Daeyeon Lee, professor in SEAS’ department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been selected by the US chapter of the Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE) as the recipient of the 2019 James M. Lee Memorial Award.

The James M. Lee Memorial Award honors the late first president of the US Chapter of KIChE by recognizing an outstanding Korean or Korean-American chemical engineer.

KIChE is an organization that aims “to promote constructive and mutually beneficial interactions among Korean chemical engineers in the US and facilitate international collaboration between engineers in the United States and Korea.”

Dr. Lee has been a particularly active member of the KIChE community, winning the KIChE President Young Investigator Award in 2012 and taking over the position of president of the US Chapter in 2015. Dr. Lee’s research seeks to deepen scientists’ knowledge of how soft materials interact. His lab focuses on using microscale materials to engineer macroscale materials with particular properties.

Dr. Lee will accept the award and give a presentation on his research at a conference this November.