Current Appointments

Full Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Saudi Arabia

Education

• BA of Chemistry, National Taiwan University / 1994 (Ranking 2/48)


• MSc of Chemistry, National Taiwan University / 1996 (Ranking 1/44)


• D.Phil of Condensed Matter Physics, Oxford University / 2006

Experience

·         Process Engineer / TSMC (Taiwan) / Oct 1997 – Jul 1999

• Senior R & D Engineer, TSMC (Taiwan) / Jul 1999 – Jun 2002


• Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) / Jun 2006 – Dec 2009


• Associate Professor, Academia Sinica (Taiwain) / Feb 2010 – Apr 2014


• Full Professor (Tenured), Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica (Taiwan) / May 2014 – Jul 2014


• Associate Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia) / Aug 2014 – Jul 2016


• Full Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia) / Aug 2016 – present 

Editorial Activities

• Main Editor, FlatChem (Elsevier) / commenced 2017 / Impact factor not yet available


• Editorial Board, npi 2D Materials and Applications (Nature Publishing Groups) / 2016 – present / impact factor not yet available


• Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) / 2015 – present / Impact factor 5.578


• Associate Editor, Nanoenergy Technologies and Materials (EPFL Pub.) / 2014 – present / Impact factor not yet available

Awards and Acknowledgements

• Wu Ta Yu Awards (NSC, Taiwan) / 2013


• Asian Rising Star (15th Asian Chemical Congress, Singapore) / 2013


• Academia Sinica Research Award (Taiwan) / 2013


• Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers (Germany) / 2011


• Career Development Award (Academia Sinica, Taiwain) / 2010


• Tan Chin Tuan Fellowship (Singapore) / 2009


• Yeh HL Scholarship Award (London) / 2005


• Trends in Nanotechnology 2004 conference “Best Poster Award” / 2004


• Swire scholarship for PhD study at Oxford University / 2002-2005


• Overseas Research Student Award (UK) / 2002-2005


• Applied Materials – TSMC Appreciation Award (Applied Materials, USA) / 2001


• TSMC Fab5 Excellent Engineering Contribution Prize (ranked 1st) / 1999


• Graduate student represents National Taiwan University / 1995


• Y.T. Lee Chemistry Scholarship (Taiwan) / 1990-1994


• President’s Award of National Taiwan University / 1990 and 1994