Choochon Lee

Background

Lee, Choochon was born on June 8, 1930 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Came to the United States, 1962. Son of Yoon Young and Soon Ye (Rhee) Lee.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Seoul National University, 1953. Master of Science in Physics, Seoul National University, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University Illinois, 1968.

Career

From instructor to assistant professor Seoul National University, 1957-1962. Research associate University Illinois, Urbana, 1968. Research physicist University Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1968-1975.

Associate professor Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Taejon, 1975-1978, professor, 1978-1992, Korea Telecommunications Foundation professor physics, since 1992, president Seoul, 1980-1992. Visiting scholar Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1983, 87-88.

Achievements

• Achievements include discovery of negative staerble-wronski experiment. First to confirm mechanism of Controversial State III annealing in gold, to explain persistent photocontercivity in a-Si:H and a-Si:H/a-SiN multilayers. 1st observation of persistent photo conductivity in porous silicon.

Works

• book

  • Proceedings of KOSEF/NSF Joint Seminar; The Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Applications; August 27-29 1986

• journal article

  • Electronic Conduction in Slightly Reduced Strontium Titanate at Low Temperatures | Phys. Rev. B search icon user icon search icon user icon user icon Close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon

    (The electronic transport properties of slightly reduced p...)

    1971
  • Optical absorption and transport in semiconducting SrTi | Phys. Rev. B search icon user icon search icon user icon user icon Close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon

    (The optical absorption of reduced and doped SrTi${\mathrm...)

    1975
  • Stage-III Annealing in Gold after Electron Irradiation | Phys. Rev. search icon user icon search icon user icon user icon Close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon open icon close icon

    (Gold specimens of nominal 99.9999% purity were irradiated...)

    1968

• Other Work

  • Author: Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Applications, 1986. Contributor over 200 articles to professional journals and international conference proceedings.

Religion

He followed his wife to church but was not religious

Politics

Politics should not interfere with science.

Views

Everything is simple physics.

Quotations: "Everything is simple physics."

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Physical Society, Korean Physical Society (president 1991-1993, Sung Bong prize), Society Information Display (board directors since 1991).

Connections

Married Chung Sun Yun, April 9, 1960. Children: John Taihee, Jane Eun Kyoung, Carol Eunmee.

Father:

Yoon Young Lee

Mother:

Soon Ye (Rhee) Lee

Spouse:

Chung Sun Yun

child:

John Taihee Lee

child:

Jane Eun Kyoung Lee

child:

Carol Eunmee Lee