Education and Positions

• Distinguished Research Fellow, Inst. Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica (2006~present)
• Adjunct Distinguished Research Fellow, Inst. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (2006~present)
• Adjunct Professor, Inst. of Geology and Dept. of Physics, National Taiwan Univ. (1984~present)
• Director, Inst. Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica (2000~2004)
• Research Fellow (joint appointment), Inst. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (1997~2006)
• Director, Preparatory Office, Inst. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (1996~1997)
• Director, Preparatory Office, Inst. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (1993~1994)
• Deputy Director, Inst. Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica (1987~1990)
• Research Fellow, Inst. Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica (1984~2005)
• Staff Member, Dept. Terrestrial Magnetism, Carneige Inst. Wash. DC (1979~1983)
• Robert McCormick Postdoctoral Fellow, Fermi Inst. of Nuclear Studies, Univ. of Chicago (1977~1979)
• Ph.D Dept. Astronomy, Univ. of Texas at Austin (1977)
• B.S. Dept. Physics, National Tsing Hua Univ. (1970)

Honors & Awards

• Academician, Academia Sinica (2000)
• Foreign Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
• Outstanding Schloarship Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (1998~2003)
• Outstanding Researcher Award, National Science Council, National Science Council (R.O.C.) (1988~1990)
• Fellow, Meteoritical Society (1988)
• Outstanding Researcher Award, National Science Council, National Science Council (R.O.C.) (1985~1987)
• Trumpler Award (best Ph.D. thesis N. America), Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1977)

