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Dr. Lee Chuan-pu Lee, PhD, Wayne State University School of Medicine distinguished professor of biochemistry and neurology, recently was named a recipient of the 2000 Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame Life Achievement Award by the Michigan Women’s Studies Association Inc. Dr. Lee is internationally respected for her work in bioenergetics, the study of how energy is produced and conserved in living cells. Her work, in addition to providing significant insight into how the cell converts food and oxygen into usable chemical form, has led to explanations of how energy-producing reactions are related to diseases such as Reye’s syndrome, brain injury and neuromuscular diseases. Born in Tsingtao, China, in 1931, Dr. Lee graduated in 1954 with a BS in chemistry from National Taiwan University in Taipei. She obtained her PhD in biochemistry at Oregon State University. After serving as a post-doctoral fellow at OSU and the University of Pennsylvania, she went on to study physiological chemistry as a research fellow at the University of Stockholm. Dr. Lee joined Wayne State University School of Medicine as a professor of biochemistry in 1975 after serving as professor of Physical Biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. Since 1990, Dr. Lee has been appointed as distinguished professor of biochemistry. Dr. Lee’s contributions to biochemistry and cell biology have elicited wide international recognition. She has been invited to numerous national and international conferences as a speaker and/or chairperson. In addition to her research and teaching, Dr. Lee has been an author and/or co-author to many articles in international scientific journals or monographs. She has edited several books, organized international symposia and published more than 260 scientific papers, abstracts and chapters. Dr. Lee has received numerous honors, including a life tenure docentship in physiological chemistry and an honorary doctorate of philosophy from the University of Stockholm, the WSU Board of Governors Faculty Recognition Award, the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, the WSU School of Medicine Lawrence Weiner Award and the WSU College Teaching Award. Dr. Lee was elected to the Academy of Scholars in 1979 at WSU and served twice as president (1983-84 and 1987-88). Also, since 1991, Dr. Lee has been appointed an honorary advisor for the National Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Technology of the Academia Sinica (the Chinese Academy of Sciences), in Beijing.
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