About DAC, NYCU

Memorabilia

2024~
2026
Dr. Chong-You Chen and Dr. Fu-Sheng Wang joined the Department as Assistant Professors, bringing new expertise.

2025
Dr. Yi-Lin Wu joined the Department as an Associate Professor.

The Department was honored to host several Foreign Chair Professors, including:
Dr. Hiroshi MASUHARA, Foreign Member of Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts;
Dr. Nobuhiro Ohta, Fellow of The Chemical Society of Japan;
Dr. Yoshito Tobe and Dr. Ilhyong Ryu, Fellows of The Royal Society of Chemistry;
Dr. Yasuki Endo and Dr. Hiro-o Hamaguchi, Retired Professors of the University of Tokyo.
These distinguished scholars collaborated with full-time faculty members on research projects and co-supervised graduate students.
2021~
February 1, 2021
Following the merger that established National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, the Department was officially renamed the Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.

August 2021
Dr. Chun-Hong Kuo was appointed as Associate Professor, and Dr. Chih-Kai Lin joined as Project Assistant Professor.

August 2022
Dr. Chun-Fu Chang joined the Department as an Assistant Professor, further strengthening the faculty team.
2020~
Thanks to the combined efforts from its faculty, staff, and students, the Department of Applied Chemistry at National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) has gradually become a leader in education and research in such areas as macromolecular and materials chemistry, biological analysis, biomedical optoelectronics, renewable energy, ultrafast kinetics, ultra-high resolution spectroscopy, theoretical computational chemistry, and advanced organic chemistry. Every year the Department hosts researchers and students from around the world. The Department’s long-term mission is to train the next generation of chemists—imbued with interdisciplinary expertise and a solid grounding in liberal education, so as to be well prepared to make a substantial contribution to society.
Dr. Sung-Fu Hung joined the Department as an Assistant Professor.

2020-Assistant Prof. Sung-Fu Hung winning the Yushan Young Fellow of the Ministry of Education!
2010~2019
In 2013, DAC established the International Master of Science Program for Interdisciplinary Molecular Science of Materials and Chemical Biology (SPIM), and in 2014 joined forces with the Institute of Chemistry at Academia Sinica to set up the Taiwan International Graduate Program- Sustainable Chemical Science and Technology (TIGP-SCST) PhD program, increasing the appointment a numerous new faculty members, including Jiun-Tai Chen, Hsin-Yun Hsu, Chien-Lung Wang, Chien-Ming Tseng, Paweł Urban, Teruki Sugiyama, Yen-Ku Wu, Hirotsugu HIRAMATSU, Hsueh-Ju Liu, Yang-Hsiang Chan, and Chia-Chih Chang. Chair professors conducting research and guiding research students include Koichi Narasaka, Yasuki Endo, Nobuhiro Ohta, Ilhyong Ryu, and Yoshito Tobe.
2004~2009
In 2004, Chair Professor Lee, Yuan-Pern, set up a research laboratory at DAC, and in the following year, Professor Lin Sheng-Hsien joined DAC. The Department established its MA and PhD programs of Molecular Science in 2004 and 2007, respectively, and during the same period added a number of new faculty members, including Kien-Wen Sun, Chaoyuan Zhu, Ian Liau, Henryk Witek, and Shinsuke Shigeto. In 2005, Chair Professor Lee, Yuan-Pern, served as Dean of the College of Science, and in the same year, the Ministry of Education implemented its aim for the Top program, which set up a Center for Emergent Functional Matter Science at NCTU, with Chair Professor Lee, Yuan-Pern. Chair Professors Hiro-o Hamaguchi and Hiroshi Masuhara joined DAC in 2007 and 2008, respectively, and jointly established the Laser Bio Material Science Lab and Ultimate Spectroscopy and Imaging Laboratory (USIL). In 2009, the TKB Photonic Building was completed, the 5th–7th floors of which are now occupied by the Polymer, Bioanalysis, and Laser Biology Nanoscience Laboratories.
1992~2003
DAC established its PhD program in 1992, and in the same year, the Science Building II was completed, including well-equipped chemistry labs, which were shared between various departments. During this period, a number of new faculty joined the Department, including Tiing Yu, Yaw-Kuen Li, Ching-Fong Shu, Tse-Lok Ho, Yn-Hwang Lin, Ching-San Wu, Yu-Chie Chen, Wei-Guang Diau, Chi-Shen Lee, and Ming-Chang Lin.
1988~1991
During this period, the Department’s laboratories were located in the Xinsheng Building (now HA Building II), and a number of new faculty were appointed, including Chain-Shu Hsu, Teng-Ming Chen, You-Zung Hsieh, Niann-Shiah Wang, Jenn-Shing Chen, and Wen-Sheng Chung. In 1990, DAC established its undergraduate program with Professor Zuo-Min Zhuang as its first chairman, and began enrolling students. Since then, all the affiliated institutes have been charged by the chairman.

1990- First Chairman of DAC, Prof. Zuang, Zuo-Min
~1987
Before 1980, prior to the establishment of the College of Science and the Department of Chemistry, the chemistry courses at NCTU were taught by full-time professors from various departments, including Professor Wei-Ming Lee and Jun-Hui Lin.

In 1980, the College of Science was founded, with NCTU president Prof. Nan-Hong Kuo as the first dean. The Institute of Applied Chemistry was established in 1982, with Xing-Ren Xiao as its first chairman.

1982- First Chairman of the Institute of Applied Chemistry, Prof. Xiao Xingren

Between 1982 and 1987, the Institute appointed a series of new faculty, including Prof. Wen-An Loong, Zuo-Min Zhuang, Mu-Shi Lin, Hsien-Jen Wu, Jiann-Shing Wu, Feng-Chih Chang, Heng-Li Zhuang, and Hsin-Tien Chiu. At the time, the Institute of Applied Chemistry did not have a dedicated building, and its labs were spread out throughout the campus. In 1987, Professor Chang, Feng-chih, became the Institute’s third chairman, and soon began planning the Science Building II.

1985-Second Chairman of the Institute of Applied Chemistry, Prof. Loong, Wen-An