Speech Title：The Future of Sustainable Cities in the Era of Climate Change
President Emeritus and Distinguished Research Fellow,
Academia Sinica,
Taiwan.
E-mail: ytlee@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Education
Ph.D., U.C. Berkeley, 1965.
M.S., National Tsing Hua University, 1961.
B.S., National Taiwan University, 1959.
PRSENT POSITIONS
President Emeritus and Distinguished Research Fellow of Academia Sinica, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences
EXPERIENCE
University of Chicago, Professor of Chemistry, 1973-1974.
UC Berkeley, Professor of Chemistry, 1974-1991, University Professor, 1991-1994, University Professor Emeritus, 1994, Graduate Professor, 1994-1997.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Principal Investigator, Chemical Sciences Division, 1974-1997.
Academia Sinica, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, 1994－, President, 1994-2006, President Emeritus, 2006－.
International Council for Science, President Elected, 2008-2011, President, 2011-2014.
SPECIALTY
Chemical reaction dynamics, Photochemistry processes, Spectroscopy and structure of ionic clusters
HONORS AND AWARDS
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Science, 1975.
Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1979
Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 1980.
Ernest O. Lawrence Award, U.S. Department of Energy, 1981
Peter Debye Award of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1986
National Medal of Science, White House, U.S.A., 1986
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1986
Corresponding Member, Gottingen Academy of Sciences, Germany, 1988
Faraday Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, U.K., 1992
The Honorary Foreign Member, Indian National Science Academy, 1997
The Clark Kerr Award, University of California at Berkeley, 1999
Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Medal, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India, 2004
Academician, Pontifical Academy of Science, 2007
Othmer Gold Medal, The Chemical Heritage Foundation, U.S.A., 2008
Ettore Majorana-Erice-Science for Peace Prize, Italy, 2011
Kolos Prize, Poland, 2011
Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medal, Poland, 2011
Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award, UC Berkeley, U.S.A., 2012
French National Order of Merit, Grand Officer, 2012
The Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero, The Republic of Panama, 2012
Grand Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit, The Federative Republic of Brazil,2013
Doctor Honoris Causa from 40 universities worldwide
