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  • Introduction
    President James C. Liao             

    President James C. Liao            

    Awards , Honors and Significant Research           
    Personal Webpage            

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

    Introduction 

    Dr. James C. Liao, President, Academia Sinica, is a pioneer in Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, and Systems Biology. He received his BS degree from National Taiwan University and PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison. After working as a research scientist at Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, he started his academic career at Texas A&M University in 1990 and moved to UCLA in 1997. He received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (2010), the White House “Champion of Change” for innovations in renewable energy (2012), the ENI Renewable Energy Prize bestowed by the President of Italy in 2013, and the 2014 National Academy of Sciences Award for the Industrial Application of Science, the 2021 Samson Prime Minister’s prize for innovation in alternative energy and smart mobility for transportation, and the Gregory N. Stephanopoulos Award for Metabolic Engineering in 2023. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the American Philosophical Society, and Academia Sinica in Taiwan. He is an Associate Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), a Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

     

    Experience  

    2016-date: President, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.            
    2015-2016: Chair, Bioengineering, UCLA.            
    2012-2016; Chair, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA.            
    2002-2012: Vice Chair, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA.            
    2007-2015: Associate Director for Energy Research, UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics.            
    2013-2016: Professor (joint appointment), Department of Bioengineering, UCLA.            
    2011-2016: Professor (joint appointment), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA.            
    1997-2016: Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA.            
    1993-1997: Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University.            
    1990-1993: Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University.            
    1987-1990: Research Scientist, Life Science Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York.            
    1980-1982: Military Service, Taiwan.            

     

    Interview
    Taiwan Panorama Magazine ,December, 2018

    Welcoming In the Public—The Academia Sinica at 90

    Looking to the future, President James C. Liao says, “I hope that scientists doing basic research will feel a sense of mission.” He adds, “First you must let your academic peers and colleagues know that your research has value, is forward-looking, and is creative. Second, you must be responsible to taxpayers, and take the initiative to explain the importance and significance of basic research. Third, you must have a sense of mission for humanity. I hope we can do in-depth research to solve problems facing all of mankind, such as global warming, climate change, and long-term care for the elderly.”

    Taipei Times 11, June, 2018

    Academia Sinica president plans for low-carbon future

    The concepts of carbon neutrality and a low-carbon society could help reduce air pollution and lower the nation’s carbon footprint, which requires transitioning to cleaner sources of energy, Academia Sinica President James Liao said in an interview with ‘Liberty Times’ (sister newspaper of the ‘Taipei Times’) staff reporters Chien Hui-ju and Jennifer Huang

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