Brief Biography

Prof. Henry Tsz‐ king WONG

(Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica Taipei, Taiwan)

Academic Qualification

Ph.D., Physics , California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.

Thesis Title: A Search for Double Beta Decay in Xe with a Time Projection Chamber.

Thesis Advisor: Professor Felix Boehm

B.A. (1st Hon.), Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.

Academic Experience

• Deputy Director at Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. June 2013 till present

• Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. July 2006 till present

• Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Feb. 2002 till July 2006

• Assistant Research Fellow, (Junior Faculty Equivalence), Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. January 1997 till January 2002

• Staff Member (Junior Faculty Equivalence), PPE Division, CERN, Switzerland. June 1994 till July 1997

• Research Fellow (Postdoc Equivalence), PPE Division, CERN, Switzerland, under Prof. Klaus Winter. January 1992 till June 1994

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Joint appointment: California Institute of Technology, U.S.A. and

• Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, under Prof. Felix Boehm. October 1990 till December 1991

• Graduate Research Assistant, Physics Division, California Institute of Technology, U.S.A., September 1984 till September 1990

Awards:

• Distinguished Resercher Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2013.

• Principal Investigator Award, Academia Sinica, 2011-2015.

• Young Principal Investigator (Nation‐wide) Award, Academia Sinica, 2005.

• Research Achievement Highlight, Academia Sinica, 2004, 2010.

• Special Feature Reports by Science Magazine, May 2003, and June 2009, Physics Today, September 2010.

• Coverage in Physics News Update, American Institute of Physics, April 2003.

• Distinguished Service Award, Physical Society ROC, 2001 and 2002.

• Tuition Scholarship, California Institute of Technology, 1984‐1989.