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Lee Lou-chuang
李羅權
Minister of National Science Council
In office
20 May 2008 – 5 February 2011
Preceded byChen Chien-jen
Succeeded byCyrus Chu
Personal details
Born (1947-04-20) 20 April 1947 (age 78)
Tianwei, Changhua, Taiwan
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS)
California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
ThesisA Theory of Strong and Weak Scintillations with Applications to Astrophysics (1975)
Doctoral advisorJ. Randolph Jokipii, Jon Mathews, and Gerald B. Whitham

Lee Lou-chuang (Chinese: 李羅權; born 20 April 1947), also known by his English name Louis Lee, is a Taiwanese astrophysicist, mathematician, and astronomer.

Education

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Lee graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in physics in 1969, then completed graduate studies in the United States at the California Institute of Technology, where he earned his Master of Science (M.S.) in 1972 in physics and his Ph.D. in physics, mathematics, and astronomy in 1975. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "A Theory of Strong and Weak Scintillations with Applications to Astrophysics," and was completed under professors J. Randolph Jokipii, Jon Mathews, and Gerald B. Whitham on a fellowship awarded by IBM and a grant by the National Science Foundation.[1]

Academic career

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After receiving his doctorate, Lee 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.[2] He has served as the director of the National Applied Research Laboratories and the National Space Program Office (NSPO).[3][4] As leader of the NSPO, Lee presided over the launch of the satellite ROCSAT-2 and the development of ROCSAT-3.[5][6] Lee also helped conduct research on thunderclouds and the ionosphere.[7]

Lee later became president of National Central University and was named minister of the National Science Council in April 2008.[8][9] Lee was replaced by Cyrus Chu in February 2011.[10]

Honors

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Lee was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 2002,[11][12] and a foreign member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in 2018.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Lee, Lou-Chuang (1975). A Theory of Strong and Weak Scintillations with Applications to Astrophysics (PhD thesis). California Institute of Technology.
  2. ^ "Professor Lou-Chuang Lee" (PDF). Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ Chiu, Yu-Tzu (27 December 2005). "Regional disaster relief center opens in Taipei". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  4. ^ Chiu, Yu-Tzu (22 May 2004). "ROCSAT-2 gets off the ground". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  5. ^ Chiu, Yu-Tzu (24 May 2005). "Satellite will yield more than images". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. ^ Chiu, Yu-Tzu (4 May 2001). "US 'eye in the sky' to help observe Taiwan's weather". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  7. ^ Chiu, Yu-tzu (27 June 2003). "Taiwanese research makes waves". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  8. ^ Hirsch, Max (28 July 2007). "Local star-gazer discovers comet". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  9. ^ Wang, Flora (29 April 2008). "Liu names major Cabinet posts". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  10. ^ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (2 February 2011). "Wu reshuffles some Cabinet posts". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Lou-Chuang Lee". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  12. ^ Lu, Meggie (29 April 2008). "Premier-designate Liu names second wave of Cabinet member appointees". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Professor Lou-Chang Lee". United States National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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