Kwang-Sup Lee is a former president (2020-2024) of Hannam University, Daejeon, S. Korea. He was a Professor of the Department of Advanced Materials at above University during 1992-2019. He also held a position as a Research Professor at the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics in the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA in 2005-2022. Prof. Lee received his BS from Hannam University in 1976, MS from Korea University in 1980, and Ph.D degree in polymer science from the Freiburg University, Germany in 1984. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Germany from 1985 to 1986 and a visiting professor at the Naval Research Laboratory, USA in 1998-1999. Prof. Lee’s research interests lie in the field of photofunctional materials including the synthesis of conjugated organics and polymers, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, and organic-inorganic hybrid materials and fabrication of device involving them. He has authored and coauthored 280 journal articles and book chapters, and also 43 patents. He has chaired and co-chaired more than 20 international conferences and symposia, and has given about 300 plenary, keynote, and invited talks. Prof. Lee is a Fellow of SPIE (USA), EM Academy (USA) and Polymer Society of Korea (PSK, Korea) and he is currently serving as editorial board members for several international scientific journals including Advances in Polymer Science (Springer, Germany), NPG Asia Materials (Nature, UK), Optics Continuum, (OSA, USA), Nonlinear Opt. Quantum Opt. (OCP, USA).