For pioneering work on QCD theory of hadronic jets, including jet-radius resummation, polarized jet fragmentation, and energy–energy correlators.
Kyle Lee grew up in Fullerton, California. He began his academic studies at Fullerton Community College before transferring to Chapman University, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree. He received his Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics from Stony Brook University in 2020. He then held postdoctoral positions at LBNL (2020–2022), MIT (2022–2025), and Yale (2025–2026), before joining Argonne National Laboratory in 2026.