Distinguished Chair Professor / National Tsing Hua University
Director / Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University

---

 

 

EDUCATION AND POSITIONS HELD:

• 2014-present  Tsing Hua Distinguished Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• 2014-present  Dean, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• 2014-present  Academician, Academia Sinica
• 2013-present  Scientific Advisory Board member, Center for Brain Activity Mapping at UCSD
• 2013-present  Scientific Advisory Board member, Cold Spring Harbor Conferences Asia, China
• 2011-present  International Faculty, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind (KIBM) at the University of California, San Diego, USA.
• 2010-present  Adjunct Chair Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
• 2008-present  Adjunct Research Fellow, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica
• 2007-present  Tsing Hua Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• 2006-2008  Adjunct Professor, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
• 2005  Chair of Biological Science Panel, National Science Council, Taiwan
• 2005-present  Adjunct Professor, Department of Life Science, National Central University, Taiwan
• 2004-present  Director, Brain Research Center, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• 2002-2008  Director, Institute of Biotechnology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• 2001-2002  Visiting Scientist, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
• 1997  Visiting  Professor, Neurobiology Laboratory, CNRS, France
• 1997-present  Professor, Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• 1994-2005  Advisor of EM Center, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• 1992-1997  Associate Professor, Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University
• 1990-1992  Postdoc, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
• 1990  Ph.D. in Entomology, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
• 1983  M.S. in Plant Pathology and Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC
• 1981  B.S. in Entomology, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, ROC

HONORS:

• 2013, 2010, 2004  Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan.
• 2012  Published Taiwan’s first "Science" full article.
• 2012  AEARU Distinghuished Lecture 
• 2012  TWAS Prize in Biologoy 
• 2012  Hou Jindui Distinguished Honor Award 
• 2011-2016  Academic Summit Project, NSC 
• 2009  The Fifty Scientific Achievements, NSC 50th anniversary 
• 2008  Teco Award of Teco Technology Foundation 
• 2008  Outstanding Contributions in Science & Technology, Executive Yuan
• 2008  HuiSun Chair of National Chung Hsing University 
• 2007  Published Taiwan’s first "Cell" paper
• 2007  Outstanding Scholar Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship 
• 2007  Sun Yat-sen Academic Award 
• 2007  Distinguished Alumnus of National Chung Hsing University
• 2007  Academic Award of Ministry of Education 
• 1990  First place in the Student Paper Competition, Eastern Branch of Entomological Society of America 62nd Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA
• 1989  Radclyffe B. Roberts Scholarship, Department of Entomology, Rutgers Univ, USA
• 1987  homas J. Headlee Fellowship, Department of Entomology, Rutgers Univ, USA

RESEARCH INTERESTS: 

Connectomics, Behavioral neurogenetics, Bioimaging

We aim to understand how genes and circuits orchestrate complex behavior in Drosophila. Three main approaches are taken: (i) to construct a brain-wide wiring diagram at single-cell resolution; (ii) to manipulate specific nodes in the circuits for understanding how brains encode and decode information; and (iii) to develop innovative technologies for functional connectomic research.