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Faculty The faculty members are composed of Academia Sinica (four institutes), National Taiwan University (two departments and one center), and National Tsing Hua University (one department).

Academia Sinica

• Institute of Chemistry
• Institute of Physics
• Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences
• Research Center for Applied Sciences

National Taiwan University

• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Physics
• Center for Condensed Matter Sciences

National Tsing Hua University

• Department of Engineering and System Science

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Institute of Chemistry
Dr. Yu-Tai Tao Ph.D., University of Rochester Self-assembled molecular films, opto-electronic materials, molecular electronic materials and devices
Dr. Kuang-Lieh Lu Ph.D., National Taiwan University Nanomaterials, Supramolecular materials
Dr. Jiann-T'suen Lin Ph.D., University of Minnesota Organometallic supramolecules, electroluminescent materials, NLO materials
Dr. Shin-Guang Shyu Ph.D., Ohio State University Organometallic chemistry, CVD, Catalysis
Dr. Chin-Ti Chen Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Organic opto-electronic materials
Dr. Ta-Shin J. Chow Ph. D., University of Cincinnati Physical organic chemistry
Dr. Shih-Sheng Sun Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton Supramolecular materials, Supramolecular catalysis, Luminescent materials
Dr. Chao-Ping Hsu Ph. D., California Institutes of Technology Theoretical Physical Chemistry, Quantum Chemistry, Theory and computation of electron transfer and energy transfer.
Dr. Yu-Ju Chen Ph.D., Iowa State University Proteomics, nanoparticle-based affinity mass spectrometry
Dr. Ling-Kang Liu Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin Ionic liquids: preparation/physical and chemical properties/applications in synthetic and catalytic reactions, Structural Chemistry
Dr. Chih-Hsiu Lin Ph.D., Caltech. Material Chemistry, Organic Synthesis
Dr. Ito Chao Ph.D., UCLA Computational chemistry, Quantum chemistry, physical organic chemistry
Dr. Wei-Hau Chang Ph.D., Stanford University Structural Biophysics, Cryo Electron Microscopy
Dr. Fen-Tair Luo Ph.D., Purdue University Metallo-Organic Chemistry, Advanced Materials,and Catalysis
Dr. Der-Lii M.Tzou Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology Self-assembly formation of A27L protein and the specific binding mechanism to heparin

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Dip-Pen Nanolithography System

ELS-7000 E-Beam Writer System

 

Institute of Physics
Dr. Maw-Kuen Wu Ph. D., University of Houston Superconductivity and Magnetism
Dr. Ting-Kuo Lee (NST Program Executive Director) Ph.D., Brown University High Temperature Superconductivity/ Nano-materials/ Protein structure and Protein folding/ Quantum Monte Carlo method
Dr. Chia-Seng Chang (NST Program Coordinator) Ph.D., Arizona State University Surface Science/ Quantum effects in low-dimensional systems/Nanostructure Sciences/ Development of SPM
Dr. Yeu-Kuang Hwu Ph. D., University of Wisconsin Madison Application Research of Synchrotron Radiation/ Photoelectron Spectromicroscopy Using Synchrotron Radiation
Dr. Ing-Shouh Huang Ph.D., Harvard University Semiconductor Physics/ Scanning Probe Microscopy/ Surface Atomic and Molecular Dynamics/ Mechanism of Epitaxial Growth
Dr. Wei-Bin Su Ph. D., National Tsing Hua University Surface Science/ Scanning probe microscopy/ Epitaxial growth of metal on semiconductor/ Nanoscience/ Observation of surface electronic structure
Dr. Yeong-Der Yao Ph.D., Clarkson University Magnetism/ Superconductivity/ Thin Films/ Nano-sized Structures and their Physical Properties
Dr. Yang-Yuang Chen Ph.D., University of California-Irvine Low Temperature Physics/ Low Temperature Specific Heat Heavy Fermion/ Nanoparticle/ Thermoelectricity
Dr. Chii-Dong Chen Ph.D., Chalmers University of Technology Single electron transistors/ Transport properties of nano-materials/ Superconducting and Ferromagnetic Nanostructures
Dr. Sungkit Yip Ph. D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Superconducting phenomena/ Quantum fluids/ Strongly correlated electron systems
Dr. Shang-Fan Lee Ph.D., Michigan State University Magnetism, Superconductivity, thin films
Dr. Keng-Hui Lin Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Soft condensed matter physics, nanomaterial assembly
Dr. Yung Liou Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University Films and Surface Physics
Dr. Chia-Fu Chou Ph.D., State University of New York Biophysics; Biophotonics; Nanobiotechnology; Micro/nanofluidics; Liquid Crystals
Dr. Horng-Tay Jeng Ph.D., National Tsing Hua University charge and orbital ordering in transition metal oxides; electronic structure of nano-related systems
Dr. Wen-Tau Juan Ph.D., National Central University Experimental Polymer Physics; Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Physics; Experimental Low Temperature Plasma Physics; Nonlinear Physics; Biophysics
Dr. Tien-Tzou Tsong Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Surface Physics; Atomic Resolution Microscopy; Surface Atomic and Molecular Dynamics; Nanostructured Materials and their Physical Properties; Mechanisms of Growth in Crystals and Epitaxial Films
Dr. Wei-Li, Lee Ph.D., Princeton University Transport properties in novel magnetic materials, Strongly correlated electronic systems, Spin transport in magnetic nanostructures, Spin electronics
Dr. Yeng-Long, Chen Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Polymer physics, Computer simulations of bio-macromolecule physics, Microscopic liquid state theory of colloidal and nano-particles, Dynamics of complex fluids

