Kang Lee

Professor Kang Lee is a globally recognized scholar and member of the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Prof. Lee holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Moral Development and Developmental Neuroscience. Prof. Lee's acclaimed work has been in the areas of the development of deception (lying and cheating), face processing in children and adults, and the early development of racial bias and its reduction. Prof. Lee is a TED speaker. He is also one of the inventors of a contactless imaging methodology called transdermal optical imaging that has applications in wide areas including education, healthcare, and research.

Professor Lee is considering admitting one MA student and one Ph.D. student who have existing skills in psychophysiology, machine learning, or programming (e.g., Python or R) to work with him on psychophysiological correlates of lying and cheating and their detection. He is also open to host postdoctoral students who have already secured external funding or are willing to work with him to apply for external funding to work on the topic.

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