Yuan Tseh Lee to Be President ofthe International Council for Science

摘要

Yuan Tseh Lee, a Nobel Prize-winning chemistfrom Taipei, China, has been elected presidentof the International Council for Science (ICSU).A world leader in the field of chemical dynamics, Leewas elected by representatives of ICSU's 114 NationalMembers and 29 International Scientific Unions atthe 29th General Assembly in Maputo, Mozambique,21-24 October 2008. He will take up the appointmentin April 2010 and will succeed the current president,Catherine Brechignac, in October 2011.