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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer

Laser Flash Apparatus for thermal diffusivity measurement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences
Dr. Yuh-Lin Wang Ph.D., University of Chicago Nanolithography, nanostructure physics, scanning probe microscopy
Dr. Ching-Ming Wei Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Surface Science/ Electron Holography/ Ab initio total energy calculation
Dr. Kuei-Hsien Chen Ph.D., Harvard University Nanomaterials, nanodevices
Dr. Shang-Bin Liu Ph.D., College of William and Mary Catalysis, NMR spectroscopy
Dr. Ker-Jar Song Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Surface morphology, thin film epitaxial growth
Dr. Chia-Chun Jay Chen Ph.D., Harvard University Preparation and characterization of nanostructures; Bio-labeling and biosynthesis using nanomaterials; Self-assembly of nanoparticles; Fabrication and application of nanomaterials in sensors; Studies of optical and electrical properties of nanostructures
Dr. Minn-Tsong Lin Ph.D., Max-Planck-Institute f. Microstructure Physics/ University of Halle,Germany Nanomagnetism, Spintronics
Dr. Huan-Cheng Chang Ph.D., Indiana University at Bloomington Biophysical Chemistry
Dr. Wei-Hua Wang Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Spin-dependent Phenomena in Nanodevices
Dr. Jer-Lai Kuo Ph.D., Chemical Physics, Ohio State University, USA Computational Physics/Chemistry, Multi-scale Simulation

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JEOL JEM-2100 Field Emission Transmission Electron Microscope

Nanoparticles & thin film system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Center for Applied Sciences
Dr. Yia-Chung Chang Ph.D., Caltech Electronic, optical, and transport properties of semiconductors and nanostructures, quantum transport properties, single-photon generators, spintroincs, and quantum computing
Dr. Pei-Lin Chen Ph.D., UC Irvine Nano imprinting, self-assembly, nonlinear nano-optics
Dr. Ji-Yen Cheng Ph.D., National Taiwan University Self-assembled bionanodevices, Addressable nanopattern
Dr. Chau-Hwang Lee Ph.D., National Taiwan University Nanometer resolution far-field optical microscopy, Soft x-ray source and applications in microscopy and lithography
Dr. Pei-Kuen Wei Ph.D., National Taiwan University Nano lithography/microscopy, nano integrated-optical devices
Dr. Jing-Jong Shyue Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University Nano-technology, nano-structures, 1-D nano blocks, synthesis and processing of functional materials, microcharacterization (electron microscopy and surface analysis)
Dr. Chih-Wei Chu Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Soft and hard materials on optoelectronics: Fabrication and characterization of optoelectronics and materials, Nanoscale covalent self-assembly applied to optoelectronics
Dr. Ming-Hwei Hong Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley New materials through novel epitaxy for new science and next generation devices, IIIV and GaN MOSFET, Quantum-Dot materials and devices
Dr. Min-Hsiung Shih Ph.D., University of Southern California (USC) Photonic crystal devices, lasers and waveguides, Chip-scale photonic integrated circuits, High-speed photonic devices, High-Q cavities for quantum communication
Dr. Kuo-Kan Liang Ph.D., National Taiwan University Ultrafast photo-induced electron transfer (PIET) in dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), Kinetic Ising model of protein structural dynamics
Dr. Chao-Cheng Kaun Ph.D., McGill University Computational molecular electronics, Transport theory in mesoscopic systems, Current-driven dynamics in nanomachines
Dr. Yi-Chung Tung Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Biomedical Micro/Nanodevice development, Micro/Nano-Electromechanical Systems (M/NEMS), advanced Micro/Nano Fabrication Techniques

