PREVIOUS AWARDS

2011 Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Academician Maw-Kuen Wu

Academician Maw-Kuen Wu's Personal Profiles

Education

 

  • B.S., Physics, Tamkang University (1973)
  • M.S., Physics, Tamkang University (1975)
  • Ph. D. Physics, University of Houston (1981)

 

 

Professional Experience

  • Research Scientist in Physics, University of Houston (1982-1984)
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville (1984-1987)
  • Professor of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville (1987-1988)
  • Professor of Applied Physics, Columbia University (1988-1994)
  • Visiting Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University (1989-1994)
  • Professor, Department of Physics and Materials Science Center, National Tsing Hua University (1995-)
  • Deputy Minister, National Science Council (2000-2002)
  • Minister, National Science Council (2004-2006)
  • Director, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica (2002-2004, 2006-2012)
  • Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica (2002-)
  • Distinguished Professor of Physics & President of National Dong Hwa University (2012-)

 

 

Specialties

  • Low Temperature Physics
  • High Pressure Physics
  • Superconductivity and Magnetism

 

 

Awards and Honors

  • Comstock Prize, The National Academy of Sciences (1988)
  • NASA Special Awards (1988)
  • Tamkang Golden Eagle Award, Tamkang University (1989)
  • Bernd T. Mattias Prize (1994)
  • Outstanding Scholar Award, Foundation for the advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (1995)
  • Academician, Academia Sinica, R.O.C. (1998)
  • Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2004)
  • TWAS Fellow, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (2004)
  • Ettore Majorana Prize -Erice-Science for Peace (2008)
  • Taiwanese-American Foundation Prize (2009)
  • Humboldt Research Award (2010)
  • Nikkei Asia Prize (2011)
  • ROC Presidential Science Prize (2011)

 

 

Current Positions

  • Distinguished Professor of Physics & President of National Dong Hwa University