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Principal Investigator

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Prof. Alex K. Y. JEN

任廣禹教授

 

BS National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
PhD University of Pennsylvania, USA

 

Lee Shau Kee Chair Professor of Materials Science
Chair Professor, Chemistry and Materials Science

Fellow, European Academy of Sciences
Member, Washington State Academy of Sciences
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Fellow, The Materials Research Society (MRS)
Fellow, The American Chemical Society (ACS)
Fellow, The American Chemical Society, Div. of Polym. Mater. Sci. & Engin. (PMSE)
Fellow, The Optical Society of America (OSA)
Fellow, The International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE)

Professor Alex Jen is the Lee Shau Kee Chair Professor of Materials Science and the Founding Director of the Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy. He is also the Chair Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science of the CityU. During 2016-2020, he also served as the Provost of the University.


He received his B.S. from the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in USA. Before joining CityU, he served as the Boeing-Johnson Chair Professor and Chair of the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. He had also been appointed as the Chief Scientist for the Clean Energy Institute endowed by the Washington State Governor. He is a distinguished researcher with >1,150 publications and >98,000 citations, and an H-index of 161. He has co-invented 73 patents and invention disclosures. His interdisciplinary research covers organic/hybrid functional materials and devices for photonics, energy, sensors, and nanomedicine.


For his pioneering contributions in organic photonics and electronics, Professor Jen was elected as an Academician by both the European Academy of Sciences and the Washington State Academy of Sciences. He had also been selected as a Fellow for several professional societies, including AAAS, MRS, ACS, PMSE, OSA, and SPIE. He was named by the Times Higher Education (THE) in 2018 as one of the “Top 10 university researchers in Perovskite Solar Cell Research”. In addition, he was recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds of 2015 and 2016 and as a "Highly Cited Researcher" in Materials Science by Clarivate Analytics (Top 1% in the world), consecutively in 2014-2024.


He is the recipient for the “Outstanding Research Award” from both CityU and CityU’s College of Engineering in 2021 and 2024, respectively. He had also been appointed as the Changjiang Endowed Chair by the Chinese Ministry of Education, the Distinguished Chair Professor by Zhejiang University, the World Class University Professor by the Korean Research Foundation and Korea University, and the Distinguished Chair Professor by the National Taiwan University. He had demonstrated strong capability in technology translation by founding five start-up companies, and was the founder of the Institute of Advanced Materials for Energy (i-AME) at the University of Washington. He had also been recognized as a Honorary Professor by both Xian Jiaotong University and National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan.

Professional Experience

Director, Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy, 2021-2024

Lee Shau Kee Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong, 2020-Current

Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong, 2016-Current

Provost, City University of Hong Kong, 2016-2020

Chief Scientist, Clean Energy Institute, Univ. of Washington, 2013-2016

Chair, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, 2007-2016

Acting Chair, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, 2005-2007

Director, Institute of Advanced Materials for Energy, 2011-2016

Director, Institute for Advanced Materials & Technology, Univ. of Washington, 2006-2011

Boeing-Johnson Chair Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, 2000-Present

Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA., 1997-1999

Vice President, Optical Materials Division, ROI Technology, 1995-1996

Group Leader-Senior Scientist, NLO Materials, EniChem America, 1990-1994

Prizes/ Honors

  • Patents & Invention Records: 73

  • Publications: ~1150

  • H-index: 161

  • Citations: >98,000

  • Outstanding Research Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2021 & 2024.

  • Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics (Top 1% in the world in Materials Science), 2014-2024.

  • Name by Times Higher Education (THE) as one of the “Top 10 Researchers in the World Working on Perovskite Solar Cells”, 2018.

  • The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds by Thomson Reuters, 2015-16.

  • Honorary Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, ROC, 2018

  • Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, ROC, 2017

  • BK21+ Distinguished Professor, Korea University, 2015-2019

  • Distinguished Chair Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2013

  • MRS Fellow, The Materials Research Society, 2012

  • Chair Professor, Polymer Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, China, 2012

  • Member, Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2011

  • ACS Fellow, The American Chemical Society, 2011

  • World-Class University Professor, Korea University, Korean Research Foundation, Korea, 2009

  • Honorary Professor, East China University of Science & Technology, China, 2009

  • PMSE Fellow, The American Chemical Society, Div. of Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering, 2009

  • Board of Directors, Washington Technology Center, Appointed by Governor of Washington State, 2007

  • Faculty of Research Innovator Award, College of Engineering, University of Washington, 2007

  • Changjiang Endowed Chair Professor, Ministry of Education, China, 2007

  • OSA Fellow, The Optical Society of America, 2007

  • SPIE Fellow, The International Society of Optical Engineering, 2006

  • AAAS Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005

  • Member of Advisory Board, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2002-Present

  • Boeing-Johnson Endowed Chair, University of Washington, 1999-Present

  • Industrial Fellow (rank as full professor), Northwestern University, 1995-2000

  • Founder’s Award, ROITech, 1995

  • Outstanding Achievement Award, EniChem America, 1994

  • President’s Award, EniChem America, 1989

  • Rohm & Hass Research Fellowship, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1981

 

Editor or Editorial Membership

  • Editor, Emeritus, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

  • Editorial Advisory Board Member, ACS Chemistry of Materials, NPG-Asia Materials, Journal of the Experimental Nanoscience, Solar RRL, Materials Today-Nano

  • Advisory Board Member, Energy Frontier Research Center, Univ. of Michigan

  • Advisory Board Member, Material Synthesis, Simulation Across Scales, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Chair of the Advisory Board, The Transformative Materials Initiative, The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 2007-2016

  • Board of Directors, The Washington Technology Center, appointed by the Washington State Governor

  • Advisory Board Member, College of Arts & Science, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan

  • Advisory Board Member, Institute of Chemistry, Academic Sinica, Taiwan

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