Distinguished Professor Yong-Tak Lee

receives award from the Optical Society of Korea

The Director of the Advanced Photonics Research Institute at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Professor Yong-Tak Lee, received an award from the Korean Optical Society on January 21, 2016, during the Optical Society of Korea"s Winter Conference at the Daejeon Convention Center. The Optical Society of Korea"s Winter Conference recognized the outstanding achievements of researchers who have significantly contributed to the development of optics.

The award was presented to Professor Lee in recognition for his 37 years in contributing to the field of optical research and education. Among the distinctions garnered by Professor Lee during his 37 career include the current directorship of the Advanced Photonics Research Institute and his involvement with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in Korea from 1979-1994, which included being the director of the Optoelectronics Section from 1987-1990 and being the director of the Compound Semiconductor Department from 1991-1992. He has been a faculty member at GIST since 1994 in the School of Information and Communications.

During the past 22 years at GIST, Professor Lee has minted 16 Ph.D."s and 66 master"s degree graduates from his lab and has published 208 SCI papers, given 358 presentations, and registered 64 patents, 45 of which have contributed significantly to the development of optics.