Wen-Hwa Lee 李文華 Election Year 1994 Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica
128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei 11529, Taiwan Tel: (02) 2789-8777
Current Positions
Distinguished Research Fellow, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica
Education
B.S., National Taiwan Normal University
M.S., National Taiwan University
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professional Experience
University of California, San Diego
Assistant Professor & Associate Professor (1984-1990), Professor (1990-1991)
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Alice P. McDermott Distinguished Univ. Chair and Director (1991-2003)
Professor and Chairman, Department of Molecular Medicine (1996-2003)
University of California, Irvine
Donald Bren Professor of Biomedicine (2003-2014)
Chair, Department of Biological Chemistry, College of Medicine (2005-2008)
China medical University (Taiwan)
Chancellor (2014-2019) & Distinguished Professor (2014—)
Academia Sinica
Distinguished Research fellow (2013—)
Visiting Chaired Research fellow (2007-2013)
Specialties
Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Tumor Biology
Awards and Honors
National Institute of Health Director Lectureship (1991)
Academician, Academia Sinica, R.O.C. (1994)
Alcon Research Award (1994)
F.E. Shideman-Sterling Award, University of Minnesota (1999)
Presidential Award, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (2001)
Outstanding Alumni Award, National Taiwan Normal Univ. (2002)
First Class Medal, Dept. of Health, Taiwan (2002)
Texas Hall of Fame for Science, Mathematics and Technology (2003)
Athalie Clarke Achievement Award, University of California, Irvine (2010)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)(2012)
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)(2014)
Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)(2018)