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 a Senior Editor of Color Research and Application, a leading SCI journal in colour science.
Dr. Ou received a B.Eng. from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan in 1995, an M.A. from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan in 1997, and a Ph.D. 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 and 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: BEng, Department of Industrial Design, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2022 ~ : Senior 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)
Student award: International Color Consortium (ICC) awards Danny Rich Memorial Scholarship Fund to You-Sheng Zhang (2023)
Industrial placements at BenQ Corporation: Chia-Hsing Lin (2022 - 2023), Pei-Han Ke (2023)
Student exchange: Jau-Yi Wu (to Technical University of Ostrava, Czeck Republic, 2014), I-Han Liu (to Xian Jiaotong University, China, 2016) and Hsin-Pou Huang (to Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2017)
Student awards: NTUST Startups Silicon Valley Incubation Program Award given to I-Han Liu, Chu-Yun Yeh, Hsuan-Kai Huang and Chieh-An Tsai (2017)
Industrial placements at Tons Lightology Inc: Rei-Han Yu (2017) and Chu-Yun Yeh (2017)
Industrial placements at Industrial Technology Research Institute: Hsin-Pou Huang (2013), Hsing-Ju Hung (2014) and Chia-Chi Chang (2015)
Student awards: NTUST Creative Departmental Design Award to Henry Pan, Ding-Zong Ho and Mei-Ting Liu (2015)
Student award: Excellent Teaching Assistant in Vocational Universities of North Taiwan to Chia-Chi Chang (2013)
Student award: Lextar Electronics Corp's LED Lighting Design Award to Chia-Chi Chang (2012)
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