El-Hang Lee

Prof. El-Hang Lee received BS in Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude) from Seoul National University, Korea, in 1970, and subsequently received MS, M. Phil, and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Physics from Yale University in 1973, 1975, and 1977, respectively, under the guidance of Prof. John. B. Fenn (Yale, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, 2002) and Prof. Richard. K. Chang (Henry Ford II Professor, student of N. Bloembergen, Harvard, Nobel Laureate, Physics, 1981). Prof. Lee conducted teaching, research and management at Yale, Princeton, AT&T Bell Labs., ETRI (Vice President), KAIST, and recently at Inha University. Prof. Lee is a Professor and Founding Dean of the School of Information Science at Inha, Founding President of the IEEE-LEOS Korea, Founding Director of the SPIE-Korea, Vice President of OSK, and recently, Founder and Director of the OPERA (Optics and Photonics Elite Research Academy) National Research Center for VLSI Photonics and the m-PARC (micro/nano-Photonics Advanced Research Center). Prof. Lee has published over 270 international journal papers, over 70 domestic journal papers and 640 international conference papers; edited two international conference proceedings books; co-authored one book; delivered over 100 plenary, keynote & invited lectures in international conferences and institutions; hold over 120 international patents; all on the subjects of semiconductors, optoelectronics, optical communication, and recently micro-photonics and nano-photonics. Prof. Lee served over 80 times as a conference chair, presider, international advisor and committee member. Prof. Lee is a Fellow of the APS, OSA, IEEE, SPIE, IEE (UK) and KAST (Korean Academy of Science and Technology) and a recipient of more than 15 national and international awards, including IEEE Third Millennium Medal, Presidential Medal of Honor, King Sejong Prize, and Inchon Science Grand Prize, Korea.