Typhoon Lee (; born 1948) is an astrophysicist and

geochemist Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans. The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the e ...

at Academia Sinica,

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, where he specializes in

isotope geochemistry Isotope geochemistry is an aspect of geology based upon the study of natural variations in the relative abundances of isotopes of various elements. Variations in isotopic abundance are measured by isotope ratio mass spectrometry, and can reveal ...

and

nuclear astrophysics Nuclear astrophysics is an interdisciplinary part of both nuclear physics and astrophysics, involving close collaboration among researchers in various subfields of each of these fields. This includes, notably, nuclear reactions and their rates as ...

. Lee received his Ph.D. in

astronomy Astronomy () is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, nebulae, g ...

at the

University of Texas The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

in 1977. His honors include the Robert J. Trumpler Award in 1978 from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and Outstanding Researcher Awards from the

National Science Council The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC; ) is a statutory agency of Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) for the promotion and funding of academic research, development of science and technology and science parks. NSTC is ...

in 1985-87 and 1988–90. A selection of his publications includes: *''X-wind, Refractory IDPs and Cometary Nuclei'', 1999, in Proc. IAU Colloquium 168, Astro. Soc. Pacific, San Francisco. *''Proto-stellar Cosmic Rays and Extinct Radioactivities in Meteorites'', 1998, Ap. J. 506, 898–912. *''Coral Sr/Ca as a High Precision High Time-Resolution Paleo Thermometer for Sea Surface Temperature: Looking for ENSO Effects in Kuroshio near Taiwan'', 1996, Proc. 1995 Nagoya ICBP-PAGES/PEP-II Symposium, 211–216. *''U-Disequilibrium Dating of Corals in Southern Taiwan by Mass Spectrometry'', 1993, J. Geol. Soc. China. 36, 57–66. *''Model-Dependent Be-10 Sedimentation Rates for the Taiwan Strait and their Tectonic Significance'', 1993, Geology, 21, 423–426. *''First Detection of Fallout Cs-135 and Potential Application of ¹³⁷Cs/¹³⁵Cs'', 1993, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta(Letters), 57, 3493–3497.

External links

Typhoon Lee personal website
Taiwanese astronomers Planetary scientists National Tsing Hua University alumni University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences alumni Living people Members of Academia Sinica Taiwanese geochemists 1948 births {{astronomer-stub