About Theta
Hsing-Ta (Theta) Chen
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame
Education and Training
University of Pennsylvania
Postdoctoral Researcher (2017–2021)
Advisors: Joseph Subotnik, Abraham NitzanColumbia University
Ph.D., Chemical Physics (2011–2016)
Advisor: David ReichmanNational Taiwan University
M.S., Physics (2008–2010)
Advisor: Shih-I ChuNational Taiwan University
B.S., Mathematics and Physics (2001–2006)
Fellowships and Awards
Sackler Postdoctoral Fellow, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Computational Molecular and Materials Science, Tel Aviv University (2016)
Columbia-Upjohn Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University (2013–2014)
Best Presentation Award, Taiwan Theoretical and Computational Molecular Sciences Association (2014)
Invited Talks
The McGill Molecular Science Mini-Meeting, McGill University (6/2022)
National Tsing Hua University, Department of Chemistry, Taiwan (4/2022)
National Taiwan University, Department of Chemistry, Taiwan (4/2022)
National Sun Yat-sen University, Department of Chemistry, Taiwan (3/2022)
New York University, Department of Chemistry, NY, US (2/2021)
University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, IN, US (1/2021)
Yale University, Department of Chemistry, CT, US (1/2021)
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Chemistry, TX, US (12/2020)
Nanyang Technological University, Department of Chemistry, Singapore (2/2020)
University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Chemistry, CO, US (1/2020)
Texas A&M University, Department of Chemistry, TX, US (12/2019)
University of Toronto, Quantum Materials and Dynamics (QMD) seminar, Canada (11/2019)
Wake Forest University, Department of Chemistry, NC, US (2/2019)
Academia Sinica, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Taiwan (8/2019)
Teaching and Mentoring
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemistry (2017-2020)
Tao Li (4th year PhD student)
Zeyu Zhou (3rd year PhD student)
Columbia University, Department of Chemistry (2011-2012)
General chemistry lectures/laboratory
Physical chemistry lectures
National Taiwan University, Department of Physics (2009-2010)
Classical Electrodynamics
Quantum Mechanics
Outreach
Project Tyra
I serve as the president at Project Tyra (Taiwanese Young Researcher Association) to establish an international, interdisciplinary, intergenerational platform for connecting Taiwanese talents from all over the world, sharing cutting-edge trends in various research fields, and inspiring the young generation to pursue higher education.
[Sponsored by Ministry of Education (Taiwan)]
Columbia University Taiwanese Student Association (CUTSA)
I served as a board officer in the CUTSA, which is a non-profit, non-political student organization that focuses on promoting Taiwanese culture and representing the Taiwanese community on Columbia campus. Our role is a bridge that connects the Taiwanese community and the entire student body through cultural and social events.
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