Dr. Lee joined the Department of Chemistry in 2003. She has taught more than 10 different undergraduate and graduate level courses, and supervised more than 40 UG and GR students Her research is on the analysis of organic pollutants and their impacts on the environment and human health, and organic metabolites in urine for cancer diagnosis.

• Research Sandpit - Water Track - UTEP (08/25/2023)
• U.S.-Mexico Faculty Collaboration Fellowship 2023-2024 - UTEP (06/01/2023-06/30/2023)
• Faculty Development Leave - UTEP (01/01/2022-01/31/2022)
• UTEP BUILDing SCHOLARS Mentorship Award - UTEP BUILDing SCHOLARS (12/01/2021-12/31/2021)
• 2016 Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Fellow award supported by ORSP and the Office of the Provost - UTEP ORSP and the Office of the Provost (12/01/2015-12/31/2015)
• REU Chemistry Leadership Group Mentor Travel Support - NSF (03/01/2011-03/31/2011)
• COACh Travel Award - NSF COACh (03/01/2010-03/31/2010)
• College of Science Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching - College of Science (05/01/2009-05/31/2009)
• Travel Award for Advisors/Undergraduate Education Program - Society of Toxicology (SOT) (03/01/2008-03/31/2008)
• LSAMP (Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program) Scholar Travel Award - 231st ACS National Meetings (03/01/2006-03/31/2006)
• Advance Travel Award - 2005 Faculty Horizons Workshop (07/01/2005-07/31/2005)
• COACh Travel Award - 229th ACS National Meetings (03/01/2005-03/31/2005)
• COACh Travel Award - 228th ACS National Meetings (08/01/2004-08/31/2004)
• North American Minority Students and Mentors in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Program (11/01/2003-11/30/2003)

• Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (2002)
• Ph D in Environmental Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso (2000)
• MS in Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso (1995)
• BA in Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University (1985)

