院士簡歷

Division of Life Sciences

Wen-Hsiung Li 李文雄
Election Year 1998
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei 115201, Taiwan
Tel: (02) 2787-2256 / Fax: (02) 2789-9624

Current Positions

Distinguished Research Fellow, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica

Education

B.E., Chung Yuan Christian University (1965)
M.S., National Central University (1968)
Ph.D., Brown University (1972)
Postdoc, University of Wisconsin (1973)

Professional Experience

University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston
Assistant Prof. (1973-1978), Assoc. Prof. (1978-1984), Professor (1984-1998)
University of Chicago, James Watson Professor (1998-2012)
Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany (2000－2006)

Specialties

Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics

Awards and Honors

Member, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. (2003)
Balzan Prize 2003 for Genetics and Evolution
Betty Wheless Trotter Professor in Medical Science, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston (1996-1998)
Academician, Academia Sinica, R.O.C. (1998)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, U.S.A. (1999)
President, Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (2000)
Horace Mann Medal, Brown University (2004)
George Beadle Professor, University of Chicago (1999-2004)
James D. Watson Professor, University of Chicago (2004-2012)
HUGO/Chen Award (2008)
Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)(2009)
Mendel Medal, Genetics Society (UK) (2009)
SMBE (Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution) Lifetime Contribution Award (2019)
Presidential Science Prize, ROC (2023)
Kimura Award (2024)