Lee Young-hee (born 28 July 1955) is a South Korean physicist. He is a distinguished professor in physics and energy science at Sungkyunkwan University as a SKKU fellow. He is also director of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics in the Institute for Basic Science (IBS). He has been a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in the cross-field category in 2018, 2019, and 2020.
Education
Lee received a B.S. in physics, Chonbuk National University in 1982. In 1986 he received his Ph.D. in physics at Kent State University on the subject of "Classical and Quantum Computer Simulation Studies: Molecular Dynamics of the Kerr Effect in CS2 and Green's Function MonteCarlo Calculation of the Electronic Correlation Energy in Atoms" which was advised by Michael A. Lee.
Career
2012–Present: Director of Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science 2009–Present: Professor in energy science, Sungkyunkwan University 2007–Present: Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), fellow 2001–Present: Professor in physics, Sungkyunkwan University, SKKU fellow 1996–1997: Visiting professor in physics, Michigan State University, United States 1993–1993: Visiting researcher, Zurich IBM Research Center, Switzerland 1989–1990: Visiting professor in physics, Iowa State University Ames National Laboratory, United States 1987–2001: Assistant Professor, full professor in physics, Chonbuk National University
Awards
2020: Seongbong Physics Award from the Korean Physical Society
Nov. 2019: Kyung-Ahm Prize in Natural Science, Kyung-Ahm Education & Cultural Foundation May 2017: Einstein Award from Chinese Academy of Sciences May 2014: 23nd SUDANG Prize December 2012: Grand Prize for Sungkyun Family (Educational Achievements Parts), Sungkyunkwan University December 2010: 100 representative researches in all the researches and development done during 2010 in Korea, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology October 2010: 100 representative research achievements in the R&D of Ministry of Education, Science and Technology May 2008 Presidential Award in Science and Education December 2007: Lee Hsun Research Award, IMR, Chinese Academy of Science, China April 2005: Nominated as "Representative Research achievement of BK21 (’01.03~’05.12)", "Modification of electronic structures of a arbonnanotube by hydrogen functionalization" May 1997: Award from Foundation of Korea Science and Technology for "The Best Paper in Physics " Fellowship and Nominations June 1997: Nominated as "Man of Jeonbuk National University" in Science in 50th Anniversary of Jeonbuk National University September 1999: Nominated for "Man of Jeollabuk-do Province", in Academia and Public press September 2004: First Fellow of Sungkyunkwan University April 2005: Science Award from Korean Physical Society September 2007: Fellow of Sungkyunkwan University