Topping the Nation Again - NTU Has Thirty one Professors Winning
National Science Council's Outstanding Research Award

The National Science Council of the Executive Yuan announced the winners of Its Outstanding Research Award in March. Among the 90 winners, NTU alone has thirty one seats, occupying a whopping 34% and topping the nation's academic institutions again! The NTU winners are (listed by the number of strokes in their last names): Dr. Ming-Whei Yu of the Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health; Dr. Ming-Zu Wang, Department of Physics; Dr. Guang-Yu Guo, Department of Physics; Dr. Jenn-Nan Wang, Department of Math; Dr. Tay-Sheng Wang, Institute of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies; Dr. Xiao-Gang He, Department of Physics; Dr. Kuo-Chuan Ho, Department of Chemical Engineering; Dr. Chung-Chih Wu, Department of Electrical Engineering; Dr. Chun-Chieh Wu, Department of Atmospheric Sciences; Dr. Pai-Chi Li, Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics; Dr. Chuan-Chou Shen, Department of Geosciences; Dr. Chun-Pin Lin, Department of Dentistry; Dr. Jaw-Town Lin, Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine; Dr. Kuang-Chao Fan, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Chi-Kuang Sun, Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics; Dr. Shang-Tzen Chang, School of Forestry and Resource Conservation; Dr. San-Lin Chung, Department of Finance; Dr. Luan-Yin Chang, School of Medicine; Dr. Lee-Ming Chang, School of Medicine; Dr. Wen-chang Chen, Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering; Dr. Chien-Chung Chen, Department of Psychology; Dr. Wei-Jen Chen, Institute of Epidemiology; Dr. Jo-Shui Chen, Department of History; Dr. Sheng-Syan Chen, Department of Finance; Dr. Jung-Kai Chen, Department of Math; Dr. Bin-Juine Huang, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Dr. Chen-Ying Huang, Department of Economics; Dr. Wan-Juine Liao, Department of Electrical Engineering; Dr. Din-Ping Tsai, Department of Physics; Dr. Ann-Lii Cheng, School of Medicine; Dr. Sung-Tsang Hsieh, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology. Altogether there are 31 professors winning the Outstanding Research Award.

Here are the brief introductions of the professors:

	Professor Ming-Whei Yu She is currently Professor of Epidemiology at the University. In 1991 she earned her doctorate from the Institute of Public health from National Taiwan University. Her research interest lies in the development and application of various biological markers of ethnic asymptomatic chronic hepatitis B infection and hepato-cellular carcinoma factors which allowed her to explore the natural history of B hepatitis. The value of her research has to do with the identification of high risk groups and the understanding of natural history and carcinogenetic metastasis. She has made tremendous contributions to preventive medicine.
	Professor Ming-Zu Wang He is currently Professor of Physics at the University. In 1993 he earned his doctorate from the University of Iowa. He is interested in elementary particle experiments, and his most important academic achievement in recent years was his participation in the high-energy research institutes in Japan(KEK), using a large number of B meson and anti-B meson to study the asymmetry of the decay of matter and anti-matter. He discovered B meson decay and the rare three-body baryon and anti-baryon decay.
	Professor Guang-Yu Guo Professor Guang-Yu Guo is now Distinguished Professor with tenure at NTU's Department of Physics. He earned his doctorate in Physics from Cambridge University in 1987. From August of 2009 he was on secondment to National Chengchi University as a Chair Professor and Director of the Institute of Applied Physics. Professor Guo has won the Outstanding Research Award from the National Science Council three times in a row, and his areas of specialization are solid state physics, first principle computational materials science, and plasmonic metamaterials. Professor Guo has published copiously in solid state physics and advanced materials, and his scholastic attainments are widely recognized internationally. In 2005, Professor Guo became an APS (American Physical Society) fellow owing to his academic contributions to computational solid state physics. In 2008, he was appointed as a member of the Computational Physics committee of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Professor Guo also led domestic scholars to implement national nano projects in two instances, wherein he played a pivotal role in promoting nano technological research, and in cultivating nano technological talents.
	Professor Jenn-Nan Wang Currently professor of mathematics at the University. He earned his doctorate in 1997 from Washington University. His research focuses on the inverse problem of partial differential equations. The inverse problems primarily explore how one can decide the unknown by the information observed. Through a mathematical model, many of these problems can be converted into partial differential equations.
