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Taiwanese physicist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Lee (Chinese: 李羅權; born 20 April 1947) is a Taiwanese physicist.
Louis Lee Lee Lou-chuang | |
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李羅權 | |
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| Minister of National Science Council | |
| In office 20 May 2008 – 5 February 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Chen Chien-jen |
| Succeeded by | Cyrus Chu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1947 Tianwei, Changhua |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
Lee earned a bachelor's degree in physics from National Taiwan University in 1969, and obtained a M.S. and Ph.D. in 1975 in the subject from the California Institute of Technology. Lee then worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center and taught at the University of Maryland before joining the University of Alaska faculty.
Lee returned to Taiwan and began teaching at National Cheng Kung University in 1995.[1] He has served as the director of the National Applied Research Laboratories and the National Space Program Office.[2][3] As leader of the NSPO, Lee presided over the launch of the satellite ROCSAT-2 and the development of ROCSAT-3.[4][5] Lee also helped conduct research on thunderclouds and the ionosphere.[6] He later became president of National Central University and was named minister of the National Science Council in April 2008.[7][8] Lee was replaced by Cyrus Chu in February 2011.[9]
Lee was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 2002,[10][11] and a foreign member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in 2018.[12]
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