Jae Sung Lee Professor
Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Bioengineering, and Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University College of Medicine
• Phone : +82-2-2072-2938
• E-mail : jaes@snu.ac.kr
• Office : 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea
Education
- 1996 B.A., School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- 1998 M.S., Interdisciplinary Program in Medical and Biological Engineering Major, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- 2001 Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Program in Medical and Biological Engineering Major, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Career
- 2005 ~ Assistant/Associate/Full Professor, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- 2002 ~ 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- 2015 ~ 2016 Visiting Professor, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- 2016 ~ Co-founder and CEO, Brightonix Imaging Inc., Seoul, Korea
Activity
- 2003 ~ 2004 Scientific Committee, Korean Society of Human Brain Mapping
- 2004 ~ 2006 Publicity Committee, 9th Congress of World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
- 2004 ~ 2006 Scientific Program Committee, World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006
- 2005 ~ 2013 Executive Committee, Interdisciplinary Program in Radiation Applied Life Science, Seoul National University
- 2006 ~ 2007 Scientific Committee, Korean Society of Medical Physics
- 2006 ~ 2007 Scientific Committee, Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering
- 2006 ~ 2007 Executive Committee, Korean Council of Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Instrumentation
- 2007 ~ Executive Committee, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University
- 2008 ~ 2009 Medical Physics Sub Committee, 2nd Asian Congress of Radiation Research
- 2008 ~ 2009 Local Organizing Committee, IEEE 10th International Conference on Inorganic Scintillators and their Applications
- 2008 Co-organizer, 1st International Workshop on Hybrid Molecular Imaging Technology
- 2008 ~ 2014 General Secretary, Korean Council of Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Instrumentation
- 2008 ~ 2010 General Secretary, Hosting Committee for 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
- 2009 ~ 2010 Policy Planning Committee, Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine
- 2009 ~ 2015 General Secretary, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Seoul Chapter
- 2010 ~ Publications Director, Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering
- 2010 ~ 2013 Publicity Director, Korean Society of Medical Physics
- 2010 ~ 2012 Nuclear Sciences Director, Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine
- 2011 ~ 2012 Program Committee, 2012 World Molecular Imaging Conference (WMIC)
- 2012 Program Committee, 14th KAST International Symposium
- 2012 ~ Co-organizer, SNU-NIRS Workshop on Nuclear Medicine Imaging Science and Technology
- 2013 MIC Program Chair, 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)
- 2013 International Advisory Committee, NIRS Workshop on PET Imaging Physics and Applications (PIPA2013)
- 2012 ~ 2013 Program Committee, 2013 World Molecular Imaging Conference (WMIC)
- 2013 ~ 2014 Program Committee, Emphasis Chair, 2014 World Molecular Imaging Conference (WMIC)
- 2014 ~ 2015 Scientific Director, Korean Society of Medical Physics
- 2014 Scientific Committee Chair, 7th Korea-Japan Joint Meeting on Medical Physics
- 2014 ~ 2015 Scientific Committee Member, 2015 PET-MR/SPECT-MR Conference (PSMR2015)
- 2014 Co-organizer, 2nd Workshop on Principles and Applications of Medical Imaging Systems from the Basics to Fusion and Commercial Systems
- 2014 ~ 2015 Program Committee, Emphasis Chair, 2015 World Molecular Imaging Conference (WMIC)
- 2015 ~ 2017 Elected Member, Nuclear and Medical Imaging Sciences Council, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Society (NPSS)
- 2015 ~ 2016 Scientific Advisory Board Member, 2016 PET-MR/SPECT-MR Conference (PSMR2016)
- 2016 ~ 2017 Vice Chair, Nuclear and Medical Imaging Sciences Council (NMISC), IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Society (NPSS)
- 2016 ~ 2021 Member, Joint Executive Sub-Committee (JES), IEEE NPSS NMISC & RISC
- 2016 ~ 2017 Financial Chair, 2017 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)
- 2016 ~ 2017 Board of Director, Korean Society of Medical Physics
- 2016 ~ 2019 Vice Chair, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Seoul Chapter
- 2017 ~ 2018 Scientific Committee Member, 2018 PET-MR/SPECT-MR Conference (PSMR2018)
- 2017 ~ 2019 Financial Chair, 5th Theranostics World Congress (TWC)
- 2018 ~ 2019 Chair, Nuclear and Medical Imaging Sciences Council (NMISC), IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
- 2018 ~ 2019 Member, Joint Oversight Sub-Committee (JOS), IEEE NPSS NMISC & RISC
- 2018 ~ 2019 Administration Committee (AdCom) Member, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
- 2018 Category Chair (Instrumentation/Computation), 2018 World Molecular Imaging Conference (WMIC)
- 2018 ~ 2021 Advisory Board Member, Korean Society of Medical Physics
- 2018 ~ Board of Directors, Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (AOFNMB)
- 2018 ~ 2019 Organizing Committee Commissioner, 13th Asia Oceania Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (AOCNMB)
- 2018 ~ 2019 Scientific Committee Member, 2019 PET-MR/SPECT-MR Conference (PSMR2019)
- 2019 Category Chair (Instrumentation), 2019 World Molecular Imaging Conference (WMIC)