Research Interests

Nuclear Astrophysics

Recent Journal Papers

1. Kimura M; Isogai K; Kato T; ...; Chen Y-T; King S-K; Wen C-Y; Wang SY; Lehner MJ; Schwamb ME; Wang JH; Zhang Z-W; ...;Cook KH; Kim D-W; Lee T;et al., "Repetitive Patterns in Rapid Optical Variations in the Nearby Black-hole Binary V404 Cygni" , NATURE: 529(7584), 54-58, 2016-01 [SCI] (Fulltext)
2. Ishioka R; Wang S-Y; Zhang Z-W; Lehner MJ; Alcock C; Axelrod T; Bianco FB; Byun Y-I; Chen WP; Cook KH; Kim D-W; King S-K; Lee T; Marshall SL; Protopapas P; Rice JA; Schwamb ME; Wang J-H; Wen C-Y; Ngeow C-C, "The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey Project Stellar Variability. III. Detection of 58 New Variable Stars" , ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL: 147(4), 70, 2014-04 [SCI] (Fulltext)
3. Liu MC, Chaussidon M,Gopel C, (Lee T), "A Heterogeneous Solar Nebula as Sampled by CM Hibonites" , Meteorit Planet Sci: 46,A141, 2011-07 [SCI]
4. Liu M-C; Nittler LR; O'D Alexander CM; Lee T, "Lithium–Beryllium–Boron Isotopic Compositions in Meteoritic Hibonite: Implications for Origin of 10Be and Early Solar System Irradiation" , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL: 719(1), L99-L103, 2010-08 [SCI]
5. Lehner MJ, ..., Zhang ZW, ...,Wang JH, ...,King SK, Lee T, ...,Wang SY, Wen CY, "The TAOS Project: Statistical Analysis of Multi-Telescope Time Series Data" , PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC: 122(894), 959-975, 2010-08 [SCI]
6. Mondal S; ...; Zhang ZW;...; King S-K; Lee T; Lehner MJ; ...; Wang J-H; Wang S-Y; Wen C-Y, "The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey Project Stellar Variability. II. Detection of 15 Variable Stars" , Astronomical Journal: 139(5), 2026-2033, 2010-05 [SCI] (Fulltext)
7. Bianco FB, Zhang ZW, Lehner MJ, ...,King SK,...,Wang JH,...,Lee T,...,Wang SY, Wen CY, "The TAOS Project: Upper Bounds on the Population of Small KBOs and Tests of Models of Formation and Evolution of the Outer Solar System" , ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL: 139(4), 1499-1514, 2010-04 [SCI] (Fulltext)
8. Kim D-W; ...; King S-K; Lee T; Lehner MJ; ...; Wang J-H; Wang S-Y; Wen C-Y; Zhang ZW, "The Taiwan-American Occultation Survey Project Stellar Variability. I. Detection of Low-Amplitude δ Scuti Stars" , ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL: 139(2), 757-764, 2010-02 [SCI] (Fulltext)
9. Wang J-H; Lehner MJ; ...; King S-K; Lee T; ...; Wang S-Y; Wen C-Y; et al., "Upper Limits on the Number of Small Bodies in Sedna-Like Orbits by the TAOS Project" , ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL: 138(6), 1893-1901, 2009-12 [SCI] (Fulltext)
10. Z.-W. Zhang, D.-W. Kim, J.-H. Wang, M. J. Lehner, W. P. Chen, Y.-I. Byun, C. Alcock, T. Axelrod, F. B. Bianco, N. K. Coehlo, K. H. Cook, R. Dave, I. de Pater, J. Giammarco, S.-K. King, T. Lee, H.-C. Lin, S. L. Marshall, R. Porrata, P. Protopapas, J. A. Rice, M. E. Schwamb, S.-Y. Wang, and C.-Y. Wen, "The TAOS Project: High-Speed Crowded Field Aperture Photometry" , PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC: 121, 1429-1439, 2009-11 [SCI]
11. Lin CL; ...; King SK; ...; Wang JH;...; Lehner MJ; ...; Lee T; ...; Wang SY; Wen CY; et al., "A Close Binary Star Resolved from Occultation by 87 Sylvia" , PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC: 121(878), 359-364, 2009-04 [SCI] (Fulltext)
12. Lehner MJ; Wen C-Y; Wang J-H; ...; King S-K; et al., "The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey: The Multi-Telescope Robotic Observatory" , PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC: 121(876), 138-152, 2009-02 [SCI] (Fulltext)
13. Zhang ZW; ...; Lehner MJ; ...; Wang JH; ...; King SK; Lee T; ...; Wang SY; Wen CY, "First Results from the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS)" , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL: 685(1), L157-L160, 2008-10 [SCI] (Fulltext)
14. Chen HW; Lee T; Ku TL; et al., "Production Ratio of Nuclear Fallout Cs-137/Cs-135" , CHINESE JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: 46(5), 560-569, 2008-10 [SCI] (Fulltext)
15. Wang JH;...; Huang KY; Wen CY; ...; Wang SY; ...; Lehner MJ; ...; King SK; Lee T; Urata Y, "The Early Optical Brightening in the GRB071010B" , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL: 679(1), L5-L8, 2008-05 [SCI] (Fulltext)
16. Lehner MJ; ...;King SK; Lee T; ...;Wang A; Wang SY; Wen CY; et al., "TAOS - The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey" , ASTRONOMISCHE NACHRICHTEN: 327(8), 814-817, 2006-08 [SCI] (Fulltext)
17. Gounelle M; Shu F; Shang H; Glassgold AE; Rehm KE; Lee T, "The Irradiation Origin of Beryllium Radioisotopes and Other Short-lived Radionuclides" , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL: 640(2), 1163-1170, 2006-04 [SCI] (Fulltext)
18. Shen JJ-S; Lee T, "138La Anomaly in the Early Solar System" , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL: 596(1), L109-L112, 2003-10 [SCI] (Fulltext)
19. Alcock C; Dave R; ...; King SK; Lee T; Wang A; Wang SY; Wen CY; et al, "TAOS: The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey" , EARTH MOON AND PLANETS: 92(1-4), 459-464, 2003-06 [SCI] (Fulltext)
20. Chen WP; ...; King SK; ...; Lee T;...; Wang A; Wang SY; Wen CY, "Fast CCD Photometry in the Taiwan-America Occultation Survey" , BALTIC ASTRONOMY: 12(4), 568-573, 2003 [SCI] (Fulltext)
21. Gounelle M; Shu FH; Shang H; ...; Lee T, "Extinct radioactivities and protosolar cosmic rays: Self-shielding and light elements" , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL: 548(2), 1051-1070, 2001-02 [SCI] (Fulltext)
22. Shu FH; Shang H; Gounelle M; Glassgold AE; Lee T, "The origin of chondrules and refractory inclusions in chondritic meteorites" , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL: 548(2), 1029-1050, 2001-02 [SCI] (Fulltext)
23. Shang H; Shu FH; Lee T; Glassgold AE, "Protostellar winds and chondritic meteorites - Formation of solids: The first step" , SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS: 92(1-2), 153-176, 2000 [SCI] (Fulltext)
24. Shu FH; Shang H; Glassgold AE; Lee T, "X-rays and fluctuating x-winds from protostars" , SCIENCE: 277(5331), 1475-1479, 1997-09 [SCI] (Fulltext)
25. Shu FH; Shang H; Lee T, "Toward an Astrophysical Theory of Chondrites" , SCIENCE: 271(5255), 1545-1552, 1996-03 [SCI] (Fulltext)