Yuan Tseh Lee to be President of the International Council for Science.(IUPAC Wire: News and information on IUPAC, its fellows, and member organizations.) Chemistry International | January 1, 2009 | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Yuan Tseh Lee, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist from Taipei, China, has been elected president of the International Council for Science (ICSU). A world leader in the field of chemical dynamics, Lee was elected by representatives of ICSU's 114 National Members and 29 International Scientific Unions at the 29th General Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique, 21-24 October 2008. He will take up the appointment in April 2010 and will succeed the current president, Catherine Brechignac, in October 2011.

Lee was born and educated in Taipei before moving to the USA where he obtained ...

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