Ka Yee Lee
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