Professor Dae Sung Lee is the Professor in Environmental Engineering and Vice Dean of the College of Engineering at Kyungpook National University. He has been a visiting professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology in Cambridge University in 2012. He has been working in the area of nanostructured materials and decontamination and decommissioning technology since 1997. He is recognised internationally for his nano science expertise that includes ecotoxicity, environmental application and process systems engineering. He has published more than 130 scientific papers and is the inventor/co-inventor of more than 10 patents related to treatment of radioactive waste and synthesis of nanostructured materials.