Position Academician

Affiliation Academia Sinica

Education Pennsylvania State University Ph.D. (Experimental Psychology)

• Adjunct Research Fellow,Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica            2014/10/01~2016/07/31

• Chancellor, University System of Taiwan 2014

• Minister, Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan 2011/11~2012/05

• Minister Without Portfolio, Executive Yuan 2008/05~2012/05

• Vice President, Academia Sinica2002/02~2006/10

• Ministry of Education, TAIWAN/ROC 2000/05~2002/02

 

Tzeng Jyh-Lang was awarded “Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, California Science and Engineering

Society1993”, “Distinguished Service Award, The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of The Republic of

China, 2003 ”, “Distinguished Alumnus Award, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A, 2011”, “1st Class

Professional Education-Culture Medal, The Ministry of Education, March 2012.”

 

Tzeng Jyh-Lang was Fellow Academician of Academia Sinica, 1994 life tenure, and Fellow of American

Psychological Society 2003. He’s also committee member of the ICSU Committee on Freedom and

Responsibility in the conduct of Science (CFRS) from 2009 to 2011. In May 20, 2000 as Education Minister

in the cabinet of Tang Fei, he endeavored to popularize reading activities and got a tremendous echo from

society and education sector. The Ministry of Education has also set up series of reading education policy,

which laid the foundation for future reading education.