Tien-Yau Luh
Professor
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
Biography
Tien-Yau Luh obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago (with L. M. Stock) in 1974. After spending two years of postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota (with P. G. Gassman), he began his independent research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1976. He moved back in 1988 to his alma mater, National Taiwan University where he has been University Chair Professor. He officially retired from his present post in August of 2016 and was appointed as Distinguished Chair Professor and Professor Emeritus. He has published 290 papers and has received numerous awards. He is also serving as a member of the advisory/editorial board for Chemical Communications, Chemistry-A European Journal, The Chemical Record, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters and Springer Lecture Notes in Chemistry. His current research interests include organometallic chemistry in polymer synthesis mimicking biomacromolecules, and chemistry of materials.
Research Interest
Chemistry in polymer synthesis mimicking biomacromolecules, and chemistry of materials.