	Professor Tay-Sheng Wang He is now a tenured professor by special appointment at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Legal Studies. He earned his doctorate from the University of Washington in Seattle. He was formerly a practicing lawyer, then he studied the legal history of Taiwan as a scholar. After revision, his doctoral dissertation which was written from a Taiwan legal point of view was published by Washington University Press in 2000 and became the first monograph in English on the Japanese colonial rule of law in Taiwan.
	Professor Xiao-Gang He Currently professor of Physics at the University. He acquired his doctorate in theoretical physics from University of Hawaii in 1987. In the area of theoretical physics, his specialization is theory of particle physics, cosmology, quantum mechanics and topological phase. From 1984 to now, he has published more than 200 SCI-indexed theses, of which 16 were published in the top notched "Physical Review Letters" and 4 were published in the "Rapid Communication" of "Physical review D."
	Professor Kuo-Chuan Ho Currently professor of Chemical Engineering at the University. He earned his doctorate from University of Rochester in 1986. His research interests are three fold: a) electrochemical technology and nano engineering; b) electro-chromic materials and components; c) solar energy conversion and photovoltaic cells. His research team has published over 140 SCI/EI indexed theses and owns 15 patents in Republic of China, the U.S. and Europe. At present his research team is cooperating closely with academia and industry both at home and abroad.
	Professor Chun-Chieh Wu Currently Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University. He earned his doctorae from Princeton University in 1997. Professor Wu is young and promising, and is dedicated to the teaching and research of organic oxide semiconductors, components, related displays, flexible electronics, lighting and energy technology. He has published about 10 SCI highly cited papers., In 2008 he received the Technology Transfer Award from the National Science Council, and so far he has transferred several OLED and oxide TFT technologies to the industry.
	Professor Chun-Chieh Wu Currently a professor by special appointment and head of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. He earned his doctorate from MIT in 1993. He is now the host of National Science Council's "Dotstar" program, leading the typhoon surveillance work of this nation. He has made important research achievement in typhoon dynamics theory, strategic observations and theory, the interaction between typhoon and terrains, etc., and has exerted his influence in related areas internationally.
	Professor Pai-Chi Li Currently professor by special appointment at the Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics. He earned his doctorate from Michigan University in 1994. He has received numerous award, and became an IEEE fellow in 2008. In recent years his research focused on high frequency ultrasound imaging technology for gene and drug research, nano- biomedical photo-accoustic technology and ultrasound controlled release technology for tumor therapy.
	Professor Chuan-Chou Shen Currently Associate Professor at the Department of Geosciences. He received his doctorate in Chemistry from National Tsinghua University in 1996. His major research achievement lies in breaking the limits of uranium/thorium dating method, and the application of the uraium/thorium dating method to the predictions of earthquakes, monsoons and tsunamis. His published researches include: using successfully developed dating technology to analyze the surface morphology of corals; complete reconstruction of the earthquake cycle over the last 7 centuries on the Ming Dawei islands in Sumatra; using cave stalagmites and high precision uranium and thorium dating method to completely reconstruct the high-resolution record of the Asian monsoon in the past 11 thousand and 17.5 thousand years; and, discovering the change of the surface area of rain forests is mainly brought about by the inter-tropical convergence zone swinging with the orbital cycles near the equator.
	Professor Chun-Pin Lin Currently professor and dean of the School of Dentistry. He earned his doctorate in Oral Biology from University of Minnesota in 1994. He conducts research on the betel nut culture of Taiwan the special chewing habits of Taiwanese nationals, and tries to find cures for vertical root fractures, dental etching and dental hypersensitivity. Many of the materials he developed has acquired patents in Taiwan, the U.S. and Japan. The Oral and Biomedical Materials Lab and the Nanotechnology Experiment Lab under his leadership carry out experiments that are the results of the combination of dentistry, cell biology , engineering, material science, physics, chemistry and nanotechnology.
	Professor Jaw-Town Lin Currently a professor by special appointment at the School of Medicine. In 2008 he was on a loan to I-Shou University to serve as the Dean of the School of Medicine. He has received the Outstanding Research Award from the National Science Council three times. The gastric cancer and helicobacter pylori research team under his leadership discovered that the infection rate of helicobacter pylori in Taiwan was 54.4%. For ten years Professor Lin tracked over 80,000 patients of gastric ulcer, and found that if the patients were treated with helicobacter pylori eradication method, their chances of getting gastric cancer would be significantly reduced. And the sooner the helicobacter pylori were eradicated, the better the results would be.
