Yong Hoon Lee

For other people with the same name, see Lee Yong-hun (disambiguation).

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

Yong Hoon Lee
President of UNIST, South Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Personal details
Born	(1955-07-12) 12 July 1955 (age 70) South Korea
Residence(s)	Ulsan, Korea
Alma mater	Seoul National University, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Profession	University President
Alma mater	Seoul National University, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Scientific career
Fields	Signal processing
Institutions	KAIST, UNIST
Thesis	(1984)
Korean name
Hangul	이용훈
RR	I Yonghun
MR	I 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]