Lee,"The A-B Transition of Superfluid 3He in Aerogel and the Effect of Anisotropic Scattering", Phys. Rev. B 72, 094519 (2005).

H. C. Choi, A. J. Gray, C. L. Vicente, J. S. Xia, G. Gervais, W. P. Halperin, N. Mulders, and Y. Lee, "Effect of Strong Magnetic Field on Superfluid 3He in 98% Porosity Aerogel", J. Low Temp. Phys. 138, 207 (2005).

H.C. Choi, A.J. Gray, C.L. Vicente, J.S. Xia, G. Gervais, W.P. Halperin, N. Mulders, and Y. Lee, "The A1 and A2 Transitions in Superfluid 3He in 98% Porosity Aerogel",Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 145302 (2004).

J.E. Baumgardner, Y. Lee, J.F. Poco, and D.D. Osheroff, " Interfacial Pinning in the Superfluid 3He A-B Transition in Aerogel ",Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 055301 (2004) .

D.D. Osheroff, B. I. Barker, and ., Y. Lee "New Evidence for the Nature of Superfluid 3He in Silica Aerogel", in More is Different: Fifty Years of Condensed Matter Physics, ed. N.P. Ong, Priceton Press: New York (2001).

G. Gervais, R. Nomura, T.M. Haard, Y. Lee, N. Mulders, and W.P. Halperin,"Acoustics of a Dirty Fermi Liquid: 3He in Aerogel", J. Low Temp. Phys. 122, 1 (2001).

R. Nomura, G. Gervais, T.M. Haard, Y. Lee, N. Mulders, and W.P. Halperin,"High-Frequency Acoustics of 3He in Aerogel"., Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4325 (2000).

B.I. Barker, Y. Lee, D.D. Osheroff, L.W. Hrubesh, and J.P. Poco, "Observation of a Superfluid Helium Three A-B Phase Transition in Silica Aerogel", Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 2148 (2000).

Y. Lee, T.M. Haard, J.A. Sauls, and W.P. Halperin, "Discovery of Acoustic Faraday Effect in 3He-B", Nature 400, 431 (1999).

D. T. Sprague, T.M. Haard, J.B. Kycia, M.R. Rand, Y. Lee, P.J. Hamot, and W.P. Halperin,"Effect of Magnetic Scattering on the 3He Superfluid State in Aerogel", Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4568 (1996).

Y. Lee, H.H. Hensley, J.A. Thompson, K. Murata, B.M. Hoffman, T.M. Haard, P.J. Hamot, W.P. Halperin, and P. Wölfle, "Dimensionality Crossover in the Transport Behavior of the Quasi-One Dimensional Conductor H2(pc)I", Europhys. Lett. 39(9), 681 (1996).

M.R. Rand, D.T. Sprague, T.M. Haard, J.B. Kycia, H.H. Hensley, Y. Lee, P.J. Hamot, D.M. Marks, W.P. Halperin, T. Mizusaki, and T. Ohmi, "Nonlinear Spin Dynamics and Magnetic Field Distortion of the Superfluid 3He-B Order parameter", Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 1314 (1996).

Y. Lee, P.J. Hamot, D.T. Sprague, T.M. Haard, J.B. Kycia, M.R. Rand, M.W. Meisel, and W.P. Halperin, "High Frequency Acoustic Measurements in Liquid 3He near the Transition Temperature", J. Low Temp. Phys. 103, 265 (1996).

P.J. Hamot, Y. Lee, D.T. Sprague, T.M. Haard, J.B. Kycia, M.R. Rand, and W.P. Halperin, "First-Sound and Zero-Sound Velocity and Fermi Liquid Parameter F2s in Liquid 3He Determined by a Path-Length Modulation Technique", J. Low Temp. Phys. 99, 651 (1995).

D.T. Sprague, T.M. Haard, J.B. Kycia, M.R. Rand, Y. Lee, P.J. Hamot, and W.P. Halperin, "Homogeneous Equal-Spin Pairing Superfluid State of 3He in Aerogel", Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 661 (1995).