Lih J. Chen 陳力俊 Election Year 2006 National Tsing Hua University
101, Sec. 2, Kuang Fu Road
Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: (03) 573-1166
Current Positions
Distinguished Research Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University
Education
B.S., Physics, National Taiwan University (1968)
Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Berkeley (1974)
Professional Experience
Chancellor, University System of Taiwan (2020-)
President, National Tsing Hua University (2010-2014)
Deputy Minister, National Science Council (2008-2010)
Chairman of the Board, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (2008-2010, 2012-2018)
Vice Chancellor, University System of Taiwan (2006-2008)
Associate Professor (1977-1979), Professor (1979-present), Director and Chairman (1982-1984), Department of Materials Science and Engineering(1999-2005), Dean, College of Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
Research Associate, Materials Department, University of California, Los Angeles (1974-1977)
President, Association of East Asian Research Universities (2012-2013)
President, Phi-Tau-Phi Honor Society (2012-2013)
Founding President, Chinese Federation of Materials Societies in Taiwan (1998-9199)
President, Chinese Society for Materials Science (1995-1999)
President, Microscopy Society, Taiwan (1999-2001)
Second Vice President, International Union of Materials Research Societies (1999-2001)
Editor, Materials Chemistry and Physics (1992-2003)
Specialties
Engineering Sciences, Applied Physical Sciences
Awards and Honors
Member, Russian International College of Engineering (2013)
Fellow, Materials Research Society (MRS) (2011)
Electronics and Photonics Division Award, Electrochemical Society (2010)
Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (2009)
William Hume-Rothery Award, The Mineral, Metallurgy and Materials Society (2008)
Distinguished Chair Professor, National Tsing-Hua University (2006—)
National Chair Professor, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (1998-2001,2001-2004, lifetime honor)
Outstanding Scholarship Foundation Award (1998-2003, 2006-2011)
Tsing Hua Chair Professor of Engineering (2003-2006)
Fellow, American Vacuum Society (2001)
Member, Asia-Pacific Academy of Advanced Materials (1998)
Award for Outstanding Principal Investigators, National Science Council, Taiwan (1995-2001)
Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (1985-1995)
Scholarship Award in Engineering, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (1986)
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Foundation Outstanding Research Award (1991)
Hsu You-Hsiang Foundation Chair in Nanotechnology (2006)
Tung-En Foundation Science and Technology Award on Advanced Materials (2001)
Peng Wen-Yuan Foundation Award on Outstanding Contribution to Electronics Research (one award each year) (1999)
The Ho Chin Tui Award (1993)
Lu Tze-Hung Materials Science Medal (highest honor, one award each year), Chinese Society for Materials Science (1993)
Life-time Achievement Award, Taiwan Association of Coating Technology (2018)