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I am the Deputy Vice President for International Affairs at National Taiwan University, a professor in the Physics Department and Institute of Astrophysics at National Taiwan University, a Joint Researcher at Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, and an adjunct professor in the Institute of Physics at National Chengchi University. You may also look at my research and publications.

Education

Oct. 1996-
Sept. 1999
Ph.D. University of Cambridge, Cosmology.
Thesis: Cosmological Perturbations from Cosmic Strings
Oct. 1995-
Sept. 1996 		M.Sc. with Distinction, Sussex University, Astronomy.
Thesis: Analytical and Numerical Approaches to Inflationary Cosmology
Oct. 1989-
Jun. 1993 		B.Sc. National Taiwan University, Physics.
Oct. 1986-
Jun. 1989 		First Senior High-School of Taichung, Taiwan.

Research and Work Experience

Current Deputy Vice President for International Affairs, National Taiwan University;
Professor, Department of Physics and Institute of Astrophysics, National Taiwan University;
Advisory Panelist, Ministry of Science and Technology;
Joint Research Fellow, Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (ASIAA);
Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute of Applied Physics, National Cheng-Chi University (NCCU);
Project Scientist, AMiBA.
Dec. 2006-
Feb. 2007		 Visiting Scholar, U.C. Berkeley, USA;
Visiting Scholar, Lawrence-Berkeley National Lab, USA.
Oct.-Dec.
2006		 Visiting Scholar, Fermilab, USA.
Aug.-Oct.
2006		 Visiting Scholar, Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota.
Dec.2001-
present		 Department of Physics and Institute of Astrophysics, National Taiwan University
Oct. 1999-
Dec.2001		 Visiting Assistant Professional Research Astronomer, Astronomy Department, University of California at Berkeley;
Long-Term Space Astronomer, NASA, USA.
1998 Teaching Assistant for Cosmology, Part III Mathematics Tripos (postgraduate course), University of Cambridge, UK.
Aug. 1993-
Jul. 1995		 Computer Manager/Fireman/Table Tennis Representative/Radarman/Director of Multimedia Presentation System/Portrait Oil Painter, Taiwanese Navy (mandatory military service).
Jul. 1992-
Jun. 1993		 Research Assistant, Insitute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
Jul. 1992-
Jun. 1993		 Chief Editor, The Graduate Memorial Book of National Taiwan University for 1993.
Jul. 1992-
Jun. 1993		 Captain, Table Tennis Team, Physics Department, National Taiwan University (we won the national championship in 1993).
Jul. 1991-
Jun. 1992		 President, Student Union of Science College, National Taiwan Unversity.
Dec. 1990-
Dec. 1991		 Student Representative, National Taiwan University.

Main Awards

2014 Outstanding Young-Scientist Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology.
2013 World Chinese Award for Popular Science.
2012 Excellence Award for Social Service, National Taiwan University.
2012 Award of Senior Outstanding Teacher, National Taiwan University / Ministry of Education.
2011 Award of Outstanding Teacher, National Taiwan University.
2010 Award of Outstanding Teacher, National Taiwan University.
2009 Award of Outstanding Teacher, National Taiwan University.
2007 Award of Outstanding Teacher, National Taiwan University.
2006 First Prize, National Competition for Projects of Enhancing Education of Fundamental Science, Ministry of Education.
2005 Award of Outstanding Teacher, National Taiwan University.
2005 First Prize, National Competition for Projects of Enhancing Education of Fundamental Science, Ministry of Education.
2004 Award of Outstanding Teacher, National Taiwan University.
2004 First Prize, National Competition for Projects of Enhancing Education of Fundamental Science, Ministry of Education.
2003 First Prize, University Competition for Best Course-website, National Taiwan University.
2003 First Prize, University Competition for Best English Website, National Taiwan University.
1999 Second Prize, National Novel Competition (Taiwan).
1998 J. T. Knight Prize (math. & phys. essay competition, Cambridge).
1996-99 Cambridge Bursary Award.
1996-99 UK Oversea Research Student Award (ORS/96009158).
1995 Special Honour for Mandatory Service in Taiwanese Navy.
1992 Second Prize, National Artificial Intelligence Programming Competition (Taiwan).
1991 Literature Prize, National Taiwan University.
1989 First Prize, National Physics Competition (Taiwan).
1989 National Student Art Prize (Taiwan).
1989 First Prize, National Mathematics Competition (Taiwan).
1988 First Prize, National Caricature Competition (Taiwan).
1985 First Prize, Mathematics Competition for Junior High School Students in Taichung (Taiwan).

Computational Skills

Languages: C, C++, Fortran, Open Inventor/GL, Oracle, DBase, Basic, PC Assembly, Crey II Assembly, Scheme.
Analysis tools: IDL, Matlab, Mathematica, Maple, Explorer, gnuplot.
Operating system: Unix, Mac, Novell, MS-DOS, MS-Windows.
Supercomputing: SGI Origin-2000 (COSMOS parallel supercomputer) Cambridge Consortium consultant since January 1997; T3E supercomputer (Mercury from NERSC) since November 1999.


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Prof. Jiun-Huei Proty Wu
Department of Physics
National Taiwan University
No.1, Sec.4, Roosevelt Road
Taipei 10617, Taiwan
吳俊輝 教授
台北市羅斯福路四段1號
台大物理系
 Tel:+886-2-33668629
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