Mei-Yin Chou

Chou earned a bachelor's degree in physics from National Taiwan University, followed by a master's degree and doctorate in the same field, both from the University of California, Berkeley.[1] She completed postdoctoral research with Exxon, and joined the Georgia Institute of Technology faculty in 1989.[2] Chou received a two-year fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation between 1990 and 1992, as well as a five-year fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (1990–1995).[3][4]

She became an associate professor at Georgia Tech in 1993, and was promoted to full professor in 1998.[5] Chou held the Advance Professorship in Science from 2002 to 2006, and chaired the physics department between 2005 and 2010.[6] She returned to Taiwan to assume the directorship of the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences at Academia Sinica, and took a joint adjunct professorship at National Taiwan University.[7]

She was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 2002, and elected to membership within Academia Sinica in 2014.[3] Chou was considered one of three finalists for the position of president of Academia Sinica in 2016.[8][9] After Kuo Way withdrew from consideration and James C. Liao was selected,[10][11] Chou was appointed one of three vice presidents.[5] In late 2017, Chou was one of eight finalists considered for the position of National Taiwan University president.[12] Chou remained in the running until the final round of five candidates.[13][14]