Professor Lee said, “The developed compounding method can be used safely using catalysts that can be easily purchased, and furthermore, because it is environment friendly and economical, it can be used widely in precision chemical product manufacturing such as new pharmaceuticals, electronic materials, dyes, and perfumes, so it is expected to contribute to national industries and economical development.” He said, “I would like to turn this honor to the graduate school students from Nepal, China, Vietnam and India who diligently participated in this study” as he expressed his gratitude. He also announced his plans to continue working in organic compound research such as pursuing joint research with other institutes to develop new drugs and electronic materials.
Professor lee, who was appointed as a professor of the YU School of Chemical Engineering in September 1995 published over 200 studies in SCI journals by conducting research on new physiological activation materials and functional organic molecular synthesis. He has also registered 36 patents. He has been actively engaged in research and in just the past two years, he published 50 papers in acclaimed international academic journals such as <Organic Letters, IF=6364>, the most authoritative academic journal in the organic chemicals sector published by the American Chemistry Association, and <Green Chemistry, IF=8.02> published by the British Chemistry Association. For his efforts, he was awarded the Academic Progress Award by the Korean Chemistry Association in 2008, and was selected as the best reviewer for two straight years in 213 and 2014 from <Tetrahedron>, an acclaimed academic journal in organic chemistry by Elsevier, the world’s largest publisher of academic journals. In <Noteworthy Chemistry> published by the American Chemistry Association in 2014, Professor Lee’s research was introduced in detail. Last year, he was selected as an excellent evaluator of the basic research projects of the National Research Foundation and he has also been continuously active as a judge for the world college evaluations by Britain’s college evaluation institute, QS. He is currently participating in the National Research Foundation’s Junior Researcher Support Project, Nano-Material Technology Development Project, and the Focus Research Center Projects. This study was carried out as part of this project.
