15 Facts About Chuan-Pu Lee

Chuan-pu Lee was an American biochemist, born in China.

Chuan-Pu Lee was a professor of biochemistry at the Wayne State University School of Medicine from 1975 until her retirement in 2011.

Chuan-Pu Lee was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.

Lee was born in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, one of six children born to Fung-Hwa Lee and Wei-Ping Liu Lee.

Chuan-Pu Lee earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at National Taiwan University in 1954, and completed doctoral studies at Oregon State University in 1961, under advisor Tsoo E King.

Chuan-Pu Lee's dissertation was titled "Biochemical Studies of Western Ring Spot Virus".

Chuan-Pu Lee held a postdoctoral position at the University of Pennsylvania, working with Britton Chance, and became a professor of physical biochemistry there.

Chuan-Pu Lee was a professor of biochemistry at the Wayne State University College of Medicine beginning in 1975, with an additional appointment in the neurology department beginning in 1982.

Chuan-Pu Lee had a longtime association with Stockholm University, through her frequent collaborator Lars Ernster.

Chuan-Pu Lee's research involved mitochondrial bioenergetics, or a study of how energy is produced in bodies at the cellular level.

Chuan-Pu Lee's research was published in academic journals including Annual Review of Biochemistry, European Journal of Biochemistry, FEBS Letters, Journal of Neurochemistry, Methods in Enzymology, and Biochemistry.

In 2000 Chuan-Pu Lee was named to the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.

Chuan-Pu Lee was prolific in scientific publications, with over 200 journal articles written or co-written by her.

Chuan-Pu Lee co-edited Mitochondria and microsomes, a collection of essays in honor of Lars Ernstner; and co-edited Membrane Bioenergetics and edited Current Topics in Bioenergetics 13,14,15 and 16.

Chuan-Pu Lee died in 2016, aged 84 years, at a hospital in Detroit.