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  The AAPPS (Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies) announced on August 21 that the 2017 S. Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics will be awarded to Academician Lou-Chuang Lee, the Distinguished Visiting Chair of Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica. Established in 2014, the S. Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics is awarded to scientists who have made seminal/pioneering contributions in the field of plasma physics.

     Academician Lee specializes in space science and plasma physics. He was recognized by the AAPPS “for his seminal contributions to space plasma physics in the theories of strong scintillations, auroral kilometric radiation, multiple X-line reconnection, and dynamic formation of solar prominences, as well as the discovery of gigantic jets in the atmosphere; and outstanding leadership in the successful FORMOSAT satellite program in Taiwan”.