Young Hee Lee

Lee Young Hee (born 28 July 1955) is a South Korean physicist. He was a distinguished professor in physics and energy science at Sungkyunkwan University as a SKKU fellow and also director of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics in the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) until 2023, before going to Hubei University of Technology and Peking University. He has been a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in the cross-field category in 2018–2024.

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 2025-present: professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University 2024-present: professor and Director of Low-Dimensional Quantum Materials Institute at Hubei University of Technology 2023-present: Distinguished HCR professor, Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University 2012–2023: Director of Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science 2021-present: Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Academician 2009–2023: Professor in energy science, Sungkyunkwan University 2007–Present: Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), member 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, Chinese Academy of Sciences May 2014: Sudang Award 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