Dr. Lee received a B.S. in 1976 and an MEng in 1977 from Cornell University, both in engineering mechanics; an MA in earth and planetary sciences from Washington University (St. Louis) in 1979; and a doctorate in planetary geology from Cornell University in 1984. He joined the Museum in December 2001.
Dr. Lee's principal research interests are the interaction between the surface and atmosphere of Mars (utilizing spacecraft and telescopic observations) and data visualization techniques. During the 1990s, he and a team of planetary scientists were involved in a program of long-term monitoring of the surface and atmosphere of Mars with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Dr. Lee was the science content coordinator for MarsQuest, a nationally touring museum exhibit developed by the Space Science Institute (Boulder, Colorado). He is a co-investigator on the Mars Color Imager (MARCI) and the Context Imager (CTX) , two of the camera systems launched to Mars aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter mission in August 2005; these cameras just started operating in Mars orbit in September 2006.
He is a curator and science advisor to the Museum's Space Odyssey exhibition and to the Gates Planetarium and is also a research scientist at the Space Science Institute (SSI) in Boulder.
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