Chao-Han Liu 劉兆漢 Election Year 1998 Center for Sustainability Science, Academia Sinica
128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei 11529, Taiwan Tel: (02) 2787-2538 / Fax: (02) 2787-2534
Current Positions
Retired
Education
B.S. E.E. National Taiwan University (June 1960)
Ph.D. E.E. Brown University (June 1965)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois (1965-1993)
Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy, Lindau, Germany (1974)
National Science Council Visiting Chair Professor, National Taiwan University (1981)
National Science Council Visiting Chair Professor, National Central University (1989)
Scientific Secretary, Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)/ICSU (1981-1994)
President, Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP), International Council of Scientific Union (ICSU) (1994-1999)
President, Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU)(1994-1996)
Chairman, National Committee for URSI (1998-2003)
Chairman, Southeast Asian Regional Committee for START (SARCS) (2000—)
President, National Central University (1990-2003)
Director, College Entrance Examination Center (2003-2004)
Chancellor, University System of Taiwan (2003-2006)
Vice President, Academia Sinica (2006-2011)
Specialties
Radio Science, Space Communication, Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Awards and Honors
Special Achievement Award, IEEE-APS (Antenna and Propagation Society) (1968)
IEEE Fellow Award (1981)
Brown University Engineering Alumni Medal (1997)
Academician, Academia Sinica (1998)
Honorary President Award, SCOSTEP (2001)
Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)(2004)
Outstanding Alumni, National Taiwan University (2009)
Horace Mann Medal, Brown University (2012)
Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2012)