Lee Young-hee (physicist)

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 2018–2023.

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, 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

Other activities

 * November 2009–Present: Associate Editor of European Physical Journal: Appl. Phys.
 * 2000–Present: Associate Editor of Carbon Letters
 * 2006–2010: Managing Editor of NANO
 * 2009–2010: International Advisory Committee of Nanotube conference
 * 2008–Present: Conference chair of SPIE conference (Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Associated Devices III)
 * 2012–Present: Conference chair of MRS Meeting
 * 2008–Present: Program Committee of IWEPNM
 * 2010–Present: Materials Research Society Member
 * 2009–Present: Program Committee of Korea Carbon Society
 * 2001–Present: The Korean Physical Society Fellow
 * 2001–006: Associate Editor of Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Representative papers

 * 1) Probing graphene grain boundaries with optical microscopy (Nature, 2012)
 * 2) Transferred wrinkled Al2O3 for highly stretchable and transparent graphene/carbon nanotube transistors (Nature Materials, 2013)
 * 3) Small Hysteresis Nanocarbon-Based Integrated Circuits on Flexible and Transparent Plastic Substrate (Nano Letters, 2011)
 * 4) Adaptive Logic Circuits with Doping-Free Ambipolar Carbon Nanotube Transistors (NanoLetters, 2009)
 * 5) Synthesis of Large-Area Graphene Layers on Poly-Nickel Substrate by Chemical Vapor Deposition: Wrinkle Formation (Advanced Materials, 2009)