Young Jae Lee, PhD
Young Jae completed both his bachelor’s degree and PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During his doctoral research, he focused on Spatial Light Interference Microscopy (SLIM) to investigate hypothermia in an experimental cellular model of traumatic brain injury. Specifically, his work involved measuring intrinsic cellular properties, cellular dynamics, growth patterns, and intracellular transport. In 2024, he joined the Sinha and Gan Labs at WCM as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Here, his research focuses on neuroinflammation associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). His current role involves identifying and developing novel small-molecule inhibitors to mitigate neurodegeneration and inflammation, with a particular emphasis on advancing treatments for AD.
Hobbies: Playing sports (tennis, baseball and golf), and playing with his baby boy, Sean!
Research Interests: small-molecule inhibitors of inflammation