Prof. Shih-I Chu

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Education

• B.S. (honors) (1965) and M.S. (1968) in Physical Chemistry, National Taiwan University.
• D.Sc. (1971) in Theoretical Physics, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan.
• Ph.D. (1974) in Chemical Physics, Harvard University.

Awards and Honors

• J. Willard Gibbs Fellow (1976-78), Physics Department, Yale University.
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1980-84).
• JILA Visiting Fellow (1984-85).
• John Simon Guggenheim Fellow (1987-88).
• Fellow, American Physical Society (1988-present).
• Olin Petefish Award in Basic Sciences (1988).
• Watkins Distinguished Professor (1990-present).
• Distinguished Alumnus (2005), National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan.
• Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2006-present).

Professional Experience

• Research Associate, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA) (1974-76).
• J. Willard Gibbs Lecturer, Yale University (1976-78).
• Assistant Professor (1978-81); Associate Professor (1981-85); Professor (1985-90); Watkins Distinguished Professor (1990-present); Dept. of Chemistry, University of Kansas.
• Director, Kansas Institute for Theoretical and Computational Science (1992-1996).
• Director, Kansas Center for Advanced Scientific Computing (1996-present).
• Advisory Board, Institute of Physics, National Chiao-Tung University (1993-96).
• Advisory Board, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica (1996-present).
• Scientific Advisory Committee, Theoretical Physics Division, National Center for Theoretical Science, Taiwan (2001-present).
• Various Visiting Positions (Harvard, JILA, Caltech, UC Berkeley, IBM, Academia Sinica, etc).

Research Interests

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