Dr. Sang-Ryool LEE is the President of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), a government-funded research institute responsible for the development of aerospace technology in the Republic of Korea. He has been President of KARI since March 2021. Before his appointment, he was Director of the Lunar Exploration Program Office where he led the development of Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) from 2019-2021. Also, he was Vice-President and Executive Director of the Aerospace Systems Lab, and Executive Director of the Satellite R&D Head Office. He has contributed to the research and development of the LEO Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite (KOMPSAT) series since the KOMPSAT-1. He served as Director of KOMPSAT-5 which is the first Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite in Korea. He also served as Director of the GEO-KOMPSAT-2 Program Office. He earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from Seoul National University and holds a doctorate in Automatic Control for Space Application from Paul Sabatier University, France. He was awarded with the Civil Merit Medal and the Order of Science and Technology Merit in 2000 and 2007 respectively.