National Central University and Academia Sinica
Prof. and Academician, Chao-Han Liu
E-mail: hliu2@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Education
B.S. E.E. National Taiwan University (June 1960)
Ph.D. E.E. Brown University (June 1965)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois (1965-1993)
Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy, Lindau, Germany (1974)
National Science Council Visiting Chair Professor, National Taiwan University (1981)
National Science Council Visiting Chair Professor, National Central University (1989)
Scientific Secretary, Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)/ICSU (1981-1994)
President, Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP), International Council of Scientific Union (ICSU) (1994-1999)
President, Chinese Geoscience Union (CGU)(1994-1996)
Chairman, National Committee for URSI (1998-2003)
Chairman, Southeast Asian Regional Committee for START (SARCS) (2000-)
President, National Central University (1990-2003) Director, College Entrance Examination Center (2003-2004)
Chancellor, University System of Taiwan (2003-2006)
Vice President, Academia Sinica (2006-2011)
Specialties
Radio Science, Space Communication, Solar-Terrestrial Physics
Awards and Honors
Special Achievement Award, IEEE-APS (Antenna and Propagation Society) (1968)
IEEE Fellow Award (1981)
Brown University Engineering Alumni Medal (1997)
Academician, Academia Sinica (1998) Honorary President Award, SCOSTEP (2001)
Member, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) (2004)
Outstanding Alumni, National Taiwan University (2009)
Horace Mann Medal, Brown University (2012)
Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2012)
Current Positions
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica
