Prof. Shuit-Tong Lee from Department of Physics and Materials Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, recipient of Lee Hsun Lecture Award, visited Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR CAS) from 23-26 July, 2006.

On 23 July, Prof. Lee given a lecture entitled: Semiconducting Nanomaterials Research, before the lecture Prof. Huiming Cheng, Deputy Director of IMR, presented the memorial plate of Lee Hsun Lecture Award to Prof. Lee at a short ceremony.  During his stay in IMR, he visited Shenyang National Lab for Materials Science (SYNL), spent one day to held discussions with young scientists and Ph.D students on carbon materials and surface engineering materials. As member of advisory committee of Shenyang National Lab for Materials Science, Prof. Lee given some future commented about management of SYNL and Lee Hsun Lecture Series.

Prof. Lee obtained his Ph.D from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in 1974. From 1974 to 1995 he was a senior lecturer and associate professor of Eastman Kodak Company USA. He jointed City University of Hong Kong since 1995, and was appointed as Professor (Chair) in 1996, and now he is Director of Centre of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films, City University of Hong Kong. His research fields are mainly on nanoscience and nanotechnology, organic electroluminescence and optoelectronics, organic emitting diode (OLED) / Polymeric emitting diode (PLED) display technology, thin films and super-hard coatings, surface science and modification applied to organics, polymers, interfaces, nanomaterials, and thin films. He has published more than 480 papers (including 3 in Science and 2 in Nature), 5 books chapters, and holds 19 USA patents on materials science and technology.