院士簡歷

Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

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