Watkins Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, University of Kansas
Distinguished Research Chair Professor of Physics, National Taiwan University
Education
B.S. and M.S., Chemistry, National Taiwan University (1965), (1968)
D.Sc., Theoretical Physics, National Tsing Hua University (1971)
Ph. D., Chemical Physics, Harvard University (1974)
Professional Experience
Research Associate, Joint Institute for Lab. Astrophysics (JILA)(1974-1976)
J. Willard Gibbs Lecturer, Yale Univ. (1976-1978)
Assistant Professor (1978-81), Associate Professor (1981-1985), Professor (1985-1990), Watkins Distinguished Professor (1990—), Dept. of Chemistry , Univ. of Kansas
Director, Kansas Institute for Theoretical and Computational Science (1992-1996)
Director, Kansas Center for Advanced Scientific Computing (1996-2006)
Director, Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (CQSE), National Taiwan University (2008—)
Specialties
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Chemical Physics
Awards and Honors
J. Willard Gibbs Fellow (1976-1978), Yale University
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1980-1984)
JILA Visiting Fellow (1984-1985)
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (1987-1988)
Fellow, American Physical Society (1988)
Olin Petefish Award in the Basic Sciences (1988)
Watkins Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas (1990—)
Distinguished Alumnus, National Tsing-Hua University (2005)
Academician, Academia Sinica (2006)
Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)(2012)