Dr. Ching-Ming Wei
Title： Distinguished Research Fellow
Education
B.S., Physics, 1982, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
M.S., Physics, 1984, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Ph.D., Physics, 1990, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Experience
Research Assistant, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (1984 Aug. ~ 1986 July)
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan (1990 Aug. ~ 1991 July)
Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (1991 Aug. ~ 1994 Dec.)
Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (1995 Jan. ~ 1999 Nov.)
Visiting Scientist, Fritz-Habor Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (1996 April ~ 1997 May)
Associate Professor, Research Institute for Scientific Measurements, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan (1997 Dec. ~ 1998 March)
Visiting Scientist, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (2001 Nov. ~ 2002 Sep.)
Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (1999 Dec. ~ 2004 Oct.)
Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (2004 Nov. ~ 2008 Oct.)
Deputy Director, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (2007 Oct. ~ 2012 Dec.)
Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan (2008 Nov. ~ present)
Director, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2022 July ~ present)
Research Interests
Computational materials physics
Electronic and structural properties of solids, surfaces, interfaces, and clusters
Material simulations using Quantum Monte-Carlo
Honors, Awards, and Recognitions
Distinguish Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (1994)
Young Researcher Publication Award, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (1996)
Achievement in Asia Award, Oversea Chinese Physics Association - OCPA (1996)
Ten Outstanding Youth, Taiwan (1996)
Fellow, Taiwan (ROC) Physical Society, Taiwan (1997)
Distinguish Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (1999)
The Paper Prize, Surface Science Society of Japan, Japan (2000)
Distinguish Honor Award, Ho Chin-Dwei Culture and Education Foundation, Taiwan (2003) (Shared award of 13,000 USD with Prof. Yar-Chang Chou)
Distinguish Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan (2004)
Fellow, American Physical Society, USA (2011)