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院士簡歷


Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences


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Chi-Huey Wong 翁啟惠
Election Year 1994
Department of Chemistry
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 North Torrey Pines Road, BCC 338
La Jolla, CA 92037, USA

Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica
128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei 115201, Taiwan
Tel: (02) 2789-9929 / Fax: (02) 2789-9927

Current Positions
  • Scripps Family Chair Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California and Distinguished Research Fellow, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica
Education
  • B.S. & M.S., National Taiwan University (1977)
  • Ph.D., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1982)
Professional Experience
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (1982-1983)
  • Assistant Professor (1983-1986), Associate Professor (1986-1987), and Professor (1987-1989) of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
  • Professor and Ernest W. Hahn Chair in Chemistry (1989-2006), The Scripps Research Institute
  • Head, Frontier Research Program on Glycotechnolgy, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Japan (1991-1999)
  • Board member of the National Research Council on Chemical Sciences & Technology, USA (2000-2004)
  • Scientific Advisor for Max-Planck-Institute at Dortmund, Germany (2000-2008)
  • Distinguished Research Fellow and Director, The Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (2003-2006)
  • President, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (2006-2016)
  • Distinguished Research Fellow, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica (2016-2019)
  • BioTaiwan Committee, Executive Yuan, Taiwan (2005-)
  • Chief Science Advisor to Executive Yuan, Taiwan (2006-2011), Member, Board of Science and Technology (2012-2016, 2023-), Executive Yuan, Taiwan.
  • President, Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (IBMI), Taiwan (2019-)
  • Deputy Convener, Healthy Taiwan Promotion Committee, Office of the President, Taiwan (2024-)
Specialties
  • Chemical Biology, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Awards and Honors
  • 1985 Searle Scholar Award in Biomedical Sciences
  • 1986 Presidential Young Investigator Award in Chemistry
  • 1994 The Roy Whistler Award of International Carbohydrate Organization
  • 1994 Academician, Academia Sinica
  • 1996 National Tainan First High School Distinguished Alumni Award
  • 1996 Elected Member of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1998 The American Chemical Society Harrison Howe Award in Chemistry
  • 1999 The American Chemical Society Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry
  • 1999 The International Enzyme Engineering Award
  • 2000 The Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, USA
  • 2002 Elected Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
  • 2005 The American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  • 2006 Humboldt Research Award for Senior Scientists, Germany
  • 2007 Elected Member of the World Academy of Sciences
  • 2007 Doctor, Scientiarum Honoris Causa, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
  • 2008 The F.A. Cotton Medal Award
  • 2009 National Science Council Science Professional Gold Medal
  • 2010 Associate Fellow, European Molecular Biology Organization
  • 2012 The American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Award
  • 2012 Nikkei Asia Prize for Science, Technology and Innovation
  • 2014 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
  • 2015 Royal Society of Chemistry Robert Robinson Award
  • 2016 Einstein Lecturer, Israel Academy of Science
  • 2020 Industrial Technology Research Institute Laureate, Taiwan
  • 2021 Welch Award in Chemistry
  • 2022 Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists
  • 2022 Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis
  • 2022 National Taiwan University Distinguished Alumni Award
  • 2023 Israel Chemical Society Barry Cohen International Award
  • 2023 Federation of Asian Chemical Society (FACS) Foundation Lectureship Award