Lee Sunhye

• Sun Moon University, Asan-si, South Korea (2020~) - Assistant Professor for major (Food and Nutrition) classes
• University of Georgia, Athens GA (2016) - Teaching Assistant and Guest Lecture for Human Nutrition and Food classes
• Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (2007) - Teaching Assistant for Nutrition classes

• Lee, S., Knotts, T. A., Goodson, M. L., Barboza, M., Wudeck, E., England, G., & Raybould, H. E. (2020). Metabolic Responses to Butyrate Supplementation in LF-and HF-Fed Mice Are Cohort-Dependent and Associated with Changes in Composition and Function of the Gut Microbiota. Nutrients, 12(11), 3524.
• Kim, J. S., Kirkland, R. A., Lee, S. H., Cawthon, C. R., Rzepka, K. W., Minaya, D. M., ... & de La Serre, C. B. (2020). Gut microbiota composition modulates inflammation and structure of the vagal afferent pathway. Physiology & Behavior, 225, 113082.
• Lee, S., Goodson, M., Vang, W., Kalanetra, K., Barile, D., & Raybould, H. (2020). 2’-fucosyllactose Supplementation Improves Gut-Brain Signaling and Diet-Induced Obese Phenotype and Changes the Gut Microbiota in High Fat-Fed Mice. Nutrients, 12(4), 1003.
• Lee, S., Kirkland, R., Grunewald, Z. I., Sun, Q., Wicker, L., & de La Serre, C. B. (2019). Beneficial Effects of Non-Encapsulated or Encapsulated Probiotic Supplementation on Microbiota Composition, Intestinal Barrier Functions, Inflammatory Profiles, and Glucose Tolerance in High Fat Fed Rats. Nutrients, 11(9), 1975.
• Grunewald ZI, Lee S, Kirkland R, Ross M, de La Serre CB. Cannabinoid receptor type-1 partially mediates metabolic endotoxemia-induced inflammation and insulin resistance. Physiol Behav 2019;199:282-91.
• Lee, S., Keirsey, K. I., Kirkland, R., Grunewald, Z. I., Fischer, J. G., & de La Serre, C. B. (2018). Blueberry Supplementation Influences the Gut Microbiota, Inflammation, and Insulin Resistance in High-Fat-Diet–Fed Rats. The Journal of Nutrition, 148(2), 209-219. Featured as a Press Release. Featured in a special collection of content published by the American Society for Nutrition about the microbiome.
• Vaughn, A.C., Cooper, E.M., DiLorenzo, P.M., O’Loughlin, L.J., Konkel, M.E., Peters, J.H., Hajnal, A., Sen, T., Lee, S.H., de La Serre, C.B. and Czaja, K., 2017. Energy-dense diet triggers changes in gut microbiota, reorganization of gut-brain vagal communication and increases body fat accumulation. Acta neurobiologiae experimentalis, 77(1), p.18.
• Lee S.H., de La Serre C.B. (2015). Gut Microbiome-Brain Communications Regulate Host Physiology and Behavior. Health Food Sci 3(2).
• Korea Patent Registration (1012003210000, title: Making Method of Coffee Liquid for Coffee Beverage except Milk, 2012).
• Mo, J. M., Lee, S. H., Park, M. N., Lee, Y. S. (2008). Ulcer Healing Effects of Vitamin E on Chronic Gastric Ulcer Induced by Alcohol in Young Adult Rats. J Korean Soc Food Sci Nutr., 37(3), 309-316.
• Shon, J.H., Lee, S.H., Lee, Fan-Zhu, Lee, B.D., Eun, J.B. (2007). The Effects of Heating on the Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Acid Whey Compared to Sweet Whey. Food Science and Biotechnology. 16(5): 836-842.

• Lee, S., Goodson, M., Vang, W., Kalanetra, K., Barile, D., & Raybould, H. 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL) Supplementation Improves Gut Barrier Function and Lipid Metabolism in HF-fed Mice. Nutrition (2020). Selected an Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Finalist.
• Lee S.H., Kirkland R, Fischer JG, de La Serre CB. Dietary blueberry supplementation improves glucose tolerance in high-fat diet-fed rats: a role for the microbiota? Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2016).
• De La Serre CB, Lee SH, DiLorenzo PM, Hajnal A, Sen T, Czaja K. Bacteria-driven brain plasticity triggers obesity. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2016).
• Keirsey KI, Lee SH, de La Serre CB, Fischer JG. Blueberry supplementation alters biomarkers of oxidative stress in high-fat fed rats. The FASEB Journal (2016).
• Lee SH, Kirkland R, Fischer JG, de La Serre CB. Blueberry supplementation impacts gut microbiota, inflammatory profiles, and insulin sensitivity in high-fat fed rats. The FASEB Journal (2016).
• De La Serre CB, Lee SH, Krishna S, Harn D, Filipov N. Maternal obesity modulates offspring microflora composition and gastrointestinal functions. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (2014).

