List of National Taiwan University people

The list of National Taiwan University people includes alumni and prominent faculty and staff.

University chancellors

• Tien, Chang-lin (田長霖): the 8th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
• Henry T. Yang (楊祖佑): the 5th Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Academia

• Benjamin Hsiao (BS, Chemical Engineering 1980) : Chief Research Officer and Vice-President for Research at Stony Brook University, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Chemical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^[1]
• Larry Hsien Ping Lang (郎咸平): Chair Professor of Finance at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Ruey-Shiung Lin (林瑞雄): Professor Emeritus of Public Health, National Taiwan University
• Jiun-Huei Proty Wu: physics professor and Deputy Vice President for International Affairs, National Taiwan University

Engineering

• Wen Chi Chen (陳文琦): President and CEO of VIA Technologies
• Min H. Kao (高民環): Co-founder of Garmin Corporation, the GPS manufacturer
• Barry Lam: (林百里): Founder and Chairman of Quanta Computer, the leading laptop producer worldwide
• John Shen: Executive of Globalization Services, IBM China Development Laboratory
• Rick Tsai (蔡力行): President and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

Physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering

• Ching-Li Chai (翟敬立): Professor of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
• Sun-Yung Alice Chang (张圣容): Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University
• Chen-Yu Chi (齊震宇): Junior Fellow, Harvard University
• Wu-Chung Hsiang (項武忠): Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University
• Wu-Yi Hsiang (項武義): Professor of Mathematics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
• Benjamin Hsiao (BS, Chemical Engineering 1980) : Chief Research Officer and Vice-President for Research at Stony Brook University, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the American Chemical Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^[2]
• Chun-Hway Hsueh: ISI high-cited researcher in materials science; Distinguished R&D Staff, Metals & Ceramics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Jin Au Kong (孔金甌): Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Lee Si-Chen (李嗣涔): semiconductor researcher; IEEE Fellow, 2002; Professor of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University; President of National Taiwan University (2005 - )
• Fan Chung (金芳蓉): Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, San Diego
• Yuan-Tseh Lee (李遠哲): Nobel Prize in chemistry, 1986; Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry, National Taiwan University
• Winnie Li (李文卿): Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University, Chern Prize (ICCM) recipient
• Chang-Shou Lin (林長壽): Director, Taida Institute of Mathematical Sciences (TIMS), Fellow of Academia Sinica
• Tai-Ping Liu (劉太平): Director, Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica
• Ho-Kwang Mao (毛河光): Balzan Prize, 2005; Gregori Aminoff Prize, 2005; Roebling Medal, 2005; Staff, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
• Chiang-Chung Mei (梅強中): Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Teresa H. Meng(孟懷縈): Reid Weaver Dennis Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University; Founder of Atheros Communications, Inc.
• Simon Min Sze (施敏): pioneer in MOSFET; IEEE J J Ebers Award, 1991
• Yu-Chong Tai (戴聿昌): pioneer in microelectromechanical system (MEMS); Professor of Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
• Chenming Calvin Hu (胡正明)：pioneer in FinFET; Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the electronic engineering and computer science department of the University of California, Berkeley.
• Kuan-Chong Ting : Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• Tsay Ting-kuei (蔡丁貴), Professor of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University since 1990^[3]
• Chin-Lung Wang (王金龍): National Endowed Chair Professor and Professor of Mathematics, National Taiwan University
• Weng I. Wang (王文一): Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
• Chi-Huey Wong (翁啟惠): Professor of Chemistry, the Scripps Research Institute; President of Academia Sinica (in Taiwan)
• C.F. Jeff Wu (吳建福): Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics, Georgia Institute of Technology; Member, National Academy of Engineering, USA
• Yao, Andrew (姚期智): Turing Award 2000; Professor, Princeton University; Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing (2004 - )
• Horng-Tzer Yau (姚鴻澤): MacArthur Fellowship, 2000; Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University
• Nai-Chang Yeh (葉乃裳): Professor of Physics, California Institute of Technology

