Lee graduated from Seoul National University in microbiology and received her PhD degree at TU Braunschweig, Germany in 1989.

As Chair of Local Organizing Committee, she devoted herself to the ASSW 2011(Arctic Science Summit Week 2011) held in Seoul.

[4] She also supported the construction of the Jang-Bogo Antarctic Research Station in Terra Nova Bay of Northern Victoria Land in Antarctica, which was completed in 2014.

[9] Approximately 2,800 microbial strains maintained in PAMC are ready to be provided in science and public communities with information on taxonomy, geographical origin, habitat and physiological characterization.

PAMC was registered to international networks, the World Federation of Culture Collection (WFCC) and now functioning as an official depository institution.