• Lee, S., Goodson, M., Vang, W., Kalanetra, K., Barile, D., & Raybould, H. 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL) Supplementation Improves Gut Barrier Function and Lipid Metabolism in HF-fed Mice. IMGC 2020.
• Lee, S., Goodson, M., Vang, W., Kalanetra, K., Barile, D., & Raybould, H. 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL) Supplementation Improves Gut Barrier Function and Lipid Metabolism in HF-fed Mice. Nutrition (2020). Selected an Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Finalist.
• Sunhye Lee*. Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis & Metabolic Diseases. Milk Meeting, Davis, CA, 2019.
• Sunhye Lee*, Mrittika Bhattacharya*. 2nd gen HMO: beyond infant nutrition. CARA, Berkeley, CA, 2019.
• S.H. Lee*, R. Kirkland, Z. Grunewald, Q. Sun, L. Wicker, C.B. de La Serre. Beneficial Effects of Non-Encapsulated or Encapsulated Probiotic Supplementation on Microbiota Composition, Intestinal Barrier Functions, Inflammatory Profiles, and Glucose Tolerance in High Fat Fed Rats. FASEB Science Research Conference: Gastrointestinal Tract, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2019.
• Sunhye Lee*, Mrittika Bhattacharya*. 2nd gen HMO: beyond infant nutrition. CARA, San Diego, CA, 2019.
• Mrittika Bhattacharya, Ishita Shah*, Tamashree Ghosh, Sunhye Lee*. 2nd gen HMO: beyond infant nutrition. CARA, Berkeley, CA, 2018.
• E Klingbeil*, R Schade, SH Lee, R Kirkland, CB de La Serre. Normalization of feeding patterns in high fat fed rats improves diet-driven microbiota dysbiosis and vagal remodeling. Oral presentation, Benjamin Franklin- Lafayette Seminar, Frejus, France, 2017.
• JS Kim*, RA Kirkland, SH Lee, CR Cawthon , EA Klingbeil, K Rzepka, K Czaja, CB de La Serre. Gut microbiota dysbiosis is sufficient to induce inflammation of the vagal afferent pathway, independently of diet. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Montreal, 2017.
• C.B. de La Serre*, S.H. Lee, P.M. Dilorenzo, A. Hajnal, T. Sen, K. Czaja. Bacteria-driven Brain Plasticity Triggers Obesity at Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Porto, 2016/ Little Brain Big Brain, Santa Cruz, 2016.
• S.H. Lee*, R. Kirkland, C.B. de La Serre. Blueberry Supplementation Impacts Gut Microbiota and Insulin Sensitivity in High-fat Fed Rats at Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, 2016/ Georgia Nutrition Council Annual Conference, Pine Mountain, GA, 2016/ FASEB Science Research Conference: Gastrointestinal Tract, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2015.
• Z. I. Grunewald*, S.H. Lee, R. Kirkland, C.B. de La Serre. Cannabinoid receptor type-1 blockade alters serum biomarkers of insulin resistance in metabolic endotoxemia at Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, 2016/ Southeastern Medical Scientist Symposium, Nashville, TN, 2015.
• Katherine I. Keirsey*, Sunhye Lee, Claire B. de La Serre, and Joan G. Fischer. Blueberry Supplementation Alters Markers of Oxidative Stress in High-fat Fed Rats. Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, 2016.
• C.B. de La Serre*, S.H. Lee, S. Krishna, D. Harn, N. Filipov. Maternal obesity modulates offspring microflora composition and gastrointestinal functions. Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, Seattle, WA, 2014.
• S.H. Lee.*, J.M. Mo, M.N. Park, Y.S. Lee. Development of ethanol-induced chronic gastric ulcer model and the effect of protein sources and their hydrolysates on the model of adult rats. Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA, 2008.
• S.H. Lee*, J.H. Shon. Comparison of antioxidative activities by acid whey, calcium caseinate, and soy protein isolate coating in beef. Institute of Food Technologists, Orlando, FL, 2006.
• S.H. Lee*, R. Kirkland, C.B. de La Serre. Dietary blueberry supplementation improves glucose tolerance in high-fat diet-fed rats: a role for the microbiota? Alltech’s Young Scientist Competition. Lexington, KY, 2016.

• Lee, S., Goodson, M., Vang, W., Kalanetra, K., Barile, D., & Raybould, H. 2'-fucosyllactose Supplementation Improves Gut-Brain Signaling and Diet-Induced Obese Phenotype and Changes the Gut Microbiota in High Fat-Fed Mice. KNS 2020. Invited Young Scientists Research Presentations. Awarded 'Herbalife Nutrition' Young Scientist Award.
• S.H. Lee*, R. Kirkland, C.B. de La Serre. Dietary blueberry supplementation improves glucose tolerance in high-fat diet-fed rats: a role for the microbiota? Alltech’s Young Scientist Competition. Lexington, KY, 2016

• 'Herbalife Nutrition' Young Scientist Award (2020)
• Endsley-Peifer Student Research Award (2018)
• Ruth Rowan Morrison Graduate Scholarship, College of Family and Consumer Science (2017-2018)
• Glenn and Helen Burton Feeding the Hungry Scholarship, College of Family and Consumer Sciences (2017-2018)
• Ruth Rowan Morrison Graduate Scholarship, College of Family and Consumer Science (2016-2017)
• Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award (2016)
• Regional Winner for North America of Alltech’s Young Scientist Competition (2016)
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Membership (since 2015)
• Travel Grants, College of Family and Consumer Science and Dpt of Foods and Nutrition (2015)
• Sharone Boone Hamner Graduate Scholarship, College of Family and Consumer Science (2013-2014)
• Dean's List for 2 Semesters as an Exchange Student at Mississippi State University, U.S. (2012)
• Yeungnam University Educational Grant Scholarship (2003)
• Yeungnam University Full Scholarship for 8 Semesters (2002-2006)

• American Society of Nutrition
• Korean Nutrition Society

Licensed Food Sanitarian

• Japanese Language Proficiency Test (3rd grade, 2012)
• Certificate in Competence Test for Translation in English (3rd grade, 2010)
• Chinese Character Aptitude Test (2nd grade, 2005)