Life sciences

• Chuan-Chiung Chang (張傳炯): co-discoverer of bungarotoxin; Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University
• Ding-Shinn Chen, M.D. (陳定信): authority on hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma; Dean, NTU College of Medicine; Foreign Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA
• Lan-Bo Chen (陳良博): Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
• Pei-Jer Chen, M.D. (陳培哲): authority on hepatitis D virus; Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholar; Professor of Medicine, NTU
• Wei-Jao Chen, M.D. (陳維昭): President, NTU, 1993–2005; pioneer in surgical separation of ischiopagus tripus conjoined twins
• Yuan-Tsong Chen, M.D. (陳垣崇): inventor of Myozyme, the first EMEA- and U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for Pompe disease (approved in 2006); Director, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica; former Chief and Professor, the Pediatrics Division of Medical Genetics, Duke University Medical Center
• Yao-Tseng Chen, M.D.: Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
• Yu-Ray Chen, M.D. (陳昱瑞): President, International Society of Craniofacial Surgery, 1999–2000
• Shu Chien, M.D. (錢煦): University Professor, University of California; President, the American Physiological Society, 1990-1; President Elect, the Biomedical Engineering Society, USA, 2005-6
• Tuan-Hua David Ho (賀端華): ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) highly cited researcher in plant and animal science; UNESCO Professorship, 2004; Director and Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, 2003–2008, Currently a Professor in the Biology Department Washington University in St. Louis.
• Fushih Pan, Ph. D.: Plastic Surgeon, Developer of the MIRA Procedure
• Ru-Chih Chow Huang (黃周汝吉): American Women in Science, 1985; Professor of Biology, Johns Hopkins University
• Tao-shih Hsieh (謝道時): Professor of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center
• Su-Ming Hsu, M.D. (許世明): ISI highly cited researcher in clinical medicine (cited more than 10,000 times between 1981 and 1992); Professor of Pathology, NTU
• Lily Y. Jan (葉公杼): Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
• Yuh Nung Jan (詹裕農): Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, Professor of Molecular Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
• Selina Chen-Kiang: Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
• George Kuo, Co-discoverer of Hepatitis C
• Michael M. C. Lai, M.D. (賴明詔): President, National Cheng Kung University, 2007–2011; Vice President, Academia Sinica, 2003–2007; Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, 1990–2003
• Chen-Yuan Lee, M.D. (李鎮源): co-discoverer of bungarotoxin; Redi Award, 1976; Former President, International Society on Toxinology
• Tun-Hou Lee (李惇厚): Professor of Virology, Harvard School of Public Health
• Ching-Hon Pui, M.D.: Chair, Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; ISI highly cited researcher in clinical medicine
• Vivian E. Shih, M.D.: Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
• Ming T. Tsuang, M.D. (莊明哲): University Professor, University of California; Director, Institute of Behavioral Genomics, University of California, San Diego; Director, Harvard Institute of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics
• Ching-Chung Wang (王正中): Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco
• James C. Wang (王倬): discoverer of topoisomerase; Chair (1983–1985) and Professor (1977–2005), Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
• Judy Chou (周慧泉): PH.D. Yale University; Senior Vice President & Head of Biotech, Bayer Pharmaceuticals.
• Tzyy Choou Wu, M.D.: Professor of Pathology, Professor of Oncology, and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions; Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University
• Jang Yen Wu (吳政彥): ISI highly cited researcher in neuroscience; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Senior Schmidt Fellow, Department of Biomedical Science, Florida Atlantic University
• Fun-Sun Frank Yao, M.D.: Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College

