Vice President Andrew H.-J. Wang

Present position:
Vice President, Academia Sinica
Distinguished Research Fellow
Institute of Biological Chemistry

Education:
B.S., Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1967
M.S., Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1970
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Illinois-Urbana, 1974

Positions:

1974-88	Postdoctoral Research Associate (74-80), Research Scientist (80-82), Principal Research Scientist (82-85), Senior Research Scientist (85-88), Department of Biology, MIT
1-7/81 &3-4/83	Visiting Scientist, Gorlaeus Lab., Leiden State Univ., The Netherlands (with Prof. J. H. van Boom)
9/87-2/88	Visiting Associate, Division of Chemistry, Caltech (with Prof. P. B. Dervan)
2/95-5/95	Visiting Professor, Department of Biophysical Chem., Nijmegen University (with Prof. C. Hilbers)
1988-2000	Professor of Biophysics, Biochemistry, and Chemistry, Dept. of Cell & Structural Biology, Biochemistry, UIUC
1996-97	Acting Head, Dept. of Cell & Structural Biology, UIUC
2000-2006	Distinguished Research Fellow and Director, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica

Other Professional Activities:

1983-94	Member, Editorial Board, J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn.
1984	Director, Second Summer School in Biophysics, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
1984-94	Member, Organizing Committee for the SUNYA Conversation in the Discipline of Biomolecular Stereodynamics
1987-present	Member, Oversea Advisory Board, Newton Graphic Science Magazine (Taiwan)
1988-1996	Member, Advisory Board, Institute of Mol. Biol., Taipei, Taiwan
1992-2002	Adj. Research Fellow, Institute of Mol. Biol., Taipei, Taiwan
1990-93	Member, Advisory Board, Biotechnology Center, UIUC
1991-94	Member, NIH BBCA Study Section
1993-96	Member, NSF Predoctoral Fellowship Review Panel
1995-2002	Editor, European J. Biochem.
1998-2002	Editorial Board, Nucleic Acids Research
2000-2006	Distinguished Research Fellow & Director, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia, Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
2002-present	Adj. Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Mol. Biol., Taipei, Taiwan
2007-present	Director, National Research Program for Genomic Medicine
2001-2007	Director, Core Facilities for Proteomic Research, and High-throughput Protein Crystallography, National Research Program for Genomic Medicine
2001-2007	Co-Director, Core Facility for High-throughput Synchrotron Beamline for Protein Crystallography, National Research Program for Genomic Medicine
2001-2005	Director, Core Facility for High-throughput Protein Production, National Research Program for Genomic Medicine
2001-2005	Director, Chemical Biology and Molecular Biophysics Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2001-2007	President, Biophysics Society of ROC
2001-2004	President, Taiwan Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2004-present	Council Member, Taiwan Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2003-2006	President, Taiwan Proteomics Society
2006-present	Council Member, Taiwan Proteomics Society
2003-present	Council Member, Human Proteomic Organization (HUPO).
2003-present	Council Member, AOHUPO

Membership:

1987	Elected member, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
1987	Fellow, American Institute of Chemists
1998	Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2000	Academician, Academia Sinica
2005	Fellow, The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
2007	Fellow, A-IMBN
2007	Science and Engineering Achievement Award, Taiwanese-American Foundation

Research interests:
Structural proteomics, anticancer drugs, x-ray crystallography, NMR and molecular design.