
Christopher H.T. Lee
Christopher H.T. Lee
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Dr. Lee received his B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering with 1st Class Honors at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2009. He then served as an Instructor in a local school for two years. He obtained his Ph.D. in his alma mater with the Best Thesis Award in 2016. Subsequently, he has been awarded a Croucher Fellowship to further his research interests as a Postdoc Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has joined Nanyang Technological University as an Assistant Professor in October 2018 and later as a Nanyang Assistant Professor (https://www3.ntu. edu.sg/NAP). He is selected as a prestigious Singapore NRF Fellow, Class 2020 (https://www.nrf.gov.sg/funding-grants/nrf-fellowship). Dr. Lee is an expert in electric motors and drives, renewable energies and electromechanical propulsion systems. In these fields, he has published 1 book, 3 book chapters, 3 patents and over 70 peer-reviewed papers in leading journals and international conferences. He has served as a PI for research grants with amount exceeding SGD 5.8 millions (~USD 4.3 millions). He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at MIT and Honorary Assistant Professor at HKU. He is an IEEE Senior Member, a chartered engineer and an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, a member of Editorial Board for IEEE Access and IET Renewable Power Generation. His research has been highlighted by NRF as a feature story: https://www.nrf.gov.sg/features/ scientists/page/0/ towards-advanced-electric-motors