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Liang-Yan Hsu
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I grew up in Hualien city in the east coast of Taiwan. During high school, I became interested in mathematics, physics, and chemistry and thought about whether humans could understand chemistry from the perspective of physics and mathematics. At that time, inspired by several popular science books and Prof. John Pople’s work, I learned about the field of theoretical chemistry as well as chemical physics, and I was determined to become a theoretical chemist. As a result, I chose to major in chemistry and minor (nearly double major) in physics at National Taiwan University. At National Taiwan University, I knew a lot of like-minded friends in science and started my undergraduate research with Prof. Bih-Yaw Jin, Prof. Robert Silbey’s PhD student. After my undergraduate and Master’s study at NTU, I moved to Princeton University and pursued doctoral studies in the department of chemistry (2010-2015) under the guidance of Prof. Herschel Rabitz, a pioneer in the field of quantum control. At this stage, I worked on a variety of topics in the field of molecular electronics and quantum transport (a subfield of condensed matter physics). Besides, I was also interested in ultrafast dynamics and signal processing (time-frequency analysis) and finished several studies. After my PhD study, I moved to Northwestern University and worked with Prof. George Schatz as a postdoctoral research associate and then joined the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences as a faculty member in the summer of 2017.
I have a wide range of interest in physical chemistry, nanotechnology, AMO (atomic, molecular, and optical) physics, and condensed matter physics. My research interest includes four directions:
Nanoelectronics (including molecular electronics and 2D material electronics)
Methodology of quantum transport theory and its applications (including electron transport, exciton transport, heat transport, and spin transport)
Light-matter interactions at the nano scale (including nano-scale plasmonics and photophysical process, e.g., fluorescence, resonance energy transfer, and Raman spectroscopy),
Signal processing and ultrafast dynamics in molecules and condensed matters.
Liang-Yan Hsu's CV
Liang-Yan Hsu's CV
Education and Research Experience
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Joint Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2025-Present)
Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2025-Present)
Center Scientist and Coordinator, National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Taiwan (2023-Present)
Joint Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2022-2025)
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2021-2025)
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2019-2022)
Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2017-2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, USA (2016-2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, USA (2015-2016)
Ph.D. Chemistry, Princeton University - Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2015
M. S. Chemistry, National Taiwan University - Sept. 2005 – Jan. 2008
B. S. Chemistry, National Taiwan University - Sept. 2001 – Jun. 2005
Major: Chemistry Minor: Physics
Honors and Awards
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2025 The Journal of Chemical Physics 2024 Emerging Investigator Best Paper Award, American Institute of Physics (2 awardees selected annually from the JCP Emerging Investigators Collection (one from theory, one from experiment); adjudicated by the Editorial Advisory Board)
2025 Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Taiwan Theoretical and Computational Molecular Sciences Association
2025 NSTC Outstanding Research Award
2025 26th Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Shui-Mu Foundation of Chemistry
2024 2023 Young Chemists Award, Chemical Society Located in Taipei
2023 Presidential Scholars Program, Academia Sinica
2022 Early-Career Investigator Research Achievement Award, Academia Sinica
2022 National Taiwan University Outstanding Teaching Award
2021 2022 Career Development Award, Academia Sinica
2020 Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, MOST
2020 Young Scholars’ Creativity Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship
2015 Margaret and Herman Sokol Fellowship in Chemistry (The highest honor awarded by the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University for excellence in undergraduate instruction. Course Evaluation Score: 4.64/5.00)
2012 Electronics from the Bottom Up: NCN Summer School 2012 Scholarship
2011 Stephen P.A. Fodor*85 Fellowship (Awarded for academic excellence in chemistry at Princeton University)
2007 Science and Technology Research Award, CTCI Foundation
2007 Dr. Yan Distinguished Thesis Award, National Taiwan University
2007 Dean's Award for Graduates in College of Science
2005 Dr. An-Tai Chen Undergraduate Research Scholarship (The highest honor awarded by the College of Science at National Taiwan University for excellence in undergraduate research)
Presidential Award, National Taiwan University
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