Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley (1976)
Professional Experience
Undergraduate, College of Sciences, National Taiwan University (1966-70)
Graduate Research (1971-76), Department of Molecular Biology; Graduate Student (1972-76), Laboratory of Dr. Peter Duesberg; Postgraduate Research Molecular Biologist (1976-77), Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at Berkeley
Postdoctoral Fellow (1977-79), Laboratory of Dr. Hidesaburo Hanafusa; Assistant Professor (1979-85), Associate Professor (1985-88), The Rockefeller University
Associate Professor (with tenure) (1988-92), Professor (with tenure) (1992-2009), Department of Microbiology; Professor (1999-2004), Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center; Professor (2004-2009), Department of Oncological Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Distinguished Investigator and Director, Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institute (2008—)
Acting Vice President, National Health Research Institutes(2012-2013)
Vice President, National Health Research Institutes (2013-2014)
Joint Professor, National Central University (2009—)
Chair Professor, Chinese Medical University (2010—)
Joint Professor, National Tsing Hua University (2011—)
Adjunct Professor, National Taiwan University (2011—)
Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University (2012—)
Specialties
Oncogenes, cell transformation and signal transduction
Awards and Honors
1969 Coupon Award for undergraduate study, National Taiwan University
1977 Damon-Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Fund Postdoc Fellowship
1979 Scholar of American Leukemia Society (declined)
1979 American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award (declined)
1979-1984 NIH Research Career Development Award
1996-1997 President, Tri-State Chapter, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America
1998 Honorary Professor, Peking Union Medical College
2010-2014 President, The Chinese Society of Cell and Molecular Biology
2012 Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
2013 Taiwan Breast Cancer Foundation, Outstanding Investigator Award in Breast Cancer Research