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 | ||
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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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