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Introduction

 

 

Yang-Yuan Chen
Senior Research Fellow
Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
cheny2@phys.sinica.edu.tw
Tel: 886-2-2789-6725
Fax: 886-2-2783-4187
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

 

 

 

I. Degrees：

B.S.                       Department of Physics, Soochow University                         1977

M.S.    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine,      1983

Ph.D.   Department of Physics and Astronomy,University of California, Irvine,       1987

Postdoctoral Researcher                     University of Rochester                           1988

 

II. Present Position：

Senior Research Fellow, Physics, Academia Sinica               1993-

Professor, Joint Appointment, National Chung Shing Univ.      2005-

Professor, Joint Appoint, National Chengchi Univ.                  2008-

President, Taiwan Thermoelectricity Society.                        2019-

Council member, Asia Thermoelectricity Society.                  2019-

Editor, Chinese Journal of Physics.                                      2019-   

 

III. Professional Experience： 

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Physics Soochow University,                                       1979-1980

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Irvine, Physics,                                     1983-1987

Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, 1987-1989

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica,                           1989-1993

Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Fu-Jen University,                                        1990-1994

Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Soochow University,                                     1990-1995

Visiting Scholar, University of California, Irvine, Physics,                                           1994-1995

Guest Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab. Material Science &Technology,                 1995

Professor, Joint appointment, Dept of Physics, Soochow University,                          1995-2009

Executive Secretary, Applied Science and Engineering Center, AS,                            1996-1997

Professor, Joint appointment, Physics, National Central University,                             1998-2000

Professor, Joint appoint, Electrical Eng, National Taiwan Ocean Univ,                         2003-2006

Professor, Joint appointment, Dept of Physics, Tung-Hai University,                            2005-2008

Taiwan International Science Competition Committee,                                                2008

Chinese Physics Association, Academic Committee,                                                  2008-2009

Professor, Joint appointment, Dept of Physics, National Normal University,                  2008-2009

Deputy Director, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica,                                              2009-2016

Chinese Physics Association, Physics Master for High School Education,                    2012

 

IV. Research Interest：

Low temperature physics, high-pressure and calorimetry, heavy Fermion, nanoscience and nanotechnology, thermoelectrics, renewable energy, biophysics

 

V. Membership：

American Physical Society since     1989-

Chinese Physical Society since       1989-

Taiwan High Pressure Association,  2018-

Neutron User Committee of NSR,    2019-

Taiwan Thermoelectricity Society,    2019-

 

VI. Academia Award and Honor：

1. National Science foundation excellence research award, ranking A, 1990-2004

2. 科技部研究計畫執行獎助  1990-2016

3. Academia Sinica Research Performance Award ,1990-2008, 2019

4. Academia Sinica Representative Publication, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016

5. Academia Sinica Outstanding Research Award , 11 times in past 12 years.  2009-2018, 2020

6. Outstanding Alumnus / Soochow University, 2010

7. 2019 Future Technology (FUTEX) Award" of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 2019

8. 17th Taiwan National Innovation Award, 2020

 

VII. Council and Committee：

1.  Executive Secretary, Academia Sinica Applied Science and Engineering Center, 1996-1997

2. Review Advisory Committee, Minister of Education, 2001-2003

3.  Text Book Review Committee, Minister of Education, 2001-2008

4. Delegate for Energy Affair, 23rd National Scientific Consulting Committee, Executive Yen 2002

5. Executive Committee of Core facility of Academia Sinica, 2005-2017

6. Panel Board, Chinese Physical Society, 2008-2009

7. Professor Promotion Advisor, Minister of Education, 2010-2012

8.  Advisory Committee, Minister of Science and Technology, 2013-2015     

9. Committee, Chinese High Pressure Society, 2018-2019

10.3. Committee, NSRRC Neutron User 2018-2019                                   

11. President, Taiwan Thermoelectric Society 2019

12. Asia Thermoelectric Society Committee, 2019-

13. Food and Drug Administration Evaluation Committee, 2019-2020         

 

VIII. Project PI：

1. National nanoscience and nanotechnology project, MOST, 2005-2008

2. Academic Sinica thematic project of fire ant eradication, 2005-2006

3. Academic Sinica top-down project (assigned by A.S. President Yuan-Tseh Lee)- fire ant eradication, with goal to eradicate the exotic species in Taiwan, 2005-2006

4. National nanoscience and nanotechnology of quantum effects of thermoelectric nanostructured materials, MOST, 2007-2010

