"Which is more important, the sun or the moon, in giving us light?" A little boy asked his teacher. "It must be the moon," the teacher answered. Boy: Why? Teacher: Because the moon shines at night, when it is dark. * I heard this joke from Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel laureate of physics and a mentor of mine, when we visited a famous temple in Taiwan.

某日有一個督學到一小學視察... 他看到學生甲就問 : [ 這地球儀為何傾斜二十三度半? ] 甲回答 : [ 不是我弄的...] 他又問剛進來的乙... 乙回答 : [ 你看見的...我剛進來...什麼也沒碰...什麼也不知道...] 於是督學疑惑的問教師這是怎麼回事... 教師回答 : [ 這不能怪他...買回來的時候就這樣了...] 校長看見督學的臉色越來越難看...趕快解釋說... [ 您知道的...這...因為學校的經費實在有限...我們買的是地攤貨...]

Communication

Telephone: 886-2-2366-8263
Fax: 886-2-2362-0200
Postal Address: P. O. Box 23-166, Taipei, Taiwan.
E-mail: jwang@ltl.iams.sinica.edu.tw

Personal Information

Year of Birth: 1958
Birth Place: Kaohsiung-Tsoying (高雄-左營), Taiwan

Education

1983-1988 Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Harvard University.
1977-1981 B.S. in Physics, National Taiwan University.

Present Positions

• Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica.
• Professor (joint appointment), Department of Physics, National Taiwan University.
• Professor (joint appointment), Department of Physics, National Central University.

Previous Positions

• 1991-1996 Associate Research Fellow, Academia Sinica.
• 1990-1991 Assistant Research Fellow, Academia Sinica.
• 1988-1990 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Research Group

• High-Field Physics and Ultrafast Technology Laboratory

Awards and Fellowships

• 2002 Fellow, Physical Society of Republic of China.
• 1998 Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council.
• 1996 Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Researchers.
• 1995 Excellent Research Award, National Science Council.
• 1994 Excellent Research Award, National Science Council.
• 1994 Visiting Scholar Fellowship, National Science Council.
• 1983 GSAS fellowship, Harvard University.