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Der-Chuen Lee

Der-Chuen Lee

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Earth Science
Taiwan
2025

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Earth Science

D-Index
50
Citations
11712
World Ranking
3346
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Der-Chuen Lee is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan, working primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research encompasses multiple domains including Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Pollution.

Their scientific contributions span several core topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Der-Chuen Lee has published work in a variety of reputable venues. Notably frequent publication venues include Chemical Geology, Science Advances, Lithos, Water, and mBio.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Der-Chuen Lee include:

  • "High-resolution spatial and genomic characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates in the coral Stylophora pistillata," 2022, Science Advances
  • "In Vivo Evidence of Single 13 C and 15 N Isotope-Labeled Methanotrophic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterial Cells in Rice Roots," 2022, mBio
  • "Revealing the Role of Thiocyanate for Improving the Performance of Perovskite Solar Cells," 2022, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • "Riverine molybdenum isotopic fractionation in small mountainous rivers of Taiwan: The effect of chemical weathering and lithology," 2023, Chemical Geology
  • "Physiology and molecular basis of thallium toxicity and accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana," 2024, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Der-Chuen Lee frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Silver Sung-Yun Hsiao, Yoshiyuki Iizuka, Naohisa Wada, Sen-Lin Tang, and Yu-Hsuan Liang.

Best Publications

  • Nature of the Earth's earliest crust from hafnium isotopes in single detrital zircons

    Yuri Amelin;Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N. Halliday;Robert T. Pidgeon

  • Early-middle archaean crustal evolution deduced from Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotopic studies of single zircon grains

    Y. Amelin;D.-C. Lee;D.-C. Lee;A.N. Halliday

  • Core formation on Mars and differentiated asteroids

    Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N. Halliday

  • Thermal and Magmatic Evolution of the Moon

    Charles K. Shearer;Paul C. Hess;Mark A. Wieczorek;Matt E. Pritchard

  • INCOMPATIBLE TRACE-ELEMENTS IN OIB AND MORB AND SOURCE ENRICHMENT IN THE SUB-OCEANIC MANTLE

    Alex N. Halliday;Der-Chuen Lee;Simone Tommasini;Gareth R. Davies

  • Oxygen Isotopes and the Moon-Forming Giant Impact

    U. Wiechert;A. N. Halliday;D.-C. Lee;G. A. Snyder

  • Incompatible trace elements in OIB and MORB and source enrichment in the sub-oceanic mantle.

    A. N. Halliday;D. C. Lee;S. Tommasini;G. R. Davies

  • Ir, Ru, Pt, and Pd in basalts and komatiites: new constraints for the geochemical behavior of the platinum-group elements in the mantle

    Mark Rehkämper;Mark Rehkämper;A.N. Halliday;A.N. Halliday;J.G. Fitton;D.-C. Lee

  • Applications of Multiple Collector-ICPMS to Cosmochemistry, Geochemistry, and Paleoceanography

    Alex N. Halliday;Der Chuen Lee;John N. Christensen;Mark Rehkämper

  • Iron isotope differences between Earth, Moon, Mars and Vesta as possible records of contrasted accretion mechanisms

    Franck Poitrasson;Alexander N. Halliday;Der-Chuen Lee;Sylvain Levasseur

  • Isotopic variations with distance and time in the volcanic islands of the Cameroon line: evidence for a mantle plume origin

    Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N. Halliday;J.Godfrey Fitton;Giampero Poli

  • Hafnium–tungsten chronometry and the timing of terrestrial core formation

    Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N. Halliday

  • High precision 230Th/232Th and 234U/238U measurements using energyfiltered ICP magnetic sector multiple collector mass spectrometry

    Xiaozhong Luo;Mark Rehkämper;Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N. Halliday

  • Recent developments in inductively coupled plasma magnetic sector multiple collector mass spectrometry

    Alex N. Halliday;Der Chuen Lee;John N. Christensen;Andrew J. Walder

  • Trace-element fractionation in plumes and the origin of HIMU mantle beneath the Cameroon line

    Alex N. Halliday;Jon P. Davidson;Jon P. Davidson;Peter Holden;Peter Holden;Charles DeWolf

  • New half-life measurement of 182Hf: improved chronometer for the early solar system.

    C. Vockenhuber;F. Oberli;M. Bichler;I. Ahmad

  • Hf-W Isotopic Evidence for Rapid Accretion and Differentiation in the Early Solar System

    Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N. Halliday

  • In situ Sr isotopic analysis by laser ablation

    John N. Christensen;Alex N. Halliday;Der-Chuen Lee;Chris M. Hall

  • Age and Origin of the Moon

    Der-Chuen Lee;Alex N. Halliday;Gregory A. Snyder;Lawrence A. Taylor

  • Cadmium, indium, tin, tellurium, and sulfur in oceanic basalts: Implications for chalcophile element fractionation in the Earth

    Wen Yi;Alex N. Halliday;Alex N. Halliday;Jeff C. Alt;Der-Chuen Lee;Der-Chuen Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Mark Rehkämper
Mark Rehkämper Imperial College London
John N. Christensen
John N. Christensen Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gregory A. Snyder
Gregory A. Snyder University of Tennessee at Knoxville
James R. Hein
James R. Hein United States Geological Survey
J. Godfrey Fitton
J. Godfrey Fitton University of Edinburgh
Gareth R. Davies
Gareth R. Davies Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Lawrence A. Taylor
Lawrence A. Taylor University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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