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Email：leeyoung@skku.edu
IntroductionProfessor Young Hee LEE, a South Korean national, is a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an academician of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and an academician of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. He has long engaged in theoretical and applied research on two-dimensional materials, having published over 700 papers in SCI international journals, including 2 in Nature and 7 in Science. His works have been cited over 94,000 times, with an H-index of 146. He has been repeatedly recognized as a "Highly Cited Researcher" by Clarivate Analytics and his research has had a significant and widespread impact internationally. Academician Young Hee LEE has established the Low-Dimensional Quantum Materials (LQM) Research Center at Hubei University of Technology. This research center spans 16,000 square meters and is equipped with world-class scientific research instruments and facilities, fostering an open and inclusive academic research atmosphere. It serves as a “playground” for researchers to conduct cutting-edge studies on low-dimensional quantum materials. Researchers can access this center through a “one-stop” service, facilitating comprehensive research processes that include material growth, characterization/analysis, and device manufacturing. The research center focuses on the forefront of artificial quantum low-dimensional material development, prioritizing basic research to yield high-level foundational research results while achieving the scaled industrial application of various core technologies related to low-dimensional materials. This aims to provide theoretical and technical support for the development of new materials, new energy, optoelectronics, information technology, biomedical fields, and related industries in Hubei Province.
Education Experience1982-1986 Ph.D thesis: Classical and Quantum Computer Simulation Studies: Molecular Dynamics of the Kerr Effect in CS2 and Green's Function Monte Carlo Calculation of the Electronic Correlation Energy in Atoms (thesis advisor: Michael A. Lee)
1976-1982 B.S., Chonbuk National University (Physics)
Work Experience2024-present Director, Institute of Low- Quantum Materials, Hubei University of Technology
2021-present HCR distinguished professor, Sungkyunkwan University
2012- 2023 Director, Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University
2001- 2020 Professor, Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University
2009- 2020 Professor, Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University,
1998-2001 Professor, Department of Physics, Chonbuk National University,
1992-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Chonbuk National University,
1987-1992 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Chonbuk National University,
1996-1997 Visiting Professor in Physics, Michigan State University, USA
1993-1993 Visiting Researcher, Zurich IBM Research Center, Switzerland,
1989-1990 Visiting Professor in Physics, Iowa State University Ames National Laboratory, U.S.A.
Quantum material growth
Bose-Einstein condensation in solids with photon-polariton to realize bosonic at room temperature
Realization of hot-carrier solar cells beyond SQ limit
Room-temperature electrical switching of pin flip in 2D ferromagnetic semiconductors
Reaching high mobility and on/off ratio in 2D semiconductors beyond Si
Ultimate Ohmic contact in 2D semiconductors
Energy storage/harvest
Representative publications:
2025 Byoung Hee Moon, Ashok Mondal, Dmitry K. Efimkin, Young Hee Lee*, 'Exciton condensate in van der Waals layered materials', Nature Reviews Physics, 7, 388-401
2024 Hayoung Ko, Soo Ho Choi, Yunjae Park, Seungjin Lee, Chang Seok Oh, Sung Youb Kim, Young Hee Lee*, Soo Min Kim, Feng Ding, Ki Kang Kim, 'Atomic sawtooth-like metal films for vdW-layered single-crystal growth', Nature Communications, 15, 5848
2024 Young Hee Lee*, 'Approaching the quantum limit of contact resistance in van der Waals layered semiconductors', Science, 384(6802)
