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Ka Yee Lee

Trustee
NORC Board of Trustees

Ka Yee is provost of the University of Chicago and the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry, the James Franck Institute, the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and the College. Ka Yee conducts research in membrane biophysics and has been a UChicago faculty member since 1998. She is an elected member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Previously, Ka Yee served as Vice Provost for Research, Director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, and Chair of the Faculty Advisory Board for The Hong Kong Jockey Club University of Chicago Academic Complex | Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong. Her honors include being named a Searle Scholar, a David and Lucile Packard Fellow for Science and Engineering, and a Sloan Research Fellow. She was the recipient of the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Arthur L. Kelly Prize for Exceptional Faculty Service in the Physical Sciences Division.

Education

PhD

Harvard University

MS

Harvard University

ScB

Brown University

Appointments & Affiliations

Provost

University of Chicago

Professor

University of Chicago

Member

Board of University of Chicago Medical Center; Board of Governors, Argonne National Laboratory

Ex-Officio Trustee

Field Museum

Elected Member

College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Fellow

American Physical Society