Chang Hee Lee. Ph D.

Research Chair Professor of Chemistry, KNU. Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Natural

Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chun Cheon, 24341 Republic of  Korea

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Professor Chang-Hee Lee received his B.S., and M.S. diplomas in Chemistry from Kyungpook National University (Korea) in 1983. He did his doctoral work at the Arizona State University from 1983 to 1987. Then, he moved to California and worked as an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Thomas C. Bruice in the University of California at Santa Barbara for two years. He then joined the chemistry department of the Kangwon National University in Korea. He served as a full professor for 33 years until retiring in 2019. Then he was awarded a University Research Chair Professorship title where he works. His research interests are organic supramolecular chemistry, Molecular recognition, and porphyrinoid chemistry. He has authored and co-authored over 174 research publications and served as Associate Editor for "The Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society" (2008-2010), Guest Editor for "Supramolecular Chemistry" (2007), and is currently editorial board of the "Journal of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines". He served as co-chair of the 8th International Conference on Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines (ICPP-8) held on Jeju island in Korea in 2012. He received the "National Research Achievement Award" from the Korean Chemical Society in 2008 and the "Most Cited Article Award" in 2003. He was invited to many international conferences as an invited speaker including ICPP, ISMSC, ISNA2015, MSMLG, Asian Core Program Lectureship Award from Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. Other than academics, He also served as the 50th President of the Korean Chemical Society for two years (2016-2017). Currently, he is working as a visiting scholar at the University of Texas Austin.

Education

1983,5 -1987.11 Arizona State University (Ph.D)

1974.3 -1982. 2 Kyung Pook National University (B.S, M.S. Military Service)

Experiences

1989.3~2019.8 Professor, Kangwon National University, Korea

1987.12~1989.2    Post Doc. University of California at Santa Barbara (Thomas. C. Bruice)

2009~2011    Associate Editor, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc.

2004~2006    Director of the Institute of Basic Science 

2006~2007    Research Scientist at the University of Texas at Austin (Jonathan Sessler)

1994~1995    Research Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University (Jonathan Lindsey)

2008. 4           Research Achievement Award (Hak-Sul Award, Korean Chemical Society)

2009~             Editorial Board ‘Journal of Porphyrins & Phthalocyanines’

2007. 8           Guest Editor ‘Supramolecular Chemistry’ 

2009-2016        Asian Core-Program Lectureship Award: Japan (2009), Hong Kong (2010), Singapore (2014), Taiwan (2016)

2012. 10            Best Achievement Award, Ministry of Education

2016 1-2017.12      President of the Korean Chemical Society

2017-             Advisory board (KBSI)

2019.8 ~         Endowed Research Chair Professor at Kangwon National University          

Honor and Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award (학술상), Korean Chemical Society (2008)

Most Cited Article Award, Korean Chemical Society (2008) 

Best Performance Award of BK21, Ministry of Education (2012) 

Presidential Achievement Award, Kangwon National University (2013) 

Presidential Achievement Award, Kangwon National University (2009) 

Asian Core Program Award from Japan (2010), Hong Kong (2011) and Singapore (2015)

Affiliated Society

American Chemical Society, Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Korean Chemical Society, Korea Photochemical Society

Research Area 

Organic Supramolecular Chemistry, Porphyrins and Antiaromatic Porphyrinoids Chemistry, Molecular Recognition. Development of Photomedicine, Electro-active material development. (180 Peer Reviewed Publications).

Invited Lecture

KAIST, POSTECH, Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University, Ewha Womens

University, Pusan National University, Chonnam National University, Kyung Pook National University,

JungAng University, Invited to KCS, ACS, Pacifichem, VAST, ECS, ICPP-1 through ICPP13, MSMLG, ISMSC, ACC, ACP, AslanChip, 

IIT Mumbai, University of Delhi, University of Hyderabad, Guru Nanak Dev University, University of Texas at Austin, California Institute of Technology, University of North Texas, Kyoto University, Kyushu University, Kobe University, Hokkaido University, Sendai University, Tokyo Institute of Technology,