Ka Yee Christina Lee
Ka Yee Christina Lee | |
|---|---|
| 利嘉宜 | |
| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) |
| Other names | Lee Ka-yee |
| Education | Brown University (BS) Harvard University (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical chemistry |
| Institutions | Stanford University University of California, Santa Barbara University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Optical studies of capillary waves at liquid-vapor interfaces (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | Eric Mazur |
| Website | leelab |
Ka Yee Christina Lee (Chinese: 利嘉宜) is Hong Kong-born American chemist. She is Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago. She works on membrane biophysics, including protein–lipid interactions, Alzheimer's disease and respiratory distress syndrome. She is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and American Physical Society.