• Investigating the effects of storage conditions on urinary volatilomes for their reliability in disease diagnosis American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Urology 11 6 (2023), Kiana Holbrook, Sabur Badmos, Ahsan Habib, Elizabeth Noriega Landa, George Quaye, Michael Pokojovy, Xiaogang Su, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Rapid, Efficient, and Green Analytical Technique for Determination of Fluorotelomer Alcohol in Water by Stir Bar Sorptive Extraction Chemosphere 338 (2023), Ahsan Habib, Elizabeth Noriega Landa, Kiana L. Holbrook, William S. Walker, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Antimicrobial Peptides in Dendrobium officinale: Genomic Parameters, Peptide Structures and Gene Expression Patterns The plant Genome 16 3 (2023), Huiming Huang, Wen-Yee Lee, Hui Zou, Haiming Li, Shuhe Zhang, Jiangbo Lin.
• A double-edged effect of manganese-doped graphene quantum dots on salt-stressed Capsicum annuum L. Science of The Total Environment 844 (2022), Yuqing Ye, Elizabeth Noriega Landa, Jesus M. Cantu, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Aruna Narayanan, Wen-Yee Lee, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey.
• Comparison of Various Supervised Learning Algorithms for Prostate Cancer Prediction AMS Fall Central Sectional Meeting (2022), George E. Quaye, Xiaogang Su, Wen-Yee Lee.
• A double-edged effect of manganese-doped graphene quantum dots on salt-stressed Capsicum annuum L Science of The Total Environment 844 (2022), Yuqing Ye, Elizabeth N. Landa, Jesus M. Cantu, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Aruna N. Nair, Wen-Yee Lee, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey.
• A double-edged effect of manganese-doped graphene quantum dots on salt-stressed Capsicum annuum L. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 844 (2022), Yuqing Ye, Elizabeth N. Landa, Jesus M. Cantu, Jose A. Hernandez Viezcas, Aruna N. Nair, Wen-Yee Lee, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey.
• Emerging Contaminants in the Environment - Challenges and Sustainable Practices Elsevier (2022), Hemen Sarma, Wen-Yee Lee, Delfina C. Dominguez.
• Feasibility of Integrating Canine Olfaction with Chemical and Microbial Profiling of Urine to Detect Lethal Prostate Cancer PLOS ONE (2021), Claire Guest, Rob Harris, Karen S. Sfanos, Bruce Trock, Wen-Yee Lee, Qin Gao, Jonathan Simons, Andreas Mershin.
• Feasibility of Integrating Canine Olfaction with Chemical and Microbial Profiling of Urine to Detect Lethal Prostate Cancer BioRxiv (2020), Claire Guest, Rob Harris, Karen S. Sfanos, Bruce Trock, Wen-Yee Lee, Qin Gao, Jonathan Simons, Andreas Mershin.
• Isolation of a Bimetallic Cobalt(III) Nitride and Examination of Its Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Chemistry and Reactivity toward H2 American Chemical Society 2020 142 (18) (2020), Skye Fortier, Debabrata Sengupta, Christian Sandoval-Pauker, Emily Schueller, Angela Encerrado-Manriquez, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Wen-Yee Lee, Ram Seshadri, Balazs Pinter.
• Isolation of a Bimetallic Cobalt(III) Nitride and Examination of Its Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Chemistry and Reactivity toward H-2 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 142 18 (2020), Debabrata Sengupta, Christian Sandoval-Pauker, Emily Schueller, Angela M. Encerrado-Manriquez, Alejandro Metta-Magana, Wen-Yee Lee, Ram Seshadri, Balazs Pinter, Skye Fortier.
• Titanium-Mediated Catalytic Hydrogenation of Monocyclic and Polycyclic Arenes Chemistry - A European Journal (2020), Skye Fortier, Alejandra Gomez-Torr, Rolando A. , Angela Encerrado-Manriquez, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Wen-Yee Lee, Maren Pink.
• Assessment of Antibiotic Levels, Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria and Genetic Biomarkers in the Waters of the Rio Grande River Between the United States-Mexico Border J Health Pollut. 9 22 (2019), Maria D. Fuentes, Wen-Yee Lee, Delfina C. Dominguez.
• Urinary metabolites for urological cancer detection: a review on the application of volatile organic compounds for cancers American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Urology 7 4 (2019), Qin Gao, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Application of Urinary Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) for the diagnosis of Prostate Cancer Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 17 3 (2019), Qin G. , Xiaogang Su, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Application of Urinary Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) for the diagnosis of Prostate Cancer Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 17 3 (2019), Qin Gao, Xiaogang Su, H. Williams, M. H. Annabi, Wen-Yee Lee.

• ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON HEALTH (2023), Volume Chihuahua, Mexico, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Does storage conditions affect the use of urine metabolomics in cancer diagnosis? (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Kiana Holbrook, Sabur Badmos, Elizabeth Noriega Landa , George E. Quaye, Michael Pokojovy, Xiaogang Su, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Fatty acid biomarkers in urine for prostate cancer diagnosis (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Elizabeth Noriega Landa , Sabur Badmos, Kiana Holbrook, George E. Quaye, Xiaogang Su, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Green Analytical Techniques for Determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Precursors in Water (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Ahsan Habib, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Removal of Nonylphenol from water using Activated Carbon-Alginate (AlgC) beads (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Angelica A. Chacon, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Green Analytical Techniques for Determination of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Precursors in Water (2023), Volume Indianapolis, IN, Ahsan Habib, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Removal of Nonylphenol from water using Activated Carbon-Alginate (AlgC) beads (2023), Volume Indianapolis, IN, Angelica A. Chacon, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Does storage conditions affect the use of urine metabolomics in cancer diagnosis? (2023), Volume San Angelo, Texas, Kiana Holbrook, Sabur Badmos, Elizabeth Noriega Landa , George E. Quaye, Michael Pokojovy, Xiaogang Su, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Fatty acid biomarkers in urine for prostate cancer diagnosis (2023), Volume San Angelo, Texas, Elizabeth Noriega Landa , Sabur Badmos, Kiana Holbrook, George E. Quaye, Xiaogang Su, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Urinary Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Risk Assessment (2022), Volume Taipei, Taiwan, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Developing Standard Operating Procedure for Organic Metabolites in Urine for Cancer Diagnosis (2022), Volume Virtual, Kiana Holbrook, Elizabeth Noriega Landa , Sabur Badmos, George E. Quaye, Xiaogang Su, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Fatty Acid Biomarkers in Urine for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (2022), Volume Virtual, Elizabeth Noriega Landa , George E. Quaye, Xiaogang Su, Kiana Holbrook, Sabur Badmos, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Two machine learning models for prostate cancer screening using urinary volatile organic compounds. (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, Peter Asante , Wen-Yee Lee, Maria C. Mariani, Michael Orosz, Michael Pokojovy.
• Will banked urine sample storage duration affect the accuracy of using urine for prostate cancer diagnosis? (2022), Volume Carlsbad, CA, Wen-Yee Lee, Elizabeth Noriega Landa, Sabur Badmos, George E. Quaye, Kiana Holbrook.
• Removal of endocrine disruptors in wastewater treatment plants: a binational study along the US-Mexico border region (2022), Volume San Juan, PR, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Comparison of Various Supervised Learning Algorithms for Prostate Cancer Prediction (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, George E. Quaye, Xiaogang Su, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Machine learning models for prostate cancer screening using urinary volatile organic compounds (2022), Volume El Paso, TX, Peter Asante , Wen-Yee Lee, Maria C. Mariani, Michael Orosz, Michael Pokojovy.
• Diet has no significant influence on using urinary organic metabolites for prostate cancer diagnosis (2022), Volume UTEP, Jaime Valenzuela, Kiana Holbrook, Sabur Badmos, Elizabeth Noriega Landa, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Removal of "Everywhere Endocrine Disrupting Compounds" From Water and Wastewater Using Ecofriendly Material (2022), Volume UTEP, Luis R. Duran, Angelica Chacon, Ahsan Habib, Wen-Yee Lee.
• A Reliable SOP for Urine Biomarkers Within Storage and Sampling Analyses (2022), Volume Houston, TX, Kiana Holbrook, Wen-Yee Lee.
• In-situ multi-residue derivatization and extraction of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) using stir bar sorptive extraction prior GC-MS analysis (2022), Volume Houston, TX, Ahsan Habib, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Removal of Nonylphenol from water using Activated Carbon-Alginate (AlgC) beads (2022), Volume Houston, TX, Angelica Chacon, Wen-Yee Lee.
• High-throughput detection of volatile organic compounds in urine for prostate cancer diagnosis and risk assessment (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Method Development for analyzing fatty acid in adipose tissue using SBSE/GC/MS (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Angela Encerrado, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Application of Urinary Volatile Organic Compounds for the Diagnosis of Renal Cancer (2019), Volume New Orleans, LA, Wen-Yee Lee, Qin Gao.
• Urinary Metabolites for the Risk Stratification of Prostate Cancer (2019), Volume New Orleans, LA, Qin Gao, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Urinary Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) for the diagnosis of Prostate (2019), Volume Carlsbad, CA, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Concurrent Uptake of Organic Contaminants and Nanoparticles by Arabidopsis Thaliana (2019), Volume UTEP, Frances Rangel, Huiming Huang, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Method Development for Extraction of Fatty Acids from Pork Fat Using a Solventless Extraction Technique (2019), Volume UTEP, Robert Huang, Angela Encerrado, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Method development for extraction of fatty acids from pork fat using SBSE and GC/MS (2019), Volume UTEP, Cecilia Rivera, Angela Encerrado, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Nineteen years of guiding leaders to deliver facilitated learning at UTEP (2019), Volume Indianapolis, IN, James E. Becvar, Geoffrey B. Saupe, Mahesh Narayan, Juan C. Noveron, Dino Villagran, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Bisphenol-A Removal from Drinking and Reclaimed Water Using Alginate Encapsulated Activated Carbon (2019), Volume UTEP, Jesus Orozco-Reza, Melinda Arrieta, Wen-Yee Lee.
• Standard Operating Procedure for the analysis of Urinary Volatile Organic Compounds: Does Storage Really Matter? (2019), Volume UTEP, Grecia Hinojos, Wen-Yee Lee.

• G-RISE at the University of Texas at El Paso
• U-RISE at the University of Texas at El Paso
• Utilizing Machine Learning for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis in Hispanic Patients
• Border Biomedical Research Center- Research Project 2
• RISE Research Scholars Program
• R25: RISE OPTION IV: RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM