1.研製用於污染控制及夜視之InGaAs/GaAs 量子點紅外線發光及偵測元件。探討量子點成長動力學、設計可以運作在室溫的紅外光偵測器。並將量子點發光或偵測元件加上光子晶體濾波器以製作波長可調的發光元件或多尖峰響應的紅外線偵測器。

2.利用金屬光子晶體結構來研製同調熱放射紅外線光源，可用於植物生長的基因調控上。

3.研究矽奈米線的成長、摻雜、電性及光性，並發展定向成長及製作動態隨機存取記憶單位。

4.氫化及氘化非晶或多晶矽（鍺、碳）薄膜電晶體、神經網路偵測器等材料及元件之研製，用於有機發光二極體的驅動電路製作，氮化矽絕緣薄膜之研製，以及軟性電子元件。

5.自1988年起開創了中國傳統氣功與人體科學的研究。

Si-Chen Lee (李嗣涔) was born in Taiwan, on August 13, 1952.  He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1974 and Ph.D degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1980 with a work consisting of experimental investigation of the AlGaAs/GaAs multi-heterojunction properties.

From 1980 to 1982, he worked at Energy Conversion Devices Inc. concerning the application of amorphous silicon hydrogen alloy to the solar cells.  He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University in 1982 as a visiting associate professor, and is a professor now.

He served as the chairman of the Department from 1988 to 1992 and  the Dean of academic affairs of National Taiwan University from 1996 to 2002. He is now the President of National Taiwan University. His current research interests are in the device applications and the growth kinetics of InAs/GaAs strained layer quantum dot/ring infrared photodetector incorporated with photonic crystal filter for applications to the pollution detection and biological reaction of cells. He is developing metallic photonic crystal infrared thermal emitter based on surface plasmon stimulated emission.  In addition, he is also interested in hydrogenated and deuterated amorphous and poly-silicon (carbon, germanium) hydrogen material and devices, such as thin film transistors and neural network image sensors.  He has moved into the area of Si nanowire transistors and successfully developed the electric field assisted directional growth of Si nanowire. Since 1988, he pioneered a research work on the Chinese traditional qigong and somatic science.

Dr. Lee is an IEEE Fellow, member of the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, he has received Dr. Sun Yat-San Academic award in 1987, five consecutive outstanding research awards of National Science Council from 1986 to 1996. He has been elected as a member of The Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM) in 1997, and received IEEE Third Millennium Medal for outstanding achievements and contributions in the area of Semiconductor Devices in 2000. In 2002, he was awarded the Medal of Electrical Engineering from the Association of Chinese Electrical Engineer. He has received  47th Academic Award of Ministry of Education in 2003. He was awarded an honorary Doctor Degree by Kansai University of Japan in 2005.

1. M. W. Tsai, T. H. Chuang, C. Y. Meng, Y. T. Chang and S. C. Lee, 2006, “High performance mid-Infared narrow-band plasmonic thermal emitter”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, p. 173116.
2. T. H. Chuang, M. W. Tsai, Y. T. Chang, and S. C. Lee, 2006, “Remotely Coupled Surface Plasmons in a Metal/Insulator/Si Structure Perforated with Periodic Square Hole Arrays”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, p. 033120.
3. C. Y. Yang, T. Y. Cho, Y. Y. Chen, C. J. Yang, C. Y. Meng, C. H. Yang, P. C. Yang, C. C. Wu and S. C. Lee, 2007, “Energy-Recycling Pixel for Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode Display”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 233512.
4. M. W. Tsai, C. Y. Chen, Y. W. Jiang, Y. H. Ye, H. Y. Chang, T. H. Chuang and S. C. Lee, 2007, “Coupling between surface plasmons via thermal emission of a dielectric layer sandwiched between two metal periodic layers”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, Nov. 5.