About Us
Department Chair : Professor Chen Chih-Hsin
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University (2020/02-)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University (2015/08-2020/01)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University (2012/08-2015/07)
Research Fellow, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (2008/04-2012/07)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica (2006/07-2008/03)
Research Interests :
1. Portable liquid crystal-based sensor for detecting environmental hazards, including development of sensing mechanism, synthesis of molecular probe, design of optical sensing device.
2. Design and synthesis of organic molecules for optoelectronic applications, ex: organic light-emitting diodes and organic photovoltaics, dye-sensitized solar cells and perovskite solar cells
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Successive department chairs
George A. Fitch (American)
1958.08-1960.07 Served as the first department chair. Teacher Shu-Ge Wu assisted with departmental affairs.
CHENG,SIANG-RONG
1960.08-1961.07 Director Fei has returned to the United States for medical treatment due to illness, and will be temporarily replaced by Teacher Cheng.
LIN, YUN-SHAN
1961.08-1963.07 Director Fei has officially resigned.
SU,SIAN-YANG
1963.08-1964.07 Director Lin has gone to the United States for further studies and will be temporarily replaced by Director Su from the Physics Department.
LIN,JI-SYONG
1964.08-1965.10
JHANG,JIAN-BANG
1965.10-1966.07 Director Ji-Syong Lin is going to the United States for further studies and has resigned from his part-time position. Dean Jian-Bang Jhang will concurrently serve as the head of the department, with Professor Chen Linsheng acting on his behalf for departmental affairs
Lin, YUN-SHAN
1966.08-1971.07 During Director Lin’s time in the United States, from August 1966 to July 1968, Teacher Lin-Sheng Chen acted on behalf of the department. From August 1968 to January 1970, Teacher Lin-Sheng Chen served as the Acting Department Chair.
CHEN,DUN-LI
1971.08-1974.07 The Institute of Chemistry was established in August 1971, with Professor Lin Yunshan serving as the first director until July 1973. From August 1973, Director Chen took over as the director.
PAN,KE-CHUAN
1974.08-1978.02 From February 1975 to February 1976, Director Pan went abroad and was temporarily replaced by Teacher Ho-Hsiang Wei as the department head.
WEI, HO-HSIANG
1978.03-1979.07 From August 1978 to July 1979, Teacher Ming-Kuo Yeh served concurrently as the Director of the Applied Chemistry Division.
YE,MING-GUO
1979.08-1982.07 From August 1980 to July 1982, Teacher Kan-Nan Chen served concurrently as the Director of the Applied Chemistry Division.
CHEN,HAN-NAN
1982.08-1986.02 From August 1982 to July 1984, Teacher Ming-Kuo Yeh continued to serve concurrently as the Director.
WU,CHIA-LI
1986.03-1988.07
SYUE,WUN-FA
1988.08-1993.07
WANG, WEN-JWU
1993.08-1995.07
WANG, BO-CHENG
1995.08-1999.07
GAO,HUEI-CHUN
1999.08-2001.07
LEE, ADAM SHIH-YUAN
2001.08-2005.07
WANG, BO-CHENG
2005.08-2009.07
WU,CHIA-LI
2009.08-2011.07
LIN, JYH-SHING
2011.08-2015.07
SHIH, TZENGE-LIEN
2015.08-2019.07
CHEN, YAU-HUNG
2019.08-2023.07
CHEN CHIH-HSIN
2023.08-present