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Vice President Mei-Yin Chou 

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Education 
1986 Ph.D., Physics,University of California, Berkeley 
1983 M.S., Physics, University of California, Berkeley 

Introduction 
　　Dr. Mei-Yin Chou works in the field of theoretical condensed matter physics, with her research focusing on the electronic properties of novel materials of fundamental and technological interest. In the past few decades, she has established herself as one of the leading figures in first-principles electronic-structure calculations. Dr. Chou received her Ph.D. in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1986. After working for Exxon Research and Engineering Company in New Jersey as a postdoctoral fellow, she accepted a faculty position at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1989, earning promotion to Associate Professor in 1993 and to Professor in 1998. In addition, she served as the ADVANCE Professor of Science at Georgia Tech from 2002-2006, and Chair of the School of Physics from 2005-2010. She became the Director and a Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences at Academia Sinica in January 2011, and an Adjunct Professor at National Taiwan University in August of the same year.

　　Dr. Chou was a recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship from 1990 to 1992, the David and Lucile Packard Fellowship from 1990 to 1995, and the Presidential Young Investigator Award from National Science Foundation from 1991 to 1996. In addition, she was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2002, the Taiwan Outstanding Woman Scientist Award in 2013, Academician of Academia Sinica in 2014, and Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2019. Dr. Chou has organized several important international conferences in the U.S. as well as in Taiwan, and has served on the editorial board of the UK journal Reports on Progress in Physics since 2008. She was also elected to serve as an officer in the Division of Computational Physics of the American Physical Society (APS), first as Secretary/Treasurer and later as Chair of the Division in 2008. For a summary of her research achievements, please refer to the following website.

 

Vice President Tang K. Tang

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Education
1984-1988, MPh/PhD, Human Genetics, Yale University
 

Introduction
　　Dr. Tang K. Tang received his doctoral degree in human genetics from Yale University, and then entered the Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University as a postdoctoral researcher. In 1989, he was recruited back to the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica as an Associate Research Fellow, and later promoted to the positions of Research Fellow and Distinguished Research Fellow. His research interest is to explore the biogenesis and function of centrosomes/centrioles and cilia in cells, and their association with brain development and neurodevelopmental disorder (human microcephaly). His laboratory is the world’s first lab to isolate the centrosome/centriole gene (CPAP), determine the functional domains of CPAP protein, and decipher the initial role of Myosin-Va in ciliogenesis.

　　Dr. Tang was elected as an academician of Academia Sinica in 2022, and has earned numerous awards, including The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society Member, National Science and Technology Council Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Education Academic Award, Wang Ming-Ning Outstanding Research Award, and Academia Sinica Investigator Award. Dr. Tang has served as the convener of the Taiwan International Graduate Program (Molecular Medicine), the deputy director of Institute of Biomedical Sciences, the deputy executive secretary and executive secretary of the Central Academic Advisory Committee, Academia Sinica, and the director of the Consultant Office of the Ministry of Education.

 

Vice President Shin-Kun Peng 

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Education 
1985-1989 Ph.D., Regional Science, Department of Regional Science, University of Pennsylvania 

Introduction 
　　After graduating from the National Cheng Kung University, Dr. Shin-Kun Peng obtained his Ph.D. in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989. His research focuses on regional economics, industry economics, and global trade. Over the past decades, Dr. Peng has performed distinguished work in research, teaching, and administration.

　　Dr. Peng’s career has been noteworthy for his pursuit of academic excellence. He received the Taiwan National Science and Technology Council’s Academic Research Award in 1993, the Academic Research Award from the Taiwan Institute of Urban Planning in 2003, the Taiwan Industrial Economics Award from the Taiwan Economics and Industry Association in 2005, the National Science and Technology Council’s Distinguished Research Award in 2007, the Award for Outstanding Academic Research from National Taiwan University in 2009, the Research Achievement Award (Social Science) from Taiwan’s Ministry of Education in 2009, the Investigator Award from Academia Sinica in 2016, the Distinguished Research Award on Economic Policy Research from the Taiwan Economic Association (TEA) in 2016 (joint award with Kamhon Kan and Ping Wang), and the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Taiwan Economic Association in 2018.

 　　Dr. Peng has served as Joint-Appointment Professor of Economics (2003-2022) and Professor of Building and Planning (2002-2016) at National Taiwan University, and Professor of Economics (2009-) at National Cheng Kung University. In 2013, he served as the executive secretary of two Academic Sinica policy research groups, working closely with prominent Taiwanese scholars to advise the government. The research groups’ collective efforts resulted in the policy proposals “Tax Reform,” and “Economic Competition and Growth in Taiwan.”

　　 Dr. Peng also has significant experience in academic administration, serving as Deputy Director (2001-2004) and Director (2007-2013) of the Institute of Economics, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Central Advisory Committee (2006-2007), the Secretary-General of Academia Sinica (2017-2024) and Advisory Committee Member of the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences at Academia Sinica. Dr. Peng has also served as Convener of the Regional Science and Geography Discipline and Committee Member in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Science and Technology Council. In addition, he was an Executive Committee member of the Ministry of Education’s Academic Review Committee (2010-2011), and has served as President of the Chinese Regional Science Association-Taiwan (CRSA-T), President of the Taiwan Economic Association, and President of the Chinese Economics Association in North America (CEANA).