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
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
- Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇): author of Taipei People (臺北人); Professor of Chinese Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Yu Ying-shih (余英時): Professor of Chinese Studies, Professor of History and East Asian Studies, Princeton University
- George C. Tiao (刁錦寰): Professor of Econometrics and Statistics, University of Chicago
- Russell Leong: Professor of English and Asian-American studies, University of California, Los Angeles
- Li Ji, father of chinese archeology
Physical sciences, mathematics, and engineering
- 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
- 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 - )
- Yuan-Tseh Lee (李遠哲): Nobel Prize in chemistry, 1986; Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry, National Taiwan University
- 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
- Kuan-Chong Ting : Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- 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
- Michael M. C. Lai, M.D. (賴明詔): President, National Cheng Kung University, 2007–present; 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
- 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-ming, 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
- 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
- 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
- Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九): President of R.O.C., 2008-
- 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 Duen-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-
Business
- Felice Chen: Former Managing Director and Co-Head of Investment Banking for UBS Investment Bank in Taipei
- Wen Chi Chen (陳文琦): President and CEO of VIA Technologies
- 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.
- 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
- Fred Pai: Chairman of Central Insurance Co. and brother of Wayne Pai, founder and former chairman of Polaris Financial Group
- John Shen: Executive of Globalization Services, IBM China Development Laboratory
- Rick Tsai (蔡力行): President and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
- Chang Yi Wang: Chairperson and CEO of the United Biomedical, Inc. (UBI) Group of companies.
Entertainment
See also
References