Tung Chun Lee is an early-career academic (h-index: 21, total citation: 2170+). He received his BSc in Chemistry from University of Hong Kong in 2005 and his PhD in Chemistry from University of Cambridge in 2012. He was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart from 2011 to 2014. In 2014 he joined University College London as a Lecturer and started his independent academic career. Currently, he is leading a research group of 2 PDRAs, 6 PhDs and 7 MScs, working on cutting-edge research in nanomaterials and nanochemistry. He has secured as a PI in total £684k research grants from EPSRC, Leverhulme Trust, Royal Society and industry partners, and has served as an invited referee of 21 grant applications from EPSRC, Cancer Research UK and RGC HK.
 
His research interests include exotic nanoparticles, nanofabrication, nanochemistry, active matter and supramolecular chemistry, all of which show potential applications in sensing, drug delivery, photovoltaic and catalysis. To date, he has 32 publications in high-impact journals, featuring Nat. Chem., Nat. Mater., Nat. Commun., Nano Lett., ACS Nano and Angew. Chem. Other academic achievements include 2 patents (1 licenced by industry), 1 book chapter and 6 journal covers. He is a regular reviewer of journals such as Nat. Commun., Small, Nanoscale and ChemComm.