院士簡歷

Division of Life Sciences

James C. Liao 廖俊智
Election Year 2014
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica
128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei 115201, Taiwan
Tel: (02) 2785-9986 / Fax: (02) 2785-9655

Current Positions

Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica

Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University (1980)
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin (1987)

Professional Experience

Research Scientist, Eastman Kodak Company (1987-89)
Texas A&M University:
Assistant Professor (1990-93); Associate Professor (1993-97), Chemical Engineering Adjunct Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Biophysics (1993-97)
University of California, Los Angeles:
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering:
Professor (1997-2016); Vice Chair (2002-07; 2009-12); Chancellor's Professor (2008-11); Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Chair Professor (2011-16); Chair (2012-16); Chair, Bioengineering Department (2015-16); Associate Director, NASA-UCLA Institute for Cell Mimetic Space Exploration (2003-07); Associate Director for Energy Research, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics (2007-15); Member, Molecular Biology Institute (2010-16); Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (2011-16)
Scientific Advisory Board Member, Gevo Inc. (2006-09)
Advanced Research Advisory Committee Member, Technology Advisory Committee Member, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan (2007-10)
Advisory Council Member, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (2012-16)
Consultant, CPC Green Energy Research Institute (2015)
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Braskem (2014-16)
Board Member, International Metabolic Engineering Society (2012-16)
Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica (2016)
President, Academia Sinica (2016-26)
Distinguished Research Chair Professor, Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University (2017- )
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA (2017- )
Chairman, Taiwan Artificial Intelligence Academy Foundation (2018- )
Chairman, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship, Taiwan (2025- )

Specialties

Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Bioenergy, Bioengineering

Awards and Honors

Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2002)
Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2006)
Merck Award in Metabolic Engineering (2006)
Charles Thom Award, Society for Industrial Microbiology (2008)
Marvin J. Johnson Award, Biochemical Technology Division, American Chemical Society (2009)
Alpha Chi Sigma Award for Chemical Engineering Research, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (2009)
James E. Bailey Award, Society for Biological Engineering (2009)
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, Academic Category (2010)
White House Champion of Change for Innovations in Renewable Energy (2012)
Member, National Academy of Engineering, USA (2013)
ENI Award Renewable Energy Prize, Italy (2013)
US National Academy of Sciences Award for the Industrial Application of Science (2014)
Academician, Academia Sinica (2014)
Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (2015)
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2015)
Novozymes Award for Excellence in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (2019)
Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) (2020)
The Samson-Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation in Alternative Energy and Smart Mobility for Transportation, Israel (2021)
The Gregory N. Stephanopoulos Award for Metabolic Engineering (2023)
Associate Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)(2024)
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) by the French government (2025)
Member, American Philosophical Society (APS)(2026)