Chair Professor: Department of Physics, National Taiwan University (2023-present)

Research Fellow (joint appointment): Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University (2023-present)

Jointly Appointed Professor: Department of Physics, National Taiwan University (2021-2023)

Director: Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials, National Taiwan University (2018-present)

Director: Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University (2012-2018)

Research Fellow: Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University  (2000-present)

Associate Research Fellow: Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University (1994-2000)

Technical Member-Materials Scientist: General Electric, Corporate Research and Development, Materials Research Center, Schenectady, NY, USA (1989-1994)

Graduate Student & Research Assistant: Applied Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (1983-1989)

Teaching Assistant: Physics Department, National Taiwan University (1981-1983)

Academician, The World Academy of Sciences, TWAS

Academician, Academia Sinica (2022)
Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Chair Professor _Nano Science & Technology (2020)
Academic Award, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (2018)
Elected Fellow, the Taiwan Vacuum Society (2018)
Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science (2017)
Academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (2015)
Acharya Vinova International Award in Materials Science and Technology, VBRI, India (2013)
Ho Chin-Tui Outstanding Scholar Award, Ho Chin-Tui Foundation, Taiwan (2012)
Distinguished Research Fellow, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (university-level, 2011-present)
Outstanding Scholar Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship, Taiwan (2010-2015)
Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2010-2013)
Elected Fellow, the Materials Research Society, USA (2010)
Laureate of the Khwarizmi International Award, Iran (2009)
International Federation of Inventors' Association Lady Prize (2009)
Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering, UK (2008)
Outstanding Scholar Research Project, National Science Council, Taiwan (2008-2011)
Distinguished Research Fellow, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (college-level, 2007-2011)
Honorary Doctor, Linköping University, Sweden (2007)
Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2007)
Elected Fellow, the Physical Society of ROC in Taiwan (2006)
Research Achievement Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2004)
Academia Sinica Young Scholar Research Award, Taiwan (2000)
Reinhold Rudenberg Memorial Prize, Harvard, USA (1989)
IBM Pre-doctoral Fellowship, USA (1986-1988)

General
• Materials Science
• Nano Science and Technology
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Optoelectronics
• Energy Science and Technology

Core competence
• Low-dimensional nanomaterials and related hybrids based on carbon, Si, III-nitrides and metal oxides, and chalcogenides
• Design and process of materials using chemical and physical vapor deposition, in particular, those involving plasma or highly energized processes
• Integrated micro-devices using the above-mentioned materials for optoelectronics, electronics, energy and sensing applications

Recent topics
Most recent research topics are focused on the development of earth-abundant materials for photosynthesis and CO2 conversion, solar-hydrogen and solar-fuels, solar cells, fuel cells, supercapacitors and thermoelectric applications.