2024 Young Hee Lee*, 'Beyond the Shockley-Queisser limit: Exploring new frontiers in solar energy harvest'', Science, 303(6686)
2023 Young Hee Lee*, “Is it possible to create magnetic semiconductors that function at room temperature?”, Science, 382(6668)
2023 Lan-Anh T. Nguyen, Jinbao Jiang, Tuan Dung Nguyen, Philip Kim, Min-kyu Joo, Dinh Loc Duong, Young Hee Lee, "Electrically tunable magnetic fluctuations in multilayered V-doped WSe2 ," Nature Electronics 501(69) , 1-18
2023 Riya Sebait, Roberto Rosati, Seok Joon Yun, Krishna P Dhakal, Samuel Brem, Chandan Biswas, Alexander Puretzky, Ermin Malic, Young Hee Lee*, "Sequential order dependent dark-exciton modulation in bi-layered TMD heterostructure," Nature Communications 14(5548), 1-9
2023 Ashok Mondal, Chandan Biswas, Sehwan Park, Wujoon Cha, Seoung-Hun Kang, Mina Yoon, Soo Ho Choi, Ki Kang Kim, and Young Hee Lee*, "Low Ohmic contact resistance and high on/off ratio in transition metal dichalcogenides field-effect transistors via residue-free transfer," Nature Nanotechnology https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01497-x
2023 Matthew D. Watson, Alex Louat, Cephise Cacho, Sungkyun Choi, Young Hee Lee, Michael Neumann, Gideok Kim, "Spectral signatures of a unique charge density wave in Ta2NiSe7," Nature Communications 14(3388), 1-7
2023 Ui Yeon Won, Quoc An Vu, Sung Bum Park, Mi Hyang Park, Van Dam Do, Hyun Jun Park, Heejun Yang, Young Hee Lee*, Woo Jong Yu, "Multi-neuron connection using multi-terminal floating–gate memristor for unsupervised learning," Nature Communications 14(3070), 1-11
2023 Taewoo Ha, Yu-Seong Seo, Teun-Teun Kim, Bipin Lamichhane, Young-Hoon Kim, Su Jae Kim, Yousil Lee, Jong Kim, Sang Eon Park, Kyung Ik Sim, Jae Kim, Yong In Kim, Seon Kim, Hu Young Jeong, Young Hee Lee, Seong-Gon Kim, Young-Min Kim, Jungseek Hwang, and Se-Young Jeong, "Coherent consolidation of trillions of nucleations for mono-atom step-level flat surfaces," Nature Communications 14(685), 1-9
2022 Thanh Luan Phan, Sohyeon Seo, Yunhee Cho, Quoc An Vu, Young Hee Lee, Dinh Loc Duong, Hyoyoung Lee and Woo Jong Yu, "CNT-molecule-CNT (1D-0D-1D) van der Waals integration ferroelectric memory with 1-nm2 junction area'," Nature Communications 13(4556), 1-8
2022 Sunghun Kim, Joonho Bang, Chan-young Lim, Seung Yong Lee, Jounghoon Hyun, Gyubin Lee, Yeonghoon Lee, Jonathan D. Denlinger, Soonsang Huh, Changyoung Kim, Sang Yong Song, Jungpil Seo, Dinesh Thapa, Seong-Gon Kim, Young Hee Lee, Yeongkwan Kim, Sung Wng Kim, "Quantum electron liquid and its possible phase transition," Nature Materials 21(11), 1269-1274
2022 Dohyun Kim, Eui Cheol Shin, Yongjoon Lee, Young Hee Lee, Mali Zhao, Yong-Hyun Kim, Heejun Yang, "Atomic-scale thermopower in charge density wave states," Nature Communications 13(4516), 1-8
2022 Su Jae Kim, Yong In Kim, Bipin Lamichhane, Young-Hoon Kim, Yousil Lee, Chae Ryong Cho, Miyeon Cheon, Jong Chan Kim, Hu Young Jeong, Taewoo Ha, Jungdae Kim, Young Hee Lee, Seong-Gon Kim, Young Min Kim, Se-Young Jeong "Flat-surface-assisted and self-regulated oxidation resistance of Cu(111)," Nature 603, 434-438
2022 Soo Ho Choi, Seok Joon Yun, Yo Seob Won, Chang Seok Oh, Soo Min Kim, Ki Kang Kim, Young Hee Lee*, "Large-scale synthesis of graphene and other 2D materials towards industrialization," Nature Communications 13(1484), 1-5
2022 Kyungwha Chung, Joonho Bang, Athira Thacharon, Hyun Yong Song, S Hwang Kang, Woo-Sung Jang, Neha Dhull, Dinesh Thapa, C. Muhammed Ajmal, Bumsub Song, Sung-Gyu Lee, Zhen Wang, Albina Jetybayeva, Seungbum Hong, Kyu Hyoung Lee, Eun Jin Cho, Seunghyun Baik, Sang Ho Oh, Young-Min Kim, Young Hee Lee, Seong-Gon Kim Sung Wng Kim, "Non-oxidized bare copper nanoparticles with surface excess electrons in air," Nature Nanotechnology 17, 285-291
2021 Yuval Ronen, Thomas Werkmeister, Danial Haie Najaabadi, Andrew T. Pierce, Laurel E. Anderson, Young Jae Shin, Si Young Lee, Young Hee Lee, Bobae Johnson, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Amir Yacoby, Philip Kim , "Aharonov–Bohm effect in graphene-based Fabry–Pérot quantum Hall interferometers," Nature Nanotechnology 16, 563-569