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Laser Writer

Elionix ERA-8800 SEM/E-beam writer

Vibrating Sample Magnetometer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Department of Chemistry
Dr. Chung-Yuan Mou Ph.D., University of Washington Nanoporous Materials, Nanocatalysis, Biosensor with nanoparticles
Dr. Sheng-Hsien Chiu Ph.D., UCLA Synthetic Chemistry, molecular machines
Dr. Jwu-Ting Chen Ph. D., Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa Organometallic chemistry applied in organic synthesis, catalysis, & olefin polymerization, Inorganic chemistry, Bio-mimic coordination chemistry
Dr. Huan-Tsung Chang Ph.D., Iowa State University Analytical Chemistry
Dr. Ru-Shi Liu Ph.D., University of Cambridge Materials Chemistry
Dr. Yit-Tsong Chen Ph.D., University of Chicago Nanomaterials, nanodevices, nanosensors
Dr. Shie-Ming Peng Ph.D., University of Chicago Inorganic Chemistry, Crystallography

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Department of Physics
Dr. Ching-Ray Chang Ph.D., University of California Micromagnetics, Spin-dependent transport
Dr. Yang-Fang Chen Ph.D., Purdue University Nano-structured semiconductors
Dr. Chen-Yuan Dong Ph.D., University of Illinois Application of fluorescent nanoparticles for biological assay and imaging
Dr. Guang-Yu Guo Ph.D., University of Cambridge Theory of nanomaterials (nanotubes, nanoparticles, thin films, quantum dots and wires, giant molecules)
Dr. Din-Ping Tsai Ph.D., University of Cincinnati Nano-Photonics, Near-Field Optics
Dr. Minn-Tsong Lin Ph.D., Max-Planck-Institute f. Microstructure Physics/ University of Halle,Germany Nanomagnetism, Spintronics

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Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
Dr. Li-Chyong Chen Ph.D., Harvard University C- and N-based Nanomaterials via Chemical/Physical Vapor Deposition, Electron Microscopy
Dr. Cheng-Hsuan Chen Ph.D., Cornell University Transmission electron microscopy/ Electron energy-loss spectroscopy/ Phase transitions driven by electronic instabilities
Dr. Juen-Kai Wang Ph.D., Harvard University Innovative Spectroscopic Studies of Nanomaterials and Nanostructures
Dr. Hung-Hsiang Cheng Ph.D., Oxford University Si/Ge Nanostructures via MBE, Low-temperature and High-field Measurements

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Department of Engineering and System Science
Dr. Ji-Jung Kai Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison Nano-Materials and Devices, Nano-Structure Analysis, Grain Boundary Segregation, Radiation Damage In Materials
Dr. Chuen-Horng Tsai Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley Corrosion and Stress Corrosion, Plasma and Semiconductor Processing, Nano-Materials
Dr. Chin Pan Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Two-Phase Flow, Transport Phenomena In Semi-Conductor Manufacturing Processes, Thermal-Fluid Systems, Boiling Heat Transfer
Dr. Ching-Chang Chieng Ph.D., Virginia Polytech and State University Micro system, Heat Transfer, Turbulence Theory and Experiment, Engineering Computing
Dr. Fu-Rong Chen Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony-Brook High Resolution TEM, Nano-metrology, Solid/Solid Interface, Sub-micron IC Device Analysis
Dr. Chih-Hao Lee Ph.D., National Tsing Hua University Synchrotron Radiation application, Surface Science, Scattering and Diffraction
Dr. Fan-Gang Tseng Ph.D., University of California - Los Angels Micropipette for Nano-liter dosage application, Micro Unmanned Aeronautical Vehicle
Dr. Pai-Yi Hsiao Ph.D., University Paris VII, France Nanophysics, SolidState Physics, Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Dr. Kuei-Shu Chang-Liao Ph.D., NationalTaiwanUniversity VLSI Device; Flash Memory Devices; Nano-Electronics

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