Politics

• Chang Chau-hsiung, M.D. (張昭雄): vice-chairman, People First Party, 2000-
• Chang Po-ya (張博雅), M.P.H.: Minister of Health, R.O.C., 1979–1986
• General Chen Chao-min, M.B.A. (陳肇敏): Commander-in-Chief, R.O.C. Air Force, 1998–2002; Deputy Defense Minister, R.O.C., 2002-
• Chen Ding-nan (陳定南): Minister of Justice, R.O.C., 2000–2005
• Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁): Mayor of Taipei, 1994–1998; President of R.O.C., 2000–2008
• Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌): Chairperson of the New Power Party, Taiwan, 2015-
• Chen, Sisy (陳文茜): famous talk show host in Taiwan
• Frank Hsieh (謝長廷): Mayor of Kaohsiung, 1998–2005; Premier of R.O.C., 2005–2006
• Joe Hung (洪健昭): journalist (Central News Agency), translator and diplomat, Representative of Taiwan to Italy, 1993–2000^[4]
• Lee Teng-hui (李登輝): President of R.O.C., 1988–2000
• Lien Chan (連戰): Vice President of R.O.C., 1996–2000
• Lin Yang-kang (林洋港): President, Judicial Yuan, R.O.C., 1987–1994
• Lin Yi-hsiung (林義雄): chairman, Democratic Progressive Party, 1998–2000
• Lu, Annette (呂秀蓮): Vice President of R.O.C., 2000–2008
• Li Ao (李敖): A writer, social commentator, historian, independent scholar and politician in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
• Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九): President of R.O.C., 2008-2016
• Peng Ming-min (彭明敏): former Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science, NTU; political activist for Taiwan independence
• Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌): Premier of R.O.C., 2006–2007
• Shen Fu-hsiung, M.D. (沈富雄): Member, Legislative Yuan, R.O.C., 1992–2004; former Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle; former Director, Hemodialysis Unit, Seattle Veterans Administration Hospital
• Wu Den-yih (吳敦義): Mayor of Kaohsiung, 1990–1998; Member, Legislative Yuan, 2002- ; Secretary-General of the KMT Central Committee, 2007-; Premier of R.O.C., 2009-
• Chen Changwen: president of Red Cross Society of the Republic of China and the secretary of Straits Exchange Foundation.

Humanities and social sciences

• Kwang-chih Chang (張光直): Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University
• Peter Chen (陳品山): originator of the Entity-Relationship Model
• Leo Ou-fan Lee (李歐梵): Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University; Fellow of Academia Sinica
• Russell Leong: Professor of English and Asian-American studies, University of California, Los Angeles
• Li Ji: father of Chinese archeology
• Lin Wenyue(林文月): prominent prose writer; translator of classical and modern Japanese literature; Professor of Chinese Literature, NTU
• Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇): prominent novelist; Professor of Chinese Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara
• George C. Tiao (刁錦寰): Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Chicago
• David Der-wei Wang(王德威): critic of contemporary Sinophone literature, Edward C. Henderson Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Harvard University; Fellow of Academia Sinica
• Angela Yang: President of Chinese American Librarians Association from 1992-1993, multicultural and outreach services librarian
• Yu Ying-shih (余英時): Professor of Chinese Studies, Professor of History and East Asian Studies, Princeton University

Business

• Felice Chen: Former Managing Director and Co-Head of Investment Banking for UBS Investment Bank in Taipei
• Robert Chiu: Managing Director, Head of Telecommunications, Media and Technology investment banking at Nomura
• John Chou (周鴻成): Chief Actuary and Senior Vice President of Liberty National Life Insurance Co., the founding division of Torchmark Corporation
• Koo Chen-fu (辜振甫): Former Chairman of the Koos Group of companies
• T.J. Huang (黃宗仁): Founder and Managing Partner of AsiaVest Partners, one of the leading venture capital firms in the Far East
• Steven Hung: Chairman of Waterland Financial Holding Co., Ltd.
• Fred Pai: Chairman of Central Insurance Co. and brother of Wayne Pai, founder and former chairman of Polaris Financial Group
• Chang Yi Wang: Chairperson and CEO of the United Biomedical, Inc. (UBI) Group of companies.

Entertainment

• Chen Kuangyi: (陳匡怡) actress and model
• Wakin Chau (周華健): singer; majored in mathematics
• Alec Su (蘇有朋): actor and singer; majored in mechanical engineering (did not graduate)
• Tsai Lan-chin (蔡藍欽): singer and songwriter (1964–1987)(did not graduate)
• William Wei (韋禮安): singer; majored in foreign languages^[5][6]
• Wen Tzang Yi (溫尚翊): guitarist and band leader of Mayday (1994–1999)(did not graduate)
• Smire Weng(翁滋蔓): TV show host and actress in Taiwan

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