Featured clips

What the world’s 2024 elections mean for chemistry

7 Oct 2024, Chemical & Engineering News

Here’s how elections around the globe could affect chemistry—and all of science—for years to come.

Scientists are on the cusp of unlocking the mysteries of dark matter

18 May 2024, Popular Mechanics

Possibly the most powerful energy source in the universe, confirmation of this elusive form of matter could rewrite the rules of the universe as we know it.

The thing about pink we don’t see

9 Jan 2024, Scienceline

Pink isn’t just a color. In the era of digital technology, color tools are at our disposal to make pink (and the rainbow) a lifestyle.

Strange quasiparticles are bringing science fiction to life

7 Jan 2024, Scienceline

No magic, just physics: how scientists are working with a set of phenomena they don’t fully understand.

Visual works

▶ Illustration & Animation

▶ Web UX/UI


▶ Artwork




CV/Resume

Journalism


Editorial Intern, Scholastic
New York (May 2024 – Present)
• Write and edit print and online articles on science and math topics for elementary and middle school students
• Participate in weekly meetings to plan story ideas, teaching materials, and social media for future issues
• Assist in filming, writing, and compiling lesson materials for teachers
• Created archives of vocabulary glossaries, teaching materials, and games from past issues

Graphics Editor, Scienceline
New York (Dec 2023 – Present)
• Write online articles on theoretical physics, chemistry, and applied mathematics
• Design, illustrate, and animate visual aids for staff articles
• Renovated interface designs for improved user experience to the newsletter and the website
• Provided artistic direction for project featuring an interactive map of NYC

Science Policy Reporter, Innovation Policy News
Remote (Feb 2022 – Jun 2022)
• Wrote, reported, and edited online news stories on U.S. science, technology, and health policy

Newsroom Intern, Voice of America
Remote (May 2020 – Aug 2020)
• Spearheaded coverage of East Asia for Polygraph.info, VOA’s international politics department
• Provided audio narration for feature about security legislation in Hong Kong

Managing Editor, VO1SS
London, UK and Tokyo, Japan/Remote (Apr 2019 – Dec 2019)
• Managing editor for media startup offering career guidance to 4000+ international students
• Conducted outreach and published weekly articles on 30+ international students and professionals in English, Korean and Japanese
• Hosted Search Engine Optimization sessions for 20 staff writers, increasing pageviews by 15%

Research


Research and Editorial Intern, American Enterprise Institute
Washington, DC (Jan 2020 – May 2020)
• Edited and prepared resident scholar blog posts for the CMS and social media content
• Researched and wrote questions for podcast on technological innovation and economic policy

Research Assistant, New York University
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Department of Social Science
(Nov 2021 – May 2022)
• Assist with research projects regarding topics such as urban studies, race, class, or citizenship.
• Copy edited publication manuscripts authored by university professors
Teaching, Learning and Development Lab
(Feb 2019 – Nov 2019)
• Completed the CITI Program training for ethical research
• Assisted in the creation of coded data and transcriptions of videos studying mother-child behavior

Skills & Programs


Multimedia
Adobe Suite
• Premiere Pro, Audition
• Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator
Graphic Design/Animation
• Clip Studio Paint EX (Illustration, animation)
• Blender (3D modeling, animation)
• Figma, Canva (Design Cloud)
Management
• Search Engine Optimization (WordPress)
• Social media (Twitter/X, Instagram)

Languages


Languages
• Native proficiency: English, Korean
• Fluent: Japanese
• Working proficiency: Python, R

Education


New York University
MA Journalism, Science, Health & Environmental Reporting Program (Dec 2024)
BA Philosophy, NYU Abu Dhabi (Jun 2023); semesters abroad in NY, DC and Accra, Ghana

Honors


• Global Leadership Scholar (2020, United Arab Emirates)
• Citizen Ambassador for Fair Trade, Beautiful Coffee (2016, South Korea)
• Foreign Minister’s Award for Excellence in Oration, United Nations (2015, South Korea)

Published clips

What the world’s 2024 elections mean for chemistry

7 Oct 2024, Chemical & Engineering News

Here’s how elections around the globe could affect chemistry—and all of science—for years to come.

Scientists are on the cusp of unlocking the mysteries of dark matter

18 May 2024, Popular Mechanics

Possibly the most powerful energy source in the universe, confirmation of this elusive form of matter could rewrite the rules of the universe as we know it.

The thing about pink we don’t see

9 Jan 2024, Scienceline

Pink isn’t just a color. In the era of digital technology, color tools are at our disposal to make pink (and the rainbow) a lifestyle.

Strange quasiparticles are bringing science fiction to life

7 Jan 2024, Scienceline

No magic, just physics: how scientists are working with a set of phenomena they don’t fully understand.

Robotics and AI Offer New Hope for Spinal Injury Patients

18 Apr 2022, Innovation Policy News

Researchers have succeeded in stabilizing Chondroitnase ABC, a therapeutic protein capable of reversing and regenerating damaged spinal tissues.

3 Things to Watch as Congress Wraps Up Competition Bills

2 Mar 2022, Innovation Policy News

Notably, the House America COMPETES Act places greater weight on addressing social inequality in scientific fields, and it includes immigration provisions that the USICA does not.

Scholastic MATH

Spider Next Door

What’s black and yellow, has eight legs, and is coming to a garden near you? A Joro spider!

Keeping Fun Afloat

Analyze statistics about helium and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Welcome Back, Pandas!

For the first time in 21 years, two giant pandas made the 6,000-mile journey from China to the San Diego Zoo.

PDFs available upon request

Gayoung Lee is a science writer and illustrator from South Korea. A philosopher by training, her interests lie in uncovering and writing about the unexpected connections between the world and various scientific phenomena, particularly in theoretical physics and chemistry. Her latest hyperfixation concerns the mathematical roundness of the game character Kirby.