Joong Hee LeeProf. Joong Hee Lee is the Head of the Department of BIN Convergence Technology, and the Director of the Advanced Materials Institute for BIN Covergence Technology, at Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea.
Prof. Lee received his Ph D. i Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, USA, in 1995. He has more than 26 years of research experience in composite and nanocomposite materials, with particularly areas of interest across graphene synthesis and applications, polymeric nanocomposites, processing technology, functional composites and nanocomposites, and hydrogen and fuel cells. Prof. Lee’s current research is focused on the synthesis of new nanomaterials for energy conversion/storage and sensor applications. He has published more than 300 papers, authored several patents, and established the Korea Composite Research Co. Ltd., which has become one of the leading companies in composite materials in Korea.
Prof. Lee has received numerous awards, including the Best Scientist and Engineer Award of the Month in Korea and the Knowledge Creation Grand Award from the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea. He has also received the best research professor award consecutively for last 8 years at Chonbuk National University. Prof. Lee is currently a Fellow of both the Korean Academy of Science and Technology and the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. He is also the Vice President of the Korean Society of Composite Materials and the Principal Vice President of the Korean Society of Hydrogen and New Energy. Read More Read Less