Yuan T. Lee (1936- )

Awarded the Prize “for his contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.”

American chemist of Chinese origin. He was born on November 19, 1936 in Hsinchu, Taiwan. He graduated from the National Taiwan University in 1959 in 1961 he received his Master’s degree on the studies of the natural radioisotopes from the National Tsinghua University in Taiwan. The University of California at Berkeley awarded his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1965. He was Assistant Professor at University of Chicago. At University of California at Berkeley he worked as Professor of chemistry. From January 15, 1994 to October 19, 2006, He served as the President of the Academia Sinica.