Henry Chang-yu Lee
World-leading forensic scientist
EDUCATION:
• 1959: Graduates from Central Police College, Taiwan
• 1972: BSc in forensic sciences, City University of New York
• 1974: MSc in biochemistry, New York University
• 1975: PhD in biochemistry, NYU
CAREER:
• 1960-65: Officer in the Taipei Police Department, rising to the rank of captain
• 1979-98: Director and chief criminalist, Connecticut State Police Forensic Laboratory
• 1998-2000: Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Safety
• 2001-10: Commissioner emeritus of the Connecticut State Police Forensic Laboratory
• 2006: Establishes the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science at University of New Haven, Connecticut, where he serves as director of forensic research and training
• September 2013: Accepts consultancy role at China’s Procuratorate Technology Information Research Center, part of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate
• 2016-present: Chairman of the Silk Road Forensic Consortium
I’m happy to see more Chinese now working with Americans in forensic labs, but I always advise them to be leaders in the workplace.” Henry Chang-yu Lee, chairman of the Silk Road Forensic Consortium