| Louis Lee | |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw |
| Office1: | Minister of National Science Council of the Republic of China |
| Term Start1: | 20 May 2008 |
| Term End1: | 5 February 2011 |
| Predecessor1: | Chen Chien-jen |
| Successor1: | Cyrus Chu |
| Birth Date: | 1947 4, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Tianwei, Changhua |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Alma Mater: | National Taiwan University (BS) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD) |
Louis Lee (; born 20 April 1947) is a Taiwanese physicist.
Lee earned a bachelor's degree in physics from National Taiwan University in 1969, and obtained a master's and doctorate in the subject from the California Institute of Technology, ending his studies in 1975. Lee then worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center and taught at the University of Maryland before joining the University of Alaska faculty. Lee returned to Taiwan and began teaching at National Cheng Kung University in 1995.[1] He has served as the director of the National Applied Research Laboratories and the National Space Program Office.[2] [3] As leader of the NSPO, Lee presided over the launch of the satellite ROCSAT-2 and the development of ROCSAT-3.[4] [5] Lee also helped conduct research on thunderclouds and the ionosphere.[6] He later became president of National Central University and was named minister of the National Science Council in April 2008.[7] [8] Lee was replaced by Cyrus Chu in February 2011.[9]
Lee was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 2002,[10] [11] and a foreign member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in 2018.[12]