1795. Prof. Wen-Hwa Lee 李文華教授

English Name Prof. Wen-Hwa Lee  

Hanji Name 李文華教授
Birth Year 1950
Birth Place Penghu, Taiwan
First year / First city / State in U.S. -/-/-
Address Taiwan
Family 1. Wife: 潘玉華
2. Daughter: —
3. Son: —
Education School Name Year – Year Degree and major
1. National Taiwan Normal Univ. (師範大學)

1972

B.S., Biology
2. National Taiwan Univ.

1977

M.S., Biochemistry
3. Univ. of California, Berkeley

1981

Ph.D., Molecular Biology
Employment Company Name Year – Year Position or title
1. Univ. of California, San Diego

1984-1991

Assistant Professor & Associate Professor; Professor
2. Univ. of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

1991-2003

Alice P. McDermott Distinguished Univ. Chair and Director

1996-2003

Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Molecular Medicine
3. Univ. of California, Irvine

2003-2014

Donald Bren Professor of Biomedicine

2014-2019

Chancellor & Distinguished Professor
4. Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica

2013-

Distinguished Research Fellow
5. China Medical Univ. (中國醫藥大學)

2014

Principal
Accomplishment 1. Discovered the first human tumor suppressor gene “RB gene”, 1986

2. Presidential Award, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (2001)

3. Outstanding Alumni Award, National Taiwan Normal Univ. (2002)

4. First Class Medal, Dept. of Health, Taiwan (2002)

5. Texas Hall of Fame for Science, Mathematics and Technology (2003)

6. Athalie Clarke Achievement Award, Univ. of California, Irvine (2010)

7. Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)(2012)

8. Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)(2014)

9. Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)(2018)

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