Young-Pak Lee received a Ph.D. degree in Experimental Condensed-Matter Physics from Iowa State University in 1987. He has been a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Physics, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He is also a Distinguished Prof. at Fudan Univ., China. He is also a member of the Korea Academy of Science and Technology, member of the Council of Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies, Honorary Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and Scientific Advisor of the Scientific Council of Materials Science of the Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology. He has received many academic awards including the Sungbong Physics Award. His research has involved the study of magneto-optical, magnetic, optical and transport properties, and electronic structures of thin films and nanostructures, and characterization of the surfaces and interfaces of thin films, since his Ph.D. degree. His current investigations include metamaterials and spin-photonic crystals, and nanoscopic investigation of the morphology and magnetic domain, with over 700 SCI papers published. He has led the globalization of Korean physics, based on his leadership in the research on quantum photonic science.