Education

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• B.S., Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1966
• Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Univ. of Ill., USA, 1973

Experience

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• Post-doctor, Department of Chemistry, SUN Yat Buffalo, 1973-1974
• Assistant Research Officer, National Research Council, 1974-1979
• Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1979-1981
• Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1981-2011
• Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Instfur Kolenforschung, 1985-1986
• Visiting Professor, LCM3B, Univ. Henri Poincaré, Nancy1, 1994;2007
• Director General, Department of Math & Physical Sciences, National Science Council, 1998-2001
• Dean, College of Science, National Taiwan University, 2002-2005
• Chairman, Crystallographic Committee, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1995-2003
• Secretary of Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA), 1990-1993
• Vice-president of AsCA, 1994-1996
• President of AsCA, 2002-2004
• Commission Member of "Charge, Spin and Momentum Density(CSMD)", IUCr, 1996-2005
• Commission Chair of CSMD, IUCr, 2005-2008
• Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, 2005
• Editor-in-chief, Journal of the Chinese Chemical Soc., 2006-2014
• Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan University, 2006-2011
• Honorary Member of Phi-Tau-Phi Honorary Scholastic Society, 2009－
• Distinguished Research Chair Professor, National Taiwan University, 2011
• Vice President, Academia Sinica, 2014-2016

Research Interests

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• Electron Density Distribution and Chemical Bonding
• Spin Crossover Phenomena / Light Induced Excited Spin State Trapping
• Molecular Magnets