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Dr. Lee has a record of accomplishments in agrochemical discovery including the discovery and synthesis of over 12 compounds that advanced to late stages of product development and the discovery of two new classes of p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase inhibitors, one of which has produced a commercial rice herbicide, benzobicyclon. He most recently was a senior scientist at AffyAgro, designing and conducting the syntheses of encoded combinatorial chemical libraries for bead-based screening on agronomic targets. Dr. Lee graduated with a B.S. in chemistry from the National Taiwan Normal University and received his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of New Brunswick under the direction of Dr. K. Wiesner. After postdoctoral appointments in the laboratories of Dr. A. Ian Scott at Yale University and Dr. Carl Djerassi at Stanford University, he began his professional career at Merck Frosst Laboratories in Montreal. In 1979, he joined Zoecon Corporation where he became a key member of a newly established herbicide discovery program. Several compounds that he discovered were licensed to Stauffer Chemical Company, one of which (Trophy‘) reached late stage development. Throughout his career at Novartis, he consistently delivered compounds with developmental potential. His prolific record of discovery is reflected in his 44 issued patents and 13 scientific publications. In 1991, Dr. Lee received the first Lumiere Award of the Sandoz Research Division for his research excellence. | 