Yong Hoon Lee

Yong Hoon Lee (born 12 July 1955) is the President of UNIST, South Korea.[1] He is an electrical engineer specializing in wireless communications and signal processing.[2]

For other people with the same name, see Lee Yong-hun (disambiguation).
Yong Hoon Lee
President of
UNIST, South Korea
Assumed office
2019
Personal details
Born (1955-07-12) 12 July 1955
South Korea
ResidenceUlsan, Korea
Alma materSeoul National University,
University of Pennsylvania, USA
ProfessionUniversity President
Alma materSeoul National University, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Scientific career
FieldsSignal processing
InstitutionsKAIST, UNIST
Thesis (1984)
Korean name
Hangul
이용훈
Revised RomanizationI Yonghun
McCune–ReischauerRi Yonghun

Early life

Lee received his bachelor's and master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Seoul National University, Korea in 1978 and 1980 respectively. In 1984, Lee received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, USA.[3]

Career

From 1984 to 1988, Lee joined the SUNY, Buffalo, NY, as an assistant professor in electrical and computer engineering. In 1989, he joined KAIST as a faculty member. From 2004 to 2005, he became Head of the Electrical Engineering Department. From 2005 to 2011, he became Dean of the College of Engineering. From 2011 to 2013, he became Provost of KAIST. In 2019, Lee became the 4th President of UNIST.[4]

Awards

Lee has received numerous awards, including the distinguished service medal from Institute of Electronics, Korea and the Presidential Citation from the President of South Korea.[5]

References
  1. "New President Appointed to UNIST, South Korea".
  2. "Google Scholar Research Profile of Yong Hoon Lee, GOOGLE SCHOLAR".
  3. "Yong H. Lee's Biography, The IEEE Explorer".
  4. "President Yong Hoon Lee Begins Term as UNIST's 4th President, UNIST".
  5. "Profile of Professor Lee, Yong Hoon, KAIST".
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