Distinguished Chair Professor, National Taiwan University
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A. (1972)
Professional Experience
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA-Johnson Space Center, Houston (1972-74)
Research Associate, Lunar Science Institute, Houston, U.S.A. (1974-76)
Universite de Rennes 1, France:
Professeur Associé (1976-81); Professor of Second Class (1981-85); Professor of First Class (1986-2003)
Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota, U.S.A. (1984)
Chairman, Institute of Geology, Universite de Rennes 1, France (1985-88)
NSC Full Research Professor, Academia Sinica (1987)
Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan (1994)
Chair Professor, National Taiwan University (2003-04)
Director and Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica (2004-10)
President, Chinese Union of Geosciences (2005-08)
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Elsevier (2006-present)
Advisor to KBSI (Korean Basic Science Institute) (2009-10)
Visiting Professor, Kochi University, Japan (2009-11)
Specialties
Earth Sciences
Awards and Honors
International Prize, Geological Society of Japan (2014)
Prix Prestwich, Geological Society of France (2013)
Knighthood, French Min. Education (June, 2008)–Chevalier, Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
Distinguished Chair, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (2003-08) and (2011-2016)
Chair Professor, National Taiwan University (2003-06)
Research Chair, National Science Council - Taiwan (2003-06)
Fellow, Geochemical Society, U.S.A. (2006-)
Fellow, European Association for Geochemistry (2006-)
Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America (2004-)
Fellow, Geological Society of America (2004-)
Honorary Professor, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. Beijing (1987-)
Honorary Professor, Jilin University, Changchun, China (1997-)
Honorary “Guest” Professorship: Institute of Geology, Chinese Acad. Sciences (Beijing; 1996); Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Guangzhou, China; 1998), University of Science and Technology of China (Hefei; 1999); Northwest University (Xi’an, China; 2001)
Honorary “Concurrent Professor”, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (2009)
Honorary Professor, Beijing SHRIMP Center, Institute of Geology, CAGS, Beijing (2009)
Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong (2012-2014)
Honorary Professor, Chinese University of Geosciences-Beijing (2014)