1.   Member of the Board of Trustees:
National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan (2018-present)
2.   Member of the Commission on Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter (C.10):
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) (2018-2020)
3.   Member of the Board of Directors:
Materials Research Society (MRS), USA (2017-2019)
4.   Series Editor, Member of the Series Board:
World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC) Series in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2015-present)
5.   Advisory Editor:
Book Series on Energy and Sustainability, Cambridge University Press and the Materials Research Society (2013-present)
6.   Editorial Advisory Board:
Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences, Taylor and Francis (2004-present)
7.   Editorial Board:
Advanced Mater. Lett., VBRI Press (2010-present); Intl. J. of Molecular Engineering, Inderscience Publishers (2007-present); Nanosci. Nanotech. Lett., American Scientific Publishers (2010-2012); Open Phys. Chem. Journal and Open Appl. Phys. Journal, Bentham Science Publishers (2007-2013)
8.   Associate Editor:
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B-Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures (2004-2006)
9.   Meeting Co-Chair:
TACT International Conference on Thin Films (Tainan, 2015; Taipei, 2013; Kenting 2011)
10.   Meeting Co-Chair:
MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA (2009)
11.   Meeting Chair:
AVS-International Conference on One-dimensional Nanomaterials, Taipei, Taiwan (2005)
12.   Symposium Chair:
MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA (2008);  IMRC/China-MRS, Chongqing, China (2008); 214th ECS & Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemistry & Solid-State Science (PRiME), Honolulu, HI, USA (2008); 213th ECS, Phoenix, AZ, USA (2008); International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF), San Diego, CA, USA (2004-2007)
13. International Advisory Committee:
European Conference on Diamond, Diamond-like Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Nitrides and SiC (Riva Del Garda, Italy, 2013;  Granada, Spain, 2012; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany 2011; Budapest, Hungary, 2010; Athens, Greece, 2009; Sitges, Spain, 2008; Berlin, Germany, 2007; Estoril, Portugal, 2006; Toulouse, France, 2005; Riva Del Garda, Italy, 2004)
14. International Advisory or Program Committee:
8th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC), 2018; 6th Intl. Conf. on Novel Functional Carbon Nanomaterials, 2018, Perugia, Italy; International Conference on New Diamond and Nano Carbons (NDNC), 2018, Flagstaff, AZ, USA; Advanced Materials World Congress (AMWC), Stockholm, Sweden, 2015; 6th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC), on Novel Functional Carbon Nanomaterials, Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy, 2014; Intl. Conf. on Nanosystems and Applications, Coimbatore, India, 2012; Intl. Conf. on Nanomater. & Nanotech. (ICNANO), Delhi, India, 2011; SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 2011; NANOCarbon-IVESC, Nanjing, China, 2010; 6th Intl. Workshop on Nitride Semiconductors (IWN), Tampa, Florida, USA, 2010; IEEE Nano, Seoul, Korea, 2010; 2nd Intl. Conf. on Surface, Coatings and Nanostructured Mater. (NanoSMAT), Algarve, Portugal, 2007; Thin Films, Singapore, 2006; 11th Intl. Ceramics Congress and 4th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC), on Diamond and Other New Carbon Materials, Sicily, Italy, 2006; 6th Intl. Symposium on Blue Laser and Light Emitting Diodes (ISBLLED), Montpellier, France, 2006
15. Guest Editor:
Diamond and Related Materials Vol. 18, Issues 2-3_Proceedings of the International Conference on New Diamond and Nano Carbons 2008, ed. I. N. Lin, K. H. Chen, L. Chang, L. C. Chen, and Y. H. Tzeng, Elsevier B. V. (2009)
16. Proceeding Editor:
Carbon Nanotubes and Related Low-Dimensional Materials, ed. L. C. Chen, D. B. Geohegan, J. Robertson, and Z. L. Wang, MRS Symp. Proc. Vol. 1081E, Warrendale, PA (2008)
17. Proceeding Editor:
State-of-the-Art Program on Compound Semiconductors 48: ZnO, InZnO and InGaO Related Mater. & Devices for Electronic and Photonic Applications, ed. M. E. Overberg, F. Ren, B. Gila, P. S. Nam, H. Ouyang, L. C. Chen, Y. Heo, J. Kim, J. LaRoche, P. Shen, and K. Shiojima, ECS, Pennington, NJ, Vol. 1, No.2. (2008)
18. Faculty Advisor :
MRS University Chapters-National Taiwan University (2015-present)
19. Chair:
Pacific Rim Subcommittee of MRS, USA (2010-2011)
20. Founding President:
Taiwan Chapter of AVS (2006-2008)
21. Councilor:
Taiwan Association of Coating Technology, Taiwan (2003-2007, 2010-2021)
22. Member of the Board of Supervisor:
Taiwan Electrochemical Society, Taiwan (2021-present)
23. Supervisor:
Society of Taiwan Women in Science and Technology (2011-2013)
24. Supervisor:
Taiwan Vacuum Society, Taiwan (2009-2012)
25. Vice President:
Physical Society of the Republic of China, Taiwan (2006-2007) & Councilor (2003-2009)