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Lee Hyang-sook is the president of Ewha Womans University. She took office on February 1, 2025.

She aims to lead the university in an era of great transformation through inclusive innovation.

She was born on October 22, 1963, in Seoul.

After graduating from Seomun Girls' High School, she earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Ewha Womans University. She then obtained her master's degree in mathematics from Ewha Womans University Graduate School and her doctorate in mathematics from Northwestern University in the United States.

In 1995, she joined the Department of Mathematics at Ewha Womans University as a professor and has since served as Director of Research Affairs, Head of the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, and Director of the Entrepreneurship Center.

On February 1, 2025, she was inaugurated as the president of Ewha Womans University. She is the first president from a science and engineering background in the university’s history.

Externally, she has served as Senior Vice Chair of the International Congress of Mathematicians Organizing Committee, a board member of the National Research Council of Science & Technology, and a board member of the National Research Foundation of Korea.

She was elected as the first female president of the Korean Mathematical Society in its 70-year history.

As a leading scholar in cryptography, she is recognized as one of the most prominent female scientists in the field both in Korea and internationally.

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