	Professor Kuang- Chao Fan Currently professor by special appointment at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He earned his doctorate from UK's University of Manchester in 1984. Professor Fan has received numerous awards. His major academic achievements include the improved precision CNC machine tools, precision micro nano technology and automated optical inspection equipment (AOI), etc.
	Professor Chi-Kuang Sun Currently professor by special appointment at the Institute of Photonics and Optoelectrionics. He acquired his doctoral degree in applied physics from Harvard University in 1994. He has received numerous awards, in 2009 he became an IEEE fellow. His research achievements include: leading the technical development of terahertz optical fibers, leading the development of terahertz photonic transmitter; demonstrating the world's first terahertz microchip, inventing the harmonic generation microscopy surgery techniques, the creation of ultrasound research, and proving for the first time that nano charged particles would engage in "dielectric resonance coupling" through quantified phonons quivering with electromagnetic waves.
	Professor Shang-Tzen Chang Currently professor by special appointment at the School of Forestry and Resources Conservation. He earned his doctorate from Virginia Tech in 1982. His major academic achievements include: the study of the mechanisms of the development and utilization of the health benefits of Taiwanese acacia extract components, the development and utilization of bio-active components of cinnamons, the development of environmentally friendly Green color protection agents, the development and utilization of bio-active components of Taiwanese incense cedars, and the development and utilization of the bio-active components of Taiwanese firs.
	Professor San-Lin Chang Currently professor by special appointment at the Department of Finance. He earned his doctorate from the University of Lancaster (U.K.) in 1998. Over the years Professor Chung's research focuses on the evaluation of derivative financial products, the exploration of hedging methods and the empirical study of the pricing of derivative financial products, etc. He places special emphasis on the American options and exotic options appraisal, the application of financial numerical methods and empirical study of the pricing of derivative financial products.
	Professor Luan-Yin Chang Currently associate professor at the Department of Pediatrics at the NTU affiliated Hospital. She acquired her doctoral degree from National Chang-Gung University in 2002. She won the 19th Ten Most Outstanding Young Women Award primarily because she was involved with the research of the characteristics of viruses and virus-related epidemics. She studied the pathogenesis and risk factors of how enterovirus 71 caused pulmonary edema and central nervous system infringement. Furthermore, she conducted researches on inflammatory cytokine gene type, serum epidemiology, and spread of the disease within the family based on clinical performance of the patients.
	Professor Lee-Ming Chuang Currently professor at the School of Medicine. He obtained his doctorate from the Institute of Clinical Medicine of NTU in 1987. Professor Chuang received many awards and honors, including National Science Council's Outstanding Research Award. His research team received grants from Ministry of Education's "In Pursuit of Excellence" Plan, and National Science Council's Genomic Medicine Plan. At present Professor Chuang mainly focuses on the human SORBS1 gene, the human APM 1 gene, PGR2 gene, and the CCRN4L (Nocturnin) gene.
	Professor Wen-Chang Chen Currently professor and director of the Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering. In 1993 he earned his doctoral degree from the University of Rochester. Over the last decade he was involved in polymer science research, and his research was divided into three areas: 1) the development and application of polymer semiconductor materials; 2) the synthesis, forms, and application of embedded copolymers 3) inorganic hybrid polymer optical materials. His research priorities include molecular design, synthesis preparation, microstructure morphology control optical and electrical property and production process simulation.
	Professor Chien-Chung Chen Currently professor of psychology at out university. He earned his doctorate from University of California (Santa Barbara) in 1996, and entered the Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute the same year, conducting research on the mathematical model of visual nervous system. In 1999 he learned neuroimaging techniques at the University of British Columbia. In 2003 he returned to Taiwan to teach at NTU, where he promoted neuro-imaging studies. So far his research achievements cover early vision, face recognition, as well as all levels of vision of objects.
	Professor Wei-Jen Chen Currently the Head of the Department of Public Health, professor of the Institute of Epidemiology and Vice Dean of the College of Public Health. His main research area lies in the genetic epidemiology of schizophrenia, systematically analyzing possible indicators of schizophrenia endophenotype. And he approaches this from community studies, clinical studies, family studies, twin studies, gene linkae analysis, detail orientation, and candidate gene molecular genetic studies.
