Honorary Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University
Emeritus Scholar Chair, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC)
Education
B.S. in Electrophysics, National Chiao Tung Univ. (1968)
M.S. in Physics, Clemson University (1971)
Ph.D. in Physics, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (1975)
Professional Experience
Assist. Prof., Assoc. Prof., Professor (1975-1985), State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany (1981-1982)
Head (1986-1993), Users Division, Deputy Director (1995-1996), Director (2010-2014), Nat'l Synch. Radiation Research Center
Professor (1986—), Chairman, Dept. of Physics (1987-1990); Dean of R. & D. (1998-2004); Dean, College of Science (2004-2006), Vice President (2006-2010.07), National Tsing Hua University
Co-editor, Chin. J. Physics (1989-2004), Adv. Material Sci. & Tech. (1997-2001)
Member, Commission on Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter, IUPAP (1991-1995)
President, Physical Society of R.O.C. (1992)
Director General, Department of Natural Sciences (1993-1995), National Science Council
Councilor (1999-2010), Secretary/Treasurer, Asian Crystallographic Association (1999-2002)
Member, Academic Committee (2000-2008), Physical Society of R.O.C.
Consultant (2005-2008); Member (2008-2017), Commission on Synchrotron & XFEL Radiation, International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Chairman, The Crystallographic Committee (2005-2010)
Specialties
Condense Matter Physics and Crystallography
Awards and Honors
Outstanding Research Award in Physics, 1986-1994, National Science Council (NSC)
Sun Yat Sen Academic Award (1993)
Academic Award in Math. & Natural Sciences, Ministry of Education (1997)
National Chair in Math. & Natural Sciences, Ministry of Education (1999-2005; lifelong honor)
Tung Yuan Award in Science & Technology: Mechanics/Materials/Energy (2005)
Chair Professor, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (2006-2010)
B. E. Warren Diffraction Physics Award, American Crystallographic Association (2009)
Hou Chin-Duei Outstanding Honorary Award (Basic Science, 2010)
Distinguished Research Fellow (1996-2002); Senior Distinguished Research Fellow, NSC (2002)
Tsing Hua Professor (Chair) of Natural Sciences; Tsing Hua Distinguished Chair (2006-2011), Honorary Chair Professor (2012—)
Fellow, Physical Society of R.O.C. (1993)
Elected Member, Asian Pacific Academy of Materials Science (2003)
Fellow, American Physical Society (2007)
Distinguished Alumnus, National Chiao Tung University (2001), Chair Professor (2012), Tien C.-P. Lecture (2014)
Academician, Academia Sinica, R.O.C. (2010)
Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)(2011)