Education

1967-1971               B.S., Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
1973-1975               M.S., Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 
1976-1980               Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
1980-1981               Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Experience

1981-1986              Associate Professor, National Tsing Hua University
1986-2010              Professor, National Tsing Hua University 
1989-1991              Director, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, National Science Council
1992-1994              Director, Research and Development Committee, National Tsing Hua University 
1993 -1996             Chairman, Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University 
1995-1997            International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry - Vice-President and Member of Executive Committee 
1998-1999               Titular Member of the IUPAC Division of Organic Chemistry 
1995-2006               Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry
1996-2008               Founder & CEO, Orgchem Technologies, Inc.
2008-present            Chairman & CEO, Orgchem Technologies, Inc.

Research Interests

development of new synthetic methodologies, total synthesis of natural products, studies of radical and anionic cyclization reactions, synthesis of novel heterocycles as new synthons.