1964: Graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, with a Bachelor of Engineering degree.
1966: Earned a Master of Engineering degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
1970: Earned a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering at MIT.
1970–1972: Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at MIT.
1972–1979: R&D Engineer and Physicist at General Electric Company (GE), USA.
1979: Joined the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
1993–1996: Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering at UCLA.
2000–2002: Dean of the School of Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
2003–2013: Director of the Focus Center of Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA), USA.
2006: Appointed as Director of the Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN), USA.
2007–2013: Associate Director of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), USA.
2009: Appointed as Director of the Joint Center of Excellence on Green Nanotechnology (CEGN), USA.
2016: Elected as an Academician of Academia Sinica, Taiwan (31st term).
2018: Elected as an Academician of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan.
2020: Appointed as Director of the UCLA Center of Quantum Sciences and Engineering (CQSE).
December 2022: Elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), USA.
Service Experience in Taiwan's Academic Institutions
2021–present: Honorary Dean of the College of Intelligent Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU).
2015–present: Review Committee Member, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica.
2015–present: Distinguished Chair Professor, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University (NTU).
2014–present: Evaluation Committee Member, Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University (NTU).
2004–2007: Advisor, National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL, now TSRI).
