Professor

Education ​

• B.S. (Chemistry), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, August, 1969 – June, 1973.
• Ph.D. (Chemistry), University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, September, 1975 – August, 1979.

Employments​

• Contract Professor, Dept. Applied Chemistry & Inst. Molecular Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (2022/2−present)
• Chair Professor, Dept. Applied Chemistry & Inst. Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University from 2021/2) (2004/8−present)
• Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic & Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica (1988/4−2022/1)
• Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University  (1985/8−2004/7)
• Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University (1981/8− 1985/7)
• Research Associate, Aeronomy Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Environmental Research Laboratories (1979/9−1981/8)

Administrative  or Visiting Position

• Dean, College of Science, National Chiao Tung University (2005/8−2008/7)
• Director, Institute of Molecular Science, National Chiao Tung University (2004/8−2007/7)
• Director, NSC Regional Instrument Center at NTHU (1991−2003)
• Visiting Professor, Research Institute of Electronic Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan (2021/11-2025/3)
• Professor, International Faculty Solvation Science (IF) of RESOLV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2016/5−present)
• JSPS Research Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (2009/7−2009/9)
• Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, (2009/2−2009/5)
• Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, (2002/9−2002/11)
• Endowed Chair on Advanced Energy Engineering (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.), University of Tokyo, Japan (1997/1−1997/3)

• Presidential Science Prize, 2019.
• Masuhara Lectureship Award of the Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association, 2018.
• Pimentel Prize for matrix isolation, 2018
• Humboldt Research Award, Humboldt Foundation, Germany, 2016.
• Honda-Fujishima Lectureship Award of Japanese Photochemistry Association, 2016.
• 18th Chao-Ting Chang Lectures of Chao-Ting Chang Memorial Foundation, 2016.
• Fellow (The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, TWAS), 2011.
• 16th Excellent Academic Achievement Award, (The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China), 2011.
• APA Award (6th Asian Photochemistry Conference, New Zealand), 2010.
• JSPS Fellow (Japan), 2009.Academician (Academia Sinica), 2008.
• National Chair Professor (Ministry of Education, Taiwan), 1997-2000, 2000-2003.
• Outstanding Teaching Award (National Tsing Hua University), 1986 and 2000.
• Fellow (American Physical Society), 1999.  Citation: For developing and applying novel spectroscopic techniques for characterizing radical species, particular their kinetics and unstable structure
• Research Achievement Medal (The Chinese Chemical Society), 1996.
• Outstanding Scholarship (Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship, Taiwan), 1995-2000, 2003-2008, 2008-2013.
• Award for Outstanding Principal Investigators (National Science Council, Taiwan), 1995-1998, 1998-2001.
• Outstanding Research Award (National Science Council, Taiwan), 1989-1995.
• 16th Wu Shan-Liang Award, 1993.
• Scholar Award in Science (Ministry of Education, Taiwan), 1990.
• Chung-Shan Academic Research Award, 1988.