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Louis Lee
Lee Lou-chuang
李羅權
Minister of National Science Council of the Republic of China
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 77)
Tianwei, Changhua
NationalityRepublic of China
Alma materNational Taiwan University
California Institute of Technology

Louis Lee (Chinese: 李羅權; born 20 April 1947) is a Taiwanese physicist.

Academic career

Lee earned a bachelor's degree in physics from National Taiwan University in 1969, and obtained a master's and doctorate in the subject from the California Institute of Technology, ending his studies in 1975. Lee then 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.[1] Lee is a member of the Academia Sinica.[2] He has served as the director of the National Applied Research Laboratories and the National Space Program Office.[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] He 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]

References

  1. ^ "Professor Lou-Chuang Lee" (PDF). Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. ^ Lu, Meggie (29 April 2008). "Premier-designate Liu names second wave of Cabinet member appointees". Taipei Times. 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.
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