About Yun-Wei Chiang

Yun-Wei Chiang completed his undergraduate education at National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, earning a B.S. degree. He then pursued advanced studies at Cornell University, where he received a Master’s degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2001 and a Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Biology in 2006. His doctoral research was conducted under the mentorship of Professor Jack Freed, with Professor Gerald Feigenson serving as his minor advisor. Following his Ph.D., Chiang remained at Cornell for a year as a postdoctoral fellow and also undertook a visiting scholar position in Japan with Professor Shimoyama.

In 2007, Chiang joined the Department of Chemistry at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taiwan as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012 and to full Professor in 2017, and served as the Department Chair from 2021 to 2024.

Chiang’s career has been marked by numerous prestigious awards and recognitions in Taiwan. He received the NTHU Young Investigator Award in 2011, followed by the Outstanding Young Investigator Awards from the Taiwan Chemical Society and the Taiwan Biophysical Society in 2015. In 2016, he was honored with the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC). His achievements have also been supported by NSTC Grants for Outstanding Early-Career Researchers (2013–2019) and the Ta-You Wu Research Grant (2019–2022). In 2025, Chiang was awarded the NTHU-CHING JING Distinguished Talent Chair and the NSTC Grant For Science Vanguard Research, further highlighting his contributions to his field.

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