- 2019 ~ 2020 Scientific Committee Member, 2020 PET-MR/SPECT-MR Conference (PSMR2020)
- 2019 ~ 2020 Chair, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Seoul Chapter
- 2021 MIC Program Co-Chair, 2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC)
- 2000 ~ Steering Committee Member, Artificial Intelligence Institute of Seoul National University
- 2021 ~ 2022 Planning Director, Korea Society of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (KoSAIM)
- 2021 ~ 2022 Director of International Cooperation, Korea Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine
- 2021 Chair, Joint Executive Sub-Committee (JES), IEEE NPSS NMISC & RISC
- 2006 ~ 2014 Editorial Board, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- 2008 ~ 2009 Editorial Board, Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
- 2010 ~ 2016 Managing Editor, Biomedical Engineering Letters
- 2011 ~ 2016 Editorial Advisory Board, Current Molecular Imaging
- 2011 ~ Senior Editorial Board, American Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- 2013 ~ International Advisory Board, Physics in Medicine and Biology
- 2013 ~ Editorial Board, Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Biology
- 2015 ~ Associate Editor, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- 2016 ~ Editor-in-Chief, Biomedical Engineering Letters
- 2017 ~ Editorial Board, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Physics (EJNMMI Physics)
- 2018 Associate Editor, IEEE EMBS Conference Editorial Board (CEB)
- 2018 Guest Editor, 2018 IEEE NSS/MIC Conference Record
- 2020 ~ Senior Editor, Molecular Imaging and Biology
- 2020 ~ Associate Editor, IEEE Transaction on Radiation and Plasma in Medical Sciences (TRPMS)
- 2020 Editorial Board, Electronics
- 2020 Guest Editor (Special Issue on AI for Image Reconstruction and Processing in Radiation Imaging), IEEE TRPMS
- 2021 Guest Editor (Special Issue on Machine Learning for Medical Image Processing), Electronics
- 2021 ~ 2023 Associate Editor, Medical Physics
- 2021 ~ 2025 Secretary, 2025 MICCAI Korean Societies Advisory Board
- 2023 ~ 2026 Administration Committee (AdCom) Member, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
- 2023 ~ 2024 General Director, Korea Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (KSIIM)
- 2023 ~ Intellectual Property Committee, Seoul National University
- 2024 ~ 2027 Board of Directors, Korean Association for Radiation Application
- 2024 ~ 2026 Biohealth Innovation Committee Advisory Group, Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea
- 2024 ~ Member, The National Academy of Engineering of Korea
- 2024 ~ Editorial Board, Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Awards
- 1996.2 Excellency Prize (from Seoul National University)
- 1999.7 DAAD Fellowship Award (from German Academic Exchange Program)
- 1999.11 Student Travel Award (from IEEE Medical Imaging Conference)
- 1999.11 Young Investigator's Award (from Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine)
- 2000.11 Winner of Student Paper Competition (from Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering)
- 2001.3 IAEA Fellowship Award (from International Atomic Energy Agency)
- 2002.5 KOSEF Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (from Korea Science and Engineering Foundation)
- 2003.6 Young Scientist Travel Award (from International Society for Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism)
- 2004.11 Young Investigator’s Award (from Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering)
- 2004.11 Young Investigator’s Award (from Korean Society of Human Brain Mapping)
- 2004.11 IBA Research Award (from Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine)
- 2007.10 Outstanding Presentation Award (from Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine)
- 2009.05 Young Investigator’s Award (from Seoul National University Hospital)
- 2011.11 Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine Research Promotion Award (from Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine)
- 2011.11 SOLCO BME Award (from Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering)
- 2013.11 Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine Research Award (from Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine)
- 2013.11 Distinguished Service Award (from Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering)
- 2013.12 Seoul National University Hospital Academic Awards: Myung Ju-Wan Award (from Seoul National University Hospital)
- 2013.12 Top 100 Korean Technologies & Driving Forces (from National Academy of Engineering of Korea)
- 2015.11 Distinguished Service Award (from Korean Society of Nuclear Medicine)
- 2017.11 Distinguished Service Award (from Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering)
- 2018.11 Top Reviewers for Molecular Biology & Genetics (Top 1% in Field, from Publons)
- 2019.6 Outstanding Research Achievement Award (from Seoul National University College of Medicine)
- 2022.11 Lutronic BME Award, Best Paper (from Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering)
- 2022.11 Distinguished Service Award (from Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering)
- 2022.11 IEEE NPSS Medical Imaging Technical Achievement Award (from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
- 2022.11 Outstanding Research Achievement Award (from Seoul National University College of Medicine)
- 2022.12 Minister of Science and ICT Award for Innovative Startup Award
- 2023.05 Top 10 Best Achievements Award (from Korea Medical Device Development Fund)