Li Yuanzhe

Yuan-Tseh Lee (English: Yuan-Tseh Lee, November 19, 1936-), was born in Hsinchu City, Hsinchu Prefecture, Japanese-occupied Taiwan (now East District of Hsinchu City), a Taiwanese chemist and an honorary professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1986, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Dudley Hirschbach and John Charles Polanyi. He was also the first Nobel Prize winner born and raised in Taiwan. Li Yuanzhe is an academician of Academia Sinica and an honorary member of the Japanese Academy of Sciences. He has served as President of Academia Sinica (1994-2006), President of the International Science Council (2011-2014), Honorary President of the Institute for Advanced Study, Nagoya University, and Counselor of the Presidential Office of the Republic of China.