Yu Wang
E-mail
wangyu@ntu.edu.tw
Office
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University
Tel. of office
(02) 3366-1682
Laboratory
Tel. of Lab.
Education
B.S., Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1966
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Univ. of Ill., USA, 1973
Experience
Post-doctor, Department of Chemistry, SUN Yat Buffalo, 1973-1974
Assistant Research Officer, National Research Council, 1974-1979
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1979-1981
Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 1981-2011
Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Instfur Kolenforschung, 1985-1986
Visiting Professor, LCM3B, Univ. Henri Poincaré, Nancy1, 1994;2007
Director General, Department of Math & Physical Sciences, National Science Council, 1998-2001
Dean, College of Science, National Taiwan University, 2002-2005
Chairman, Crystallographic Committee, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1995-2003
Secretary of Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA), 1990-1993
Vice-president of AsCA, 1994-1996
President of AsCA, 2002-2004
Commission Member of "Charge, Spin and Momentum Density(CSMD)", IUCr, 1996-2005
Commission Chair of CSMD, IUCr, 2005-2008
Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, 2005
Editor-in-chief, Journal of the Chinese Chemical Soc., 2006-2014
Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan University, 2006-2011
Honorary Member of Phi-Tau-Phi Honorary Scholastic Society, 2009-
Distinguished Research Chair Professor, National Taiwan University, 2011
Vice President, Academia Sinica, 2014-2016
Research Interests
Electron Density Distribution and Chemical Bonding
Spin Crossover Phenomena / Light Induced Excited Spin State Trapping
Molecular Magnets
Honors, Awards, and Recognitions
Outstanding in Research from MOE, 1984-1985
Outstanding Scholar of China Foundation, 1986
Outstanding in Research from NSC, 1987-1988;1990-1991;1995-1996
Sun-Yat-Sen Academic Award, 1990
Chair PI of NSC, 1997-2003
Academic Award of MOE, 1998
Outstanding Scholar Award, 2002-2005
Academic Award of Chinese Chemical Soc., 2004
National Chair Professorship, 2005-2008
NTU Chair Professor, National Taiwan University, 2008-2011
2nd Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science, 2009
14thOutstanding Achievement Award from Phi-Tau-Phi Honorary Scholastic Society, 2009
28th Academician, Academia Sinica, 2010
Chemical Service Award CCS, 2010
Selected Publications
Sheu, C.-F.; Shih, C.-H.; Sugimoto, K.; Cheng, B.-M.; Takata, M.; Wang, Y.* “A Long-Lived Photo-Induced Metastable State of Linkage Isomerization Accompanied with A Spin Transition”
Chem. Commun.
2012
,
48
, 5715–5717.
Chuang, Y.-C.; Liu, C.-T.; Sheu, C.-F.; Ho, W.-L.; Lee, G.-H.; Wang, C.-C.; Wang, Y.* “New Iron(II) Spin Crossover Coordination Polymers [Fe(μ-atrz)
3
]X
2
·2H
2
O (X = ClO
4
-
, BF
4
-
) and [Fe(μ-atrz)(μ-pyz)(NCS)
2
]·4H
2
O with an Interesting Solvent Effect”
Inorg. Chem.
2012
,
51
, 4663–4671.
Wu, L.-C.; Hsu, C.-W.; Chuang, Y.-C.; Lee, G.-H.; Tsai, Y.-C.; Wang, Y.* “Bond Characterization on a Cr-Cr Quintuple Bond: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study”
J. Phys. Chem. A
2011
,
115
, 12602–12615.
Sheu, C.-F.; Chen, K.-W.; Chen, S.-M.; Wen, Y.-S.; Lee, G.-H.; Chen, J.-M.; Lee, J.-F.; Cheng, B.-M.; Sheu, H.-S.; Yasuda, N.; Ozawa, Y.; Toriumi, K.; Wang, Y.* “Structure and Electronic Configuration of an Iron(II) Complex in a LIESST State: A Pump and Probe Method”
Chem. Eur. J.
2009
,
15
, 2384–2393.