Eva Yu-Hua Pan Lee ( Chinese: 李潘玉華) is a Taiwanese molecular biologist.
Lee earned a bachelor's and a master's degree from National Taiwan Normal University in 1972 and 1979, respectively. [1] She then completed a doctorate in cellular and molecular biology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1984. [1] [2] As an undergraduate at NTNU, Lee worked as a teaching assistant. While pursuing her doctoral degree, Lee was a research assistant at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. [1] Upon graduating from UC Berkeley, Lee accepted a postdoctoral position at the University of California, San Diego, then joined the UCSD faculty in 1988. [1] She taught at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio from 1991 to 2001, when she joined the University of California, Irvine. [1] At UCI, Lee was affiliated with the Center for Complex Biological Systems, [3] as well as a Chancellor's Professor. [1] [4] [5] Upon retirement, UCI granted Lee emeritus status. [5] [6] She is one of four founding scientists, as well as chairwoman, of GeneTex. [4] [7]
Lee was elected a member of Taiwan's Academia Sinica in 2002. [1]