Dr Jaeyoung Lee

Jaeyoung is a research fellow in CREWW/Geography, and a water quality modeller who specialised in modelling hydrological processes and water quality from the catchment to the global scale. Her main research interests include water quality modelling, climate impacts analysis, scenario analysis, uncertainty analysis, data visualisation. Her current research focuses on understanding the catchment dynamics to improve water quality in the drinking water reservoirs and the other water sources, and the integration of nature-based solutions into the catchment scale modelling to assess the water quality improvement. Within her current role at CREWW, she is involved in managing and co-leading the research in Upstream Thinking 3 Project (funded by South West Water).

Research project in University of Exeter:

• Upstream Thinking 3 (2022- present) : Understanding the impact of catchment management on drinking water quality in the South West (DOC, colour, Taste and odour compounds (geosmin and MIB) and algal blooms), funded by South West Water

Selected research experience prior to University of Exeter: 

• Environmental pathways of antimicrobial resistance (2020-2022): Modelling wastewater loadings of antibiotics to river networks, funded by SSRP, University of Sussex, UK 
• Water quality in Sri Lanka (2021-2022): Conducted a comprehesive water quality literature review and spatial data analysis, funded by the World Bank 
• Human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation during pandemic (2021-2022), funded by OHCHR, United Nations
• MaRIUS: Managing the Risks, Impacts and Uncertainties of droughts and water Scarcity (2014-2019), funded by NERC