Published over 50 papers in past two years in prominent SCI journals such as <Green Chemistry> and <Chemical Science>
[November 11, 2015]
School of Chemical Engineering Professor Lee Yong-rok (56) was selected in the ‘Excellent Achievements in the 2014 Ministry of Education Academic Research Support Projects’ and received a medal from the Minister of Education on the 10th.
Professor Lee Yong-rok carried out the ‘research on directly reacting cyclic ether, ether and alcohol under transition metal catalyst with phenol to generate carbon-carbon combination. The results of this study was recognized as groundbreaking synthesis technologies and was published in the 2014 14-15 issues of <Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis (Impact Factor-5.663)>, which is one of the world’s most authoritative academic journals in the applied chemistry sector, being in the top 1.4%.
Professor Lee, who is an authoritative figure in the organic compound sector, became a professor at YU in September 1995 and has been active in research and published over 200 papers on organic compounds during his tenure. He recently published studies in <Organic Letters (IF-6.364)> published by the American Chemistry Association, which is the most prestigious academic journal in the organic chemistry field, and <Green Chemistry (IF-8.02)> published by the British Chemistry Association, among the 50 SCI studies including 13 papers with IF of over 5 in the past two years. In particular, three of the studies that he published this year were published as the poster papers of globally renowned academic journals and received the attention of academic circles.
Professor Lee recently developed new organic synthesis methods with high potential to be used for the development of new pharmaceutical products, which was published <Chemical Science (IF=9.211)>, which is the world’s most prominent journal in the chemical sector published by the British Chemistry Association. The organic synthesis method developed by Professor Lee uses organic catalysts or bases that is easy to purchase for commercial use, rather than organic synthesis methods that use expensive metal catalysts, and it is both environment-friendly and economical. It is therefore expected to be used by many organic chemists and pharmacologists in the future.
Professor Lee was also selected as the best reviewer for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014 by Tetrahedron, an internationally acclaimed organic chemistry journal, and last year, he was selected as an outstanding evaluator for fundamental research projects by the National Research Foundation. He is also continuing his activities in academic circles such as acting as a member of the world college evaluation committee for QS, a British college ranking institute.
