RESUME

(Updated May 2002)

Birthdate: May 23, 1953

Marital Status: Married with two children.

Address: Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, R.O.C

Phone No: (O) 886-2-27898580

Fax No. 886-2-27831237.

E-mail: YTT@chem.sinica.edu.tw"

RESEARCH INTEREST: Physical organic chemistry, surface chemistry, material chemistry, organized thin films.

EDUCATION: Ph.D. University of Rochester, 9/78-10/81. Thesis Adviser: Professor W. H. Saunders, Jr. Thesis Title: Isotope effects, Tunnelling and Stereochemistry in the Elimination Reactions of Quaternary Ammonium Salts.

B. S. National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C. 9/71-6/75

EXPERIENCE: Research Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica. 7/90-present.

Adjunct professor, National Tsing-Hua University, 9/99-present.

Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, 9/97-9/98.

Acting Director, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica. 8/96-8/97.

Professor(part-time), Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University. 9/94-2/95.

Visiting Scholar, Department of Material Sciences and Engineering, Penn State University. 7/89-6/90.

Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica. 5/84-6/90 .

Postdoctoral Associate, Harvard University; 11/81-4/84.

Research Assistant, University of Rochester. 7/80-10/81. Teaching Assistant, University of Rochester. 9/78-6/80

HONORS: Sherman Clark Fellow, University of Rochester, 1979-1981

Excellent Research Award, National Science Council (ROC) 1989, 1990, 1994. Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council (ROC), 1995, 2002. Hou Chin-Dwei Outstanding Award 2002.

MEMBERSHIP: Chinese Chemistry Society. American Chemistry Society.

SERVICES: Project coordinator, Division of Natural Sciences, National Science Council, 11/1990-7/1992.

Editor-in-Chief, Chemistry (Hua-shieh). 1/1993-12/1993.

Associate Editor, Journal of Chinese Chemical Society. 1/1994-12/1995, 1/1997-12/2000