Ming-Chang Lin 林明璋 Election Year 2000 Dept. of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
1001, Daxue Road, Hsinchu 300093, Taiwan Tel: (03) 573-1696 / Fax: (03) 571-2179
Current Positions
Chair Professor, Dept. of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
R.W. Woodruff Professor Emeritus, Emory University
Education
B.Sc., Taiwan Normal University (1955-1959)
Ph.D., University of Ottawa (1962-1965)
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa, Canada (1965-1967)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cornell University (1967-1969)
Research Chemist, US. Naval Research Laboratory (1970-1974)
Supervisory Research Chemist; Head, Chemical Kinetics Section, Naval Research Laboratory (1974-1982)
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. (1981/1-1988/8)
Visiting Scientist (Guggenheim Fellow), Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Munich, W. Germany (1982/10-1983/9)
Senior Scientist for Chemical Kinetics, Naval Research Laboratory (1982/6-1988/8)
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (Summer and Winter 1994)
The Japanese Ministry of Education Invited Visiting Professor, Institute for Molecular Science (1995/1-1995/8)
National Science Council (Taiwan) Distinguished Visiting Professor at National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan (2002/1-2004/12; 2005/6—)
Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Emory University (1988/9-2005/8)
TSMC Distinguished Professor (2005/8-2011/7)
Specialties
Physical Chemistry (Chemical kinetics, Combustion/propulsion chemistry, Materials Science, Renewable Energy Research, Ab Initio MO Calculations)
Awards and Honors
Hillebrand Prize, Chemical Society of Washington (1975)
Physical Sciences Award and elected fellow, Washington Academy of Sciences (1976)
Pure Science Award, Sigma Xi, NRL Chapter (1978)
Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award (1979)
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (1982-1983)
Alexander von Humboldt Award, Bonn, Germany (1982)
Taiwanese-American Foundation Prize for Science and Technology (1989)
Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award for Scientific Achievement, U.S. Navy (1998)