Byoungho Lee

Byoungho Lee, who lived from 1964 to 2022, was a South Korean scientist known for his work on three-dimensional displays and nanophotonics, including holographic displays, integral imaging, head-mounted displays for augmented reality and metasurface-based optical elements. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Seoul National University before completing a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1993, then returned to Seoul National University's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, where he taught from 1994 until his death and rose to dean of the College of Engineering. Over his career he published more than 400 peer-reviewed journal papers, reaching an h-index of 75. He died on November 7, 2022, at the age of 58.