5. National nanoscience program of high ZT thermoelectric materials, MOST, 2010-2013

6. Academic Sinica thematic project of thermoelectric materials I, 2011-2013

7. Proposed an Academic Sinica top-down project to A.S. President Chi- Huey Wong)- thermoelectrics for newable energy, 2011-

8. National Science and Technology Development Fund of the Executive Yuan, 2013-2017

9. Academic Sinica thematic project of thermoelectric materials II, 2014-2016

10. National nanoscience and nanotechnology project, MOST, 2015-2018

11. Academic Sinica thematic project of thermoelectric materials III, 2017-2019

12. Academic Sinica thematic project of thermoelectric materials, IV,2020-2022

13. Academic Sinica top-down project (assigned by A.S. President Liao) -carbon separation from methane with goal to reduce at least 5% of CO2 emission in Taiwan, 2021-

  • >38 personal research projects, MOST, 1989-2021

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    IX. Set up a lab for Phys：

    1. Lowtemp lab                                    1989

    2. IOP Machine Shop Equipment           1992

    3. Magnetic lab                                    1993

    4. X-Ray                                              2000

    5. Liquefier system Shop                       2007

     

    X. Patent：

    1. US patent 6.480.093 (2002): "Composite film resistors an method of making the same".

    2. Taiwan patent I264286 (2006): " Fire ant eradication device using high-pressure heated gas pulses and method thereof ".

        高壓脈衝熱氣流消滅紅火蟻之裝置及方法

    3. Taiwan patent 095116480 (pending, 2006): " The method of liquid nitrogen ground freezing for underground sewer jack-piping”.

       液氮冰凍止水技術於地下汙水管推進工程之應用

    4. Taiwan patent 095135041: " The detection and eradication of fire ants using trained dog and gas chromatography spectrometers”. 

       偵測紅火蟻之方法

    5. US patent US 20180204992A1(2018/7): Apparatus and method for enhancing Figure of Merit in composite thermoelectric materials with silicate aerogel

    6. Taiwan patent I628816 (2018/7): APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING FIGURE OF MERIT INCOMPOSITE THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS WITH AEROGEL

      藉由氣凝膠增強優值係數之複合熱電材料之裝置和方法

    7. Euro patent: EP 18151892.9 Apparatus and method for enhancing Figure of Merit in composite thermoelectric materials with aerogel, 2019

     

    XI. Technology Transfer and Cooperation：

    1. Technology transfer to the spin-off company

    (a) 蒙斯特農研有限公司/ Taiwa中央研究院覽號： 02T-1041201-1C,2015-

    (b) 蒙斯特農研有限公司/ Taiwan中央研究院覽號： 02T-1041201-1C, 2015-

    (c) Taoyuan International Airport, NT$9,000,000 (2015-2018)

    (d) Taipei Songson International Airport, NT$9,000,000 (2016-2019)

    (e) Taoyuan Navy base, NT$9,000,000 (2017-2019)

    (f) Local governments, farmers and amusement garden etc, on going2013-2018

    2. Cooperation with卓韋光電股份有限公司2010-2013

    3. Cooperation with 工研院 2011-2013

    4. Cooperation with食品藥物管理署2015-2019

    5. Technology transfer to菱光科技股份有限公司,中研院覽號：02T-1041028- 1C, 2016

    6. Technology transfer to菱光科技股份有限公司, 中研院覽號02T-1041028- 1Cb, 2017

    7. Technology transfer to中油綠能研究所, 2017-2018

    8. Technology transfer to菱光科技股份有限公司,中研院覽號02T-1041028- 1Cc, 2018

     

    XII. Instrumentation：

    1. Low-temperature microcalorimeter,                                           1991

    2. Home-made SQUID for T> 0.4 K,                                             2000

    3. Thermal conductivity-thermal power measurement system,         2002

    4. High-pressure microcalorimeter,                                                2006

    5. 3ω-thermoconductivity and specific heat system for nanowires,   2007

    6. Nano-Calorimetry,                                                                    2019

     

    XIII. Plenary and Invited Lecture：

    Plenary lectures：

    1. Taiwan-Japan Thermoelectric technology workshop, Taipei, 4/22, 2013

    2. 2nd International Conference on Frontiers in Nano Science, Technology and Applications, Andhra Pradesh, India, 12/20-22, 2014

    3. Leading talk, 4th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering and Application (ICSEEA 2016), Jakarta, Indonesia, 10/3-5, 2016

    Invited lectures：

    1. RIKEN-Taiwan workshop on Nano-Science & Nano-technology, Tokyo, Japan,Oct 9-10,2002

    2. 8th Temperature Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 21-24, 2002

