Professional Interest

Biophysics; Structural Biology; NMR Spectroscopy in Solution and in Solid.

Curriculum Vitae

Educational Background

B.S.	1969 Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, ROC
Ph.D	1979 Physics, Brandeis Univ. (Advisor: A.G. Redfield), Waltham MA. USA
Postdoc	1979-1982 Nat'l Magnet Lab., M.I.T. Cambridge, MA. (Supervisor: R.G. Griffin)

Employment History

1982 - 1986	Assistant professor of Physics & adjunct assistant professor of Biochemistry, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA.
1986 - 1993	Associate professor of Physics and Member of the Center for Biotechnology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
1991 - 1996	National Science Council Special Medical Research Fellow, ROC (國科會特約醫學研究員)
1992 - 2008	Research Fellow and Coordinator, Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. ROC
1996 - 2004	Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University, ROC
2001 - 2003	Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, National Chung-Hsin University.
2002 - present	Professor, Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University.
1997 - present	Visiting Scientist, Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA., U.S.A.
2000 - present	Director, High-field NMR Core Facility of the National Research Program for Genomic Medicine (NRPGM), ROC
2007 - present	Director, Academia Sinica Instrument Center, Academia Sinica, ROC
2008 - present	Distinguished Research Fellow and Coordinator, Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Membership in Professional Societies

• American Biophysical Society

• American Protein Society

• Chinese American Chemical Society (CACS)

• Society of Chinese Bioscientists in American (SCBA)

• Chinese Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

• Biophysical Society of ROC

• Taiwan Magnetic Resonance Society

Honors, Awards or Recognitions

• Chinese Culture and Natural Science Scholarship; Rosenstiel Scholarship

• Ad hoc Member, NIH Study Section in Biomedical Instrumentation Program, 1983, 1985.

• Chair, Symposium in Modern NMR spectroscopy, 40th ACS Southeast Regional Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1988

• Coordinator of the NMR Subdivision, Chemistry Research Promotion Center of the National Science Council. (1995-1996)

• Council Member and Executive Secretary of the National Committee on International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics - Taipei, Taiwan (1994 - current).

• Founding Executive Secretary of the Biophysical Society of Taiwan Biophysical Society (1995 - 1997).

• Council Member, Taiwan Biophysics Society (1997 – current)

• Scientific Advisor, Department of Medical Research, Veterans General Hospital - Taipei (1995 - present)

• Member, International Advisory Board, XVIIIth International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS) Aug. 23-28, 1998, Tokyo, Japan

• Council Member, National Center for Theoretical Science – Biophysics Division, National Science Council (2002-2004)

• Member, International Advisory Board, XXth International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS) August 27, 2002, Toronto, Canada

• Session Chair, XXth International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS) August 27, 2002, Toronto, Canada

• Advisory Committee Member, Cross-Strait Biology-Inspired Theoretical Sciences–4 (BITS-4) conference

• Founding President, Taiwan Magnetic Resonance Society (2005 - 2007)

• President, International Advisory Board, Asian-Pacific NMR Conference Committee (2004-)

• President, Biophysics Society of ROC (207-2010)

• Conference Chair, 16th Conference for the International Society of Magnetic Resonance (16th ISMAR). October 14-19, 2007. Kenting, Taiwan (A major International NMR conference)

Publications and Talks

Patent

• US Provisional Patent Application No. 60/930,635
  Title: Structural and Epitopes Determination of a Blomia Tropicalis Allergen, Blo t 5, and Uses Therefor