Wen-Hsiung Li 李文雄 Election Year 1998 Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei 11529, 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
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)