Professor Emerita of Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mann School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California
Distinguished Chair Professor in Cancer Translational Research, Taipei Medical University
Education
B.S., National Taiwan University (1960-1964)
Ph.D., University of California (1964-1968)
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow (1968-1970), Assist Biochemist (1970-1974), University of California, Los Angeles
Assistant Professor (1974-1979), Associate Professor (1979-1985), Professor and Director (1985-1998), Chair Professor (1988—), University Professor (2001—), University of Southern California
Chair Professor, Institute of Biomedicine Sciences, Academia Sinica (1997-1998)
Specialties
Molecular Neuroscience, Gene and Behaviors, Drug Development
Awards and Honors
Distinguished Scholar, National Academy of Sciences (1983-84)
Honor Professor, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China (1986)
MERIT Award, National Institute of Health (1988-1998)
Endowed Chair Professorship: Boyd and Elsie Welin Professor (1988-present)
The Wellcome Visiting Professor (1990)
Achievement Award, Chinese American Society and Engineering Association (1993)
President, Society for Chinese American Neuroscientists (1994-1996)
MERIT Award, National Institute of Health (1998-2008)
USC Associates Award for Creativity in Research and Scholarship (1999)
Fellow, American College of Neuropschopharmacology (2000)
Achievement Award, Chinese American Faculty Association (2000)
Volwiler Research Achievement Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (2000)
University Professor (2001 to present)
Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2002)
President, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (2003-2004)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007)
Life-Time Achievement Award, SCBA (2009)
Fellow, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (2015)
National Academy of Inventors, US (2018)
Lifetime Achievement Award , University of Southern California (2024)