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Kuo-Hsiung Lee (李國雄教授)

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Kuo-Hsiung Lee (李國雄教授)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Kuo-Hsiung Lee
  • Chinese: 李國雄教授
  • Era: 1940
  • Geography: 台灣高雄市
  • Core roles: scientist, professor, educator
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

1.Faculty of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Division Assistant Professor (1970-1974), Associate Professor (1974-1977), Professor (1977-1991), Chairman (1998-1999), Kenan Distinguished Professor (1992－), Director of Natural Products Research Laboratories (1983－)

Education

  • Kaohsiung Medical University — 1961 — B.S. Pharmacy
  • Kyoto University — 1965 — M.S. Pharmaceutical Chemistry
  • University of Minnesota — 1968 — Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry

Employment

  • Faculty of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Division Assistant Professor (1970-1974), Associate Professor (1974-1977), Professor (1977-1991), Chairman (1998-1999), Kenan Distinguished Professor (1992－), Director of Natural Products Research Laboratories (1983－)
  • Honorary Professor, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1996)
  • Honorary Professor, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (1999)
  • Chair Professor and Honorary Director, Chinese Medicine Research and Development Center, China Medical University and Hospital, Taiwan (2010－)
  • Chair Professor, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan (2011－)
  • Chairman, Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Herbal Medicine Industry and Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan (2000-2005)
  • Member of Advisory Board for numerous institutions in Taiwan, Hong Kong & U.S.A. — Editorial Advisory Board of 25 scientific journals

Career & Community Note

Lee Kuo-hsiung’s research career is one of the longest academic trajectories in the TAH Who’s Who corpus: from a B.S. in Pharmacy at Kaohsiung Medical University (1961) through Kyoto University (1965) and a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota (1968), he spent over fifty years on the faculty of the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — rising from Assistant Professor (1970) to Kenan Distinguished Professor (1992–), Division Chairman (1998–1999), and Director of the Natural Products Research Laboratories (1983–). His public service bridged the two coasts: he chaired the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Herbal Medicine Industry and Technology (2000–2005) and held chair/honorary professorships at China Medical University and Hospital (2010–) and Kaohsiung Medical University’s College of Pharmacy (2011–). His documented student-years institutions — Chapel Hill and Minnesota — each have their own Taiwanese student community pages in the vault (|UNC Chapel Hill TSA, |University of Minnesota TSA).

Family

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Career timeline (from cited TAH profile)

  • 1940 — 台灣高雄市
  • 1961 — B.S. Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University
  • 1965 — M.S. Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Kyoto University
  • 1968 — Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota
  • 1970–1974 — Assistant Professor; 1974–1977 — Associate Professor; 1977–1991 — Professor, UNC Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy (Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry)
  • 1983– — Director, Natural Products Research Laboratories
  • 1992– — Kenan Distinguished Professor; 1998–1999 — Division Chairman
  • 1996 / 1999 — Honorary Professor, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (CAS) / Institute of Medicinal Plant Development (CAMS)
  • 2000–2005 — Chairman, Committee for the Promotion of Chinese Herbal Medicine Industry and Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan
  • 2010– / 2011– — Chair Professor, China Medical University and Hospital (Taiwan) / College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University

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