Principle Investigator
Principle Investigator
Prof. Dr. Ming-Kang (Brad) Tsai | 蔡明剛博士
Email: mktsai@ntnu.edu.tw | Phone: 886-2-77496217
Ming-Kang Tsai completed his high school education at the National Experimental High School at Hsinchu Science Park (NEHS) in 1993. In 1997, he received his bachelor degree from the Department of Applied Chemistry at National Chiao Tung University (now part of YMCU) in Hsinchu. From 2000 to 2005, he pursued his Ph.D. degree in Computational Chemistry at University of Pittsburgh (UPitt), USA.
Following his doctoral study, Dr. Tsai conducted postdoctoral research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, USA, from 2005 to 2007, and subsequently joined Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, USA from 2007 to 2010.
In August of 2010, he established his independent research group in the Department of Chemistry at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Taipei.
Current affiliations
Professor, Department of Chemistry, NTNU | 臺灣師大化學系教授
Director, NTNU Online (2026 - present) | 臺灣師大網路大學辦公室主任
Director, Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Development Research Center - ICSD, NTNU (2023 - present) | 臺灣師大智慧運算導向永續發展研究中心主任
Joint Professor, Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Artificial Intelligence, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu (2026 - present) | 清華大學智慧生醫博士學位學程合聘教授
Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City (2021 - present) | 輔仁大學化學系兼任教授
Honors
2024 outstanding young investigators of innovation-oriented trilateral collaboration of NTU system (臺灣大學系統第一屆年輕學者創新性合作計畫優良成果團隊).
Four-year quasi-young scholar research program (NSTC 109-112 類優青四年期研究計畫).
Principle investigator of innovation and application of nanoscience thematic program (NSTC 109-111 奈米科技創新應用主軸計劃主持人).
Professional Services
Core member, TG 4.2: Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, Physics Division, National Center for Theoretical Sciences (2023 - present)
Board member, Taiwan Theoretical and Computational Molecular Sciences Association - T2CoMSA (2023 - present).
HPC management team lead, Center for Cloud Computing, NTNU (2017-2023).