    3. The Sixth Taipei Symposium on Surfaces, Thin Films and Nano Sciences, 8/17-19,Taipei, Taiwan ,2004.

    4. Symposium on Science and Facility in High Magnetic Field, Taipei, Taiwan 8/12-14,2006

    5. Fire ant conference, Gainesville, USA,4/23-26,2007

    6. TEMPMEKO, Calgary, Canada,5/21-25,2007

    7. Special lecture on innovative research- quantum size effects in heavy fermion nanoparticles, Natural Science Newsletter 2007/11

    8. The 7th International Conference on Semiconductor Micro- and Nanoelectronics (ICSMN-09), Armenia, 7/3-5, 2009

    9. Nano-S&T 2011, Dalian, China 10/23-26, 2011

    10. Collaborative Conference on Materials Research (CCMR), Jeju Island, South Korea, 6/24-28, 2013

    11. International Union of Materials Research Societies-International Conference on Electronic Materials (IUMRS-ICEM), Taipei, 6/10-14, 2014

    12. 2015 Symposium for the Promotion of Applied Research Collaboration in Asia (SPARCA 2015) Taipei, Taiwan, 2/8-11 2015

    13. The 2nd NIMS-Taiwan MOST Workshop, Tsukuba, 4/21- 23, 2015

    14. 兩岸熱電材料及應用交流論壇, Taipei 4/28-29, 2015

    15. EMN Meeting on Thermoelectric Materials, Orlando, FL, 2/21-25, 2016

    16. The 35th International Conference & The 1st Asian Conference on Thermoelectricis, Wuhan, China, 5/29-6/2, 2016

    17. TMS annual meeting in San Diego, California, USA, 2/26-3/2, 2017

    18. The 3rd Asian Conference on Thermoelectrics (ACT3), Taiwan, 10/7-9, 2018

    19. Annual Meeting of the Physical Society of Taiwan, 1/23-25, 2019

    20. Symposium for the Promotion of Applied Research Collaboration in Asia, Okinawa, Japan, 2/28-3/3, 2019

    21. 2020 TMS annual meeting, San Diego, California, 2/23–27, 2020

    22. 2021 ACT&SACT, 12/16-17, Tailand, 2020

     

    XIV. Publications/Presentations：

    Total 199 International Journal papers with 10 papers having citation number near 100 times., 85 conference presentation, 5 book chapters

    代表作

    1. Y.Y. Chen*, Y.D. Yao, C.  Wang, W.H. Li, C.L. Chang, T.K. Lee, T.M. Hong, J.C. Ho and S.F. Pan

    " Size-Induced Transition From Magnetic Ordering to Kondo Behavior in (Ce,Al) Compounds"

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4990 (2000). (IF=6.944), ▲: times cited 43

    2. S. Neeleshwar, C. L. Chen, C. B. Tsai and Y. Y. Chen*, C. C. Chen S. G. Shyu, M. S. Seehra

    Phys. Rev. B rapid communication, 71, 201307 (R) (2005) (IF=3.172) ▲:  times cited 144

    3. S.-W. Han, C.H. Booth*, E.D. Bauer, P.H. Huang, Y.Y. Chen and J.M. Lawrence

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 097204 (2006). (IF=6.944), ▲:times cited 25 

    4. M. N. Ou, S. R. Harutyunyan, S. J. Lai, C. D. Chen, T. J. Yang and Y. Y. Chen*,

    Aplied Phys. Lett. 92, 063101, (2008). (IF=3.596) ▲: times cited 105

    Remark: The image was selected as the cover page of APL, and  this paper was downloaded over 1033 times in a year.

    5. M. S. Seehra,* P. Dutta, S. Neeleshwar, Y. Y. Chen*, C.L. Chen, S.W. Chou and C.C. Chen  

    Advanced Materials, 20, 1656-1660, (2008). (IF=8.191) ▲: times cited 47

    6. Cheng-Lung Chen, Yang-Yuan Chen*, Su-Jien Lin, James. C. Ho, Ping-Chung Lee,Chii-Dong Chen, and Sergey R. Harutyunyan

    J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 3385-3389 (2010) (IF=4.520), ▲: times cited 81

    7. Cheng-Lung Chen*, Ling-Ru Guo, Yang-Yuan Chen*, Yeh-Kuang Hwu, Ching-Lin Chang, Shin-Yu Lee, Kowa Chen,Su-Jien Lin and Jing-Duan Huang

