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UCI, USA

Dr. Lee is Chancellor’s Professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and MAE at UC Irvine (UCI). He served as department chair for BME from 2010-2019. He is currently Director of the NSF I/UCRC “Center for Advanced Design & Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics” (CADMIM). Dr. Lee was Editor-in-Chief for the Lab on a Chip journal from 2017-2020. Prior to UCI, he was at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and was a Program Manager at DARPA (1999-2001). His current research focuses on microtechnology for liquid biopsy, microphysiological systems, cell engineering, and immunotherapy. He has over 60 issued US patents over 130 journals articles. Dr. Lee received the 2009 Pioneers of Miniaturization Prize and is elected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), RSC, ASME, IAMBE, and the Biomedical Engineering Society.