Research Interests
Awards
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1979 |
Arnold Spicer Prize (for Best B.Sc. Candidate) from London University |
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1980 |
Fellowship from the 3M Foundation |
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1981 |
Fellowship from the National Science Foundation, USA |
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1982 |
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Minnesota |
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1995-2000 |
Scientist Award from the National Science Council (國科會研究獎) |
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2000-2002 |
Outstanding Scientist Award from the National Science Council (國科會傑出研究獎) |
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2003-2008 |
Outstanding Scholar Award from the Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (one of the 2 recipients awarded in 2003 in all fields; recipients cannot receive any other awards during the award period) 傑出人才基金會講座 |
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2004 |
Annual Best Article Award from The Chinese Chemical Society 中國化學會會誌論文獎 |
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2007-2011 |
Academia Sinica Investigator Award (中央研究院深耕計畫) |
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2008-2011 |
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Research Award |
Professional Experience
· Presented >90 invited talks at international conferences, and academic/governmental institutions
· Trained 11 post-doctoral fellows, 2 Ph.D. students, and 8 M.S. students
· Currently supervising 6 post-doctoral fellows and 6 Ph.D. students
· Experience in collaborating jointly with academia, governmental institutions, pharmaceutical/biotech companies
Professional Service
· Editorial (Advisory) Board Member of Journal of American Chemical Society, 2009-present, RSC Theoretical and Computational Chemistry book series, 2009- present; Interdisciplinary Sciences-Computational Life Sciences, 2008-present; J. Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, 2007-present; J. Chin. Chem. Soc., 2006-present; Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2005-present
· Grant reviewer for National Science Council, Taiwan; National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan; National Science Foundation, USA; Petroleum Research Fund, USA; Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
· Journal reviewer for (1) Biophysical Journal, (2) Biopolymers, (3) European Biophysics Journal, (4) Inorganic Chemistry, (5) Journal of the American Chemical Society, (6) Journal of Chinese Chemistry Society, (7) Journal of Computational Chemistry, (8) Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modeling, (9) Journal of Organic Chemistry, (10) Journal of Physical Chemistry, (11) Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, (12) Proteins, (13) Protein Engineering, (14) Protein & Peptide Letter (15) Structure
· Academia Sinica: Ethics Committee, 2006; IBMS: Education Committee, 1997-2000, 2004-2006; Seminar Committee, 1997-1998, 2001-2002, 2006, Chair; Computer & Medical Art Committee, 2003; Appointments, Promotion & Tenure Committee, 2004-2006; General Affairs Committee, 2007; Personnel Committee, 2007-2008
· The Biophysical Society of Taiwan, Council member, 1995-present
Current Grants
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Title |
Period |
Source |
Current year |
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Computational studies to elucidate the role of metals in protein structure, selectivity and regulation |
2004/08-2009/07 |
NSC |
NT$1,466,688 |
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Computational studies on antibody-binding sites and complexes |
2006/07-2010/08 |
NSC |
NT$838,000 |
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Academia Sinica Investigator |
2007/01-2011/12 |
AS |
NT$3,400,000 |
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Advancing the frontier of enzyme reaction mechanisms in the ADP ribosyltransferase family |
2008/07-2011/07 |
HFSP |
USD40,000 |