	Professor Jo-Shui Chen Currently professor of History at the University. He earned his doctorate from Yale University in 1987. His major research areas are mid-ancient history of China and the history of Chinese thinking. He studied the change of thinking in mid to late Tang Dynasty, trying to figure out the nature, main causes, and dynamics of the tremendous change from the research of individual thinking, collective mentality analysis, history of ideas, the social history of thinking, and the study of knowledge groups.
	Professor Sheng-Syan Chen Currently a professor by special appointment at the Department of Finance. He received his doctorate from The New York State University (Buffalo) in 1995. He has won numerous awards. His academic innovations appeared in the areas of "corporate finance" and "investment." The former focuses on corporate investment, financing and cash payment policies, while the latter deals with new products, capital expenditures, strategic alliance and the effect on wealth of investment policies.
	Professor Jung Kai Chen Currently professor of Mathematics at our University. He acquired his doctorate from the University of California (Los Angeles) in 1997. Initially Professor Chen focused on abelian varieties and related diverse bodies, of which the dual rationalization of abelian variety had good results. In 1999, he received recognition by winning the Outstanding Research Award from National Science Council. From 2000, Professor Chen gradually expanded his research into discussing the geometrical problem of irregular variety of general type through the change of Fourier Mukai on top of the abelian variety.
	Professor Bin-Juine Huang Currently a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of our University. In 1976 he was a doctoral candidate at Case Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio. Professor Huang was involved with the study of energy system technologies, covering a wide range, including renewable energy (solar energy, solar power, PV, TEG, wind power, geothermal power, bio-mass energy, ocean energy) refrigeration technology (ultra-low temperature, jet, absorption, thermo-electrical cooling), LED lighting, system control, technology management, etc.
	Professor Chen-Ying Huang Currently professor at the Department of Economics. She earned her doctorate from Harvard University in 1999. Her major research area explores how to use economic theories to explain human behaviors. If theory and reality do not meet projections, she tries to offer an explanation that is more in line with reality by taking into consideration human psychological factors.
	Professor Wan-Jiune Liao Currently professor of Electrical Engineering at our University. She earned her doctorate from University of Southern California in 1997. Her major research area is to design and analyze internet protocols to support multimedia applications. For many years her trailblazing research in the multimedia applications of broadband and wireless networks received confirmation from IEEE so she was elected to IEEE fellowship in 1010. The research team led by her has achieved many technological breakthroughs that were leading the world.
	Professor Din-Ping Tsai Currently a professor by special appointment at the Department of Physics. In 1990 he earned his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. Professor Tsai has received numerous awards. In 2007 he became a fellow of the American Physics society with his specialty in nano photonics and opto-electronic physics. In 1990 he first published the research results of near field optics being measured in integrated optical waves. In 1994 he published the results of Raman spectroscope measurements of near field optics, and in the same year he was the first scholar to prove the quantum effect of local surface plasmon of scattered nano metal particles through the use of near field optical measurements, setting a precedent for the near field optical experiment of scatted nano particles.
	Professor Ann-Lii Cheng Currently professor by special appointment at the School of Medicine and Director of the Oncology Department of National Taiwan University. In 1994 he earned his doctoral degree from the Institute of Clinical Medicine of NTU. He achieved world-class fame by translating two books, "targeted therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma" and anti-biotic treatment of gastric lymphoma." In 2002 he first pointed out the feasibility of targeted therapy in treating liver cancer, and he vehemently promoted cross-national large scale clinical tests to prove his hypothesis. And, Professor Cheng was the first scholar to discover that MALTOma( mucosa-associated lymphoid issue lymnphoma) could be cured by using antibiotics.
	Professor Sung Tsang Hsieh Currently professor of the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology and physician at the Nerves Department of NTU Hospital. In 1993 he received his doctorate from the John Hopkins University in the United States. The research team led by Dr. Hsieh is one of the few research teams in this country that used skin biopsy to study skin innervations. And Professor Hsieh is the only member from Asia in the European Federation of Neurological Societies (established in 2009) which was comprised of top scholars from the world to study neurodegenerative diseases and peripheral neuropathy.