2021 Sergey Menabde, In-Ho Lee, Sang Hyup Lee, Heonhak Ha, Jacob Heiden, Daehan Yoo, Teun-Teun Kim, Tony Low, Young Hee Lee*, Sang-Hyun Oh, and Min Seok Jang , "Real-space imaging of acoustic plasmons in large-area graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition," Nature Communications 12(938), 1-7
2020 Van Luan Nguyen, Dinh Loc Duong, Sanghyub Lee, Jose Avila, Gyeongtak Han, Young-Min Kim, Maria C Asensio, Se-Young Jeong, Young Hee Lee*, "Layer-controlled single-crystalline graphene film with stacking order via Cu-Si alloy formation," Nature Nanotechnology 15, 861-867
2020 Seung Yong Lee, Jae-Yeol Hwang, Jongho Park, Chandani N. Nandadasa, Younghak Kim, Joonho Bang, Kimoon Lee, Kyu Hyoung Lee, Yunwei Zhang; Yanming Ma; Hideo Hosono; Young Hee Lee; Seong-Gon Kim; Sung Wng Kim, "Ferromagnetic quasi-atomic electrons in two-dimensional electride," Nature Communications 11, 1526-1~1526-8
2019 Ji-Hee Kim, Matthew R. Bergren, Jin Cheol Park, Subash Adhikari, Michael Lorke, Thomas Fraunheim, Duk-Hyun Choe, Beom Kim, Hyunyong Choi, Tom Gregorkiewicz, and Young Hee Lee*, "Carrier Multiplication in van der Waals Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides," Nature Communications 10, 5488
2018 Joo Song Lee, Soo Ho Choi, Seok Joon Yun, Yong In Kim, Stephen Boandoh, Ji-Hoon Park, Bong Gyu Shin, Hayoung Ko, Seung Hee Lee, Young-Min, Kim, Young Hee Lee*, Misorientation-Angle-Dependent Phase Transformation in van der Waals Multilayers via Electron-Beam Irradiation, Misorientation-Angle-Dependent Phase Transformation in van der Waals Multilayers via Electron-Beam Irradiation, Ki Kang Kim, Soo Min Kim, "Wafer-scale single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride film via self-collimated grain formation," Science 362(6416), 817-821
2018 Byoung Hee Moon, Jung Jun Bae, Min-Kyu Joo, Homin choi, Gang Hee Han, Hanjo Lim, Young Hee Lee*, "Soft Coulomb gap asymmetric scaling towards metal-insulator quantum criticality in multilayer MoS2," Nature Communications 9, 2052
2017 Seok Joon Yun, Gang Hee Han, Hyun Kim, Dinh Loc Duong, Bong Gyu Shin, Jiong Zhao, Quoc An Vu, Jubok Lee, Seung Mi Lee, Young Hee Lee*, "Telluriding monolayer MoS2 and WS2 via alkali metal scooter," Nature Communivations 8, 2163
2017 Seung Hyun Song, Min-Kyu Joo, Michael Neumann, Hyun Kim, Young Hee Lee*, "Probing defect dynamics in monolayer MoS2 via noise nanospectroscopy ," Nature Communications 8, 2121
2017 Heejun Yang, Sung Wng Kim, Manish Chhowalla and Young Hee Lee*, "Structural and quantum-state phase transition in van der Waals layered materials," Nature Physics 13(10), 931-937
2017 Thuc Hue Ly, Jiong Zhao, Magdalena Ola Cichocka, Lain-Jong Li, Young Hee Lee*, "Dynamical observations on the crack tip zone and stress corrosion of two-dimensional MoS2," Nature Communications 8, 14116
2016 Hyun Seok Lee, Dinh Hoa Luong. Min Su Kim, Youngjo Jin, Hyun Kim, Seokjoon Yun, and Young Hee Lee*, "Reconfigurable exciton-plasmon interconversion for nanophotonic circuits," Nature Communications 7, 13663
2016 Woo Jong Yu, Quoc An Vu, Hyemin Oh, Hong Gi Nam, Hailong Zhou, Soonyoung Cha, Joo-Youn Kim, Alexandra Carvalho, Munseok Jeong, Hyunyong Choi, Antonio H. Castro-Neto, Young Hee Lee*, Xiangfeng Duan, "Unusually efficient photocurrent extraction in monolayer van der Waals heterostructure by tunnelling through discretized barriers," Nature Communications 7, 13278
2016 Quoc An Vu, Yong Seon Shin, Young Rae Kim, Van Luan Nguyen, Won Tae Kang, Hyun Kim, Dinh Hoa Luong, Il Min Lee, Kiyoung Lee, Dong–Su Ko, Jinseong Heo, Seongjun Park, Young Hee Lee*, "Two-Terminal Floating-Gate Memory with van der Waals Heterostructures for Ultrahigh On/Off Ratio," Nature Communications 7, 12725
2016 Thuc Hue Ly, David J. Perello. Jiong Zhao, Qingmin Deng, Hyun Kim, Gang Hee Han, Sang Hoon Chae, Hye Yun Jeong and Young Hee Lee*, "Misorientation-angle-dependent electrical transport across molybdenum disulfide grain boundaries," Nature communications 7(10426), 1-7
