Dr. Li-Chen Ou is a Professor at the Graduate Institute of Colour and Illumination Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
He also serves as the Division Secretary of CIE Division 1: Vision and Colour and an Academic Editor of Color Research and Application, a leading SCI journal in colour science.
Dr. Ou received a BSc from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan in 1995, an MA from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan in 1997, and a PhD from Colour and Imaging Institute, University of Derby, UK in 2004.
His areas of interest include colour science, colour vision in VR/AR, cybersickness in VR/AR, human-centric lighting design, and lighting quality research, with 100+ papers published worldwide based on numerous research projects.
📨 lichenou@mail.ntust.edu.tw
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2004: PhD, Colour and Imaging Institute, University of Derby, UK
1997: MA, Institute of Applied Arts, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
1995: BSc, Department of Industrial Design, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2022 ~ : Academic Editor, Color Research and Application
2019 ~ 2021: Head of Institute, Graduate Institute of Color and Illumination Technology, NTUST
2015 ~ : Secretary, CIE Division 1: Vision and Colour, International Commission on Illumination
2013 ~ : Associate Director, CIE-Taiwan Division 1: Vision and Colour
2012 ~ : Editorial Board Member, Color Research and Application
2012 ~ : Member of Editorial Board, Journal of the International Colour Association
2011 ~ 2019: Chair, CIE TC1-86: Models of Colour Emotion and Harmony
2004 ~ 2011: Research Fellow, Department of Colour Science, University of Leeds, UK
2001 ~ : Member, The Colour Group (GB)
1997 ~ : Honoury Member, Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honour Society of the R.O.C. (National Chiao Tung University)
Academic exchange: Pei-Han Ko (Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2025)
PhD studies overseas: You-Sheng Zhang (University of Leeds, UK, 2025~)
Industrial internship at HTC Corporation: Ya-Chi Chao (2024-2025)
International award: You-Sheng Zhang received the International Color Consortium (ICC) Danny Rich Memorial Scholarship Fund (2023)
Industrial internships at BenQ Corporation: Chia-Hsing Lin (2022 - 2023), Pei-Han Ke (2023-2025)
Academic exchanges: Jau-Yi Wu (Technical University of Ostrava, Czeck Republic, 2014), I-Han Liu (Xian Jiaotong University, China, 2016) and Hsin-Pou Huang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2017)
Academic award: I-Han Liu, Chu-Yun Yeh, Hsuan-Kai Huang and Chieh-An Tsai received the NTUST Startups Silicon Valley Incubation Program Award (2017)
Industrial internships at Tons Lightology Inc: Rei-Han Yu (2017) and Chu-Yun Yeh (2017)
Industrial internships at Industrial Technology Research Institute: Hsin-Pou Huang (2013), Hsing-Ju Hung (2014) and Chia-Chi Chang (2015)
Academic award: Henry Pan, Ding-Zong Ho and Mei-Ting Liu received the NTUST Creative Departmental Design Award (2015)
Industrial award: Chia-Chi Chang received the Excellent Teaching Assistant in Vocational Universities of North Taiwan (2013)
Industrial award: Chia-Chi Chang received the Lextar Electronics Corp's LED Lighting Design Award (2012)
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