Background
Lee, Kuo-Hsiung was born on January 4, 1940 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Son of Ching-Tsung Lee and Chin-Yeh Yang. came to the United States, 1965.
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Kuo-Hsiung Lee, American Medicinal chemistry educator. Achievements include patents on synthesis of anti-cancer drugs, anti-fungal agents, anti-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome compounds, discovery of more than 1,000 novelplant anti-tumor agents and synthetic analogs; elucidation of structure-activity relationships, mechanisms of action of bioactive products.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, 1961; Master of Science, Kyoto U., Japan, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1968.
Career
Postdoctoral scholar department chemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968-1970;
assistant professor, School Pharmacy, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1970-1974;
associate professor, School Pharmacy, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1974-1977;
professor medicinal chemistry, School Pharmacy, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1977-1991;
director natural products laboratory, School Pharmacy, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1983;
Kenan professor medicinal chemistry, School Pharmacy, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1992;
chair division medical chemical and natural products, School Pharmacy, U. North Carolina, since 1998. Adjunct Professor Koahsiung Medical College, since 1977. Member development therapeutics contract review committee National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1984-1988, Bio-organic and natural products chemistry study section, 1990-1994, member reviewers research, 1994-1998.
External assessor, res grants county, Hong Kong, since 1994. Consultant natural products program division life science National Security Council, Taiwan, 1986-1987, Food and Drug Bureau, Department Health, Executive Yuan of Republic of China, Taiwan, 1986-1992, Genelabs, Inc., Redwood City, California, since 1988, National Research Institute, Chinese Medicine, Taiwan, since 1989, Sphinx Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Durham, North Carolina, 1990-1994. Science advisor National Laboratory Foods and Drugs, Department Health, Executive Yuan of Republic of China, Taiwan, since 1990.
Member science advisory board Pharmagenesis, since 1992. Member academic advising committee planning section National Health Research.Inst., Department Health, 1992-1995, member recruitment and advising committee, since 1996, member science review and science county committee pharmaceutical and biotechnology section, since 1996;member international advising committee Biotechnology Research Institute, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, since 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Pharmaceutical Scientists, Academy Pharmaceutical Science. Member Academia Sinica (elected), American Chemical Society, Chemical Society, American Society Pharmacognosy, American Association Pharmaceutical Science, American Association College Pharmaceutical, Phytochemistry Society North America, Society Syn. Organic Chemistry, American Association Cancer Research.
Connections
Married Lan-Huei Chen. Children: Thomas Tung-Ying, Catherine Tung-Ling.