2015 Soo Min Kim, Allen Hsu, Min Ho Park,Sang Hoon Chae, Seok Joon Yun, Joo Song Lee, Dae-Hyun Cho, Wenjing Fang, Changgu Lee, Toma´s Palacios, Mildred Dresselhaus, Ki Kang Kim, Young Hee Lee* and Jing Kong, "Synthesis of large-area multilayer hexagonal boron nitride for high material performance," Nature Communications 6, 9662
2015 David J. Perello, Sang Hoon Chae, Seunghyun Song1 & Young Hee Lee*, "High-performance n-type black phosphorus transistors with type control via thickness and contact-metal engineering ," Nature Communications 6(7809), 1~8
2015 Suyeon Cho, Sera Kim, Jung Ho Kim, Jiong Zhao, Jinbong Seok, Dong Hoon Keum, Jaeyoon Baik, Duk-Hyun Choe, KJ. Chang, Kazu Suenaga, Sung Wng Kim, Young Hee Lee*, Heejun Yang , "Phase patterning for ohmic homojunction contact in MoTe2," Science 349(6248), 625-628
2015 Dong Hoon Keum, Suyeon Cho, Jung Ho Kim, Duk-Hyun Choe, Ha-Jun Sung, Min Kan, Haeyong Kang, Jae-Yeol Hwang, Sung Wng Kim, Heejun Yang, K. J. Chang & Young Hee Lee*, "Bandgap opening in few-layered monoclinic MoTe2," Nature Physics 11(6), 482-486
2015 Gang Hee Han, Nicholas J. Kybert, Carl H. Naylor, Bum Su Lee, Jinglei Ping, Joo Hee Park, Jisoo Kang, Si Young Lee, Young Hee Lee, Ritesh Agarwal & A.T. Charlie Johnson, "Seeded growth of highly crystalline molybdenum disulphide monolayers at controlled locations" Nature Communications 6(6128) , 1-6.
2015 Sang Il Kim, Kyu Hyoung Lee, Hyeon A Mun, Hyun Sik Kim, Sung Woo Hwang, Jong Wook Roh, Dae Jin Yang, Weon Ho Shin, Xiang Shu Li, Young Hee Lee, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Sung Wng Kim, "Dense dislocation arrays embedded in grain boundaries for high-performance bulk thermoelectrics," Science 348(6230), 109-114
2013 Sang Hoon Chae, Woo Jong Yu, Jung Jun Bae, Dinh Loc Duong, David Perello, Hye Yun Jeong, Quang Huy Ta, Thuc Hue Ly, Quoc An Vu, Minhee Yun, Xiangfeng Duan, and Young Hee Lee*, "Transferred wrinkled Al2O3 for highly stretchable and transparent graphene-carbon nanotube transistors," Nature Materials 12(5), 403-409
2012 Dinh Loc Duong, Gang Hee Han, Seung Mi Lee, Fethullah Gunes, Eun Sung Kim, Sung Tae Kim, Heetae Kim, Quang Huy Ta, Kang Pyo So, Seok Jun Yoon, Seung Jin Chae1, Young Woo Jo, Min Ho Park, Sang Hoon Chae, Seong Chu Lim, Jae Young Choi and Young Hee Lee*, "Probing graphene grain boundaries with optical microscopy," Nature 490(7419), 235-239
1996 A. Thess, R. Lee, P. Nikolaev, H. Dai, P. Petit, J. Robert, C. Xu, Y. H. Lee*, S. G. Kim, D. T. Colbert, G. Scuseria, D. Tomanek, J. E. Fischer, and R. E. Smalley, ""Crystalline ropes of metallic carbon nanotubes," Science 273 (5274), 483-487
2026 Lifetime Member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology
2024 Molecular Science Forum(Distinguished Lecturer)
2023 Materials Science Leader Award (Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, ranked #160 in the world ranking and #4 in South Korea.)
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021,2020, 2019, 2018 Highly Cited Researchers (top 1% by citation for field and year, Clarivate Analytics)
2021 Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2020 The World of Academy Sciences (TWAS) fellow
2020 Sung-Bong Prize
2019 KYUNG-AM Prize
2017 Einstein Award (Distinguished Scientists Award) (CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative, China)
2014 SU-DANG Prize
2008 Presidential Award in Science and Education
2007 Lee Hsun Research Award, IMR, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2007 Fellow of Korea Academy of Science and Technology
2007 Fellow of Sungkyunkwan University
2006 Nominated as ‘The Most Respectable Scientists & Engineers’, by Ministry of Education
2005 Nominated as ‘The National scholar’, by Ministry of Education
2005 Science Award from Korean Physical Society
2004 First fellow of Sungkyunkwan University
1999 Nominated for 'Man of Jeonbuk State', in Academia and public press
1997 Award from Foundation of Korea Science and Technology for ' The Best Paper in Physics'
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