    Biomaterials, 31, 4104-4112 (2010) (IF=7.882), ▲: times cited 77

    8. Cheng-Lung Chen , Ling-Ru Kuo , Shin-Yu Lee, Yeu-Kuang Hwu , Shang-Wei Chou a, Chia-Chun Chen, Fu-Hsiung Chang , Kung-Hsuan Lin , Dzung-Han Tsai , Yang-Yuan Chen *

    Biomaterials,34, 1128-1134, (2013), (IF=7.882) ▲: times cited 47

    9. Cheng-Lung Chen*, Heng Wang, Yang-Yuan Chen, G. Jeffrey Snyder*

     "Thermoelectric properties of p-type polycrystalline SnSe doped with Ag" 

    Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2, 1117-11176, 2014 (IF=8.26), time cited 158

    10. Wan-Ting Chiu, Cheng-Lung Chen*, and Yang-Yuan Chen*

    Scientific Report-Nature Publishing Group.  Sci. Rep. 6, 23143; doi: 10.1038/srep23143 (2016). (IF= 5.2), times cited 8

    11.  Pai-Chun Wei, S. Bhattacharya, J. He, S. Neeleshwar, R. Podila, Y. Y. Chen*

    and A. M. Rao*

    Nature, 3 November ,Vol 536, E1, 2016 (IF= 41.4), times cited 14

    12.Shih-Hsun Yu, Min-Nan Ou*, Mitch M. C. Chou*, Yang-Yuan Chen* Phys. Rev. B, 100, 174502 (2019) (IF=3.7)

    13.Chi-HungLee, Ma-HsuanM, Wen-HsienLi, Pai-Chun Wei,Yang-Yuan Chen,Yang Zhao,Jeffrey W.Lynn Materials Today Physics. V11, December 2019, 100171(IF= 16)

    14.Tian-Wey Lan, Kai-Han Su, Chung-Chieh Chang, Cheng-Lung Chen, Chi-Liang Chen, Min-Nan Ou, Dong-Ze Wu, Phillip M. Wu, Maw-Kuen Wu* and Yang-Yuan Chen* Materials Today Physics V13, 2020, 100215 (IF= 12.5~15)

    15.Ranganayakulu K.Vankayala, Tian-Wey Lan, Prakash Parajuli, Fengjiao Liu, Rahul Rao, Shih Hsun Yu, Tsu-Lien Hung, Chih-Hao Lee, Shin-ichiro Yano, Cheng-Rong Hsing, Duc-Long Nguyen, Cheng-Lung Chen,* Sriparna Bhattacharya,* Kuei-Hsien Chen, Min-nan Ou, Oliver Rancu, Apparao M. Rao, Yang-Yuan Chen,* Advanced Science, 2020 (IF=15.8)

     

    XV. International Organization Scientific Committee of Conference：

    1. International Organizing Committee Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems (SCES), Santa Fa,2010

    2. The 7th joint meeting Chinese Physicists Worldwide, OCPA7, Kaohsiung, 2011

    3. 2nd International Conference on Frontiers in Nano Science, Technology and Applications, Andhra  Pradesh, India, 12/20-22, 2014

    4. International Conference on Frontiers in Materials Processing Application, Research and Technology, Hyderabad, India, 6/12-15, 2015

    5. Conference Organizer, MRS Fall Meeting, 11/26-12/1, Boston, 2017

    6. Conference President,1st Annual Meeting of Taiwan Thermoelectric Society, 1/13, 2020

    7. Conference President,1st Annual Meeting of Taiwan Thermoelectric, Society 1/13, 2020

    8. Advisor Committee, The 5th Asian Cinference on Thermoelectrics & The 6th Southeast Asia Conference on Thermoelectrics, Thailand, 12/16-17, 2020

    9. Conference President,2nd Annual Meeting of Taiwan Thermoelectric Society 1/19-20, 2021

     

    XVI.Journal Reviewer：

    1. Applied Physics Letter
    2. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
    3. Advance material
    4. Applied Surface Science
    5. Biomaterials
    6. Chemistry of Materials
    7. Chinese Journal of Physics
    8. Crystal Growth & Design
    9. International Journal of Nanotechnology
    10. International J of Molecular Science
    11. Journal of Mag. Mag. Mat
    12. Journal of Applied Physics
    13. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry
    14. Journal of the American Chemistry Society
    15. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
    16. Journal of the Electrochemical Society
    17. J of Molecular Science
    18. Nanoscale Research Letter
    19. Nanomedicine
    20. Nanoscale Physics Letter B
    21. Modern Physics Letter B
    22. Physical Review B
    23.  Physica B
    24.  Physica C
    25.  Scientific Report