Ken-Tsung Wong is working as a Professor at the Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, and a Joint Research Fellow of the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science (from 2012), Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Ken obtained his B.S. degree from Catholic Fu-Jen University in 1989 and Ph.D. from National Taiwan University (supervisor: T.-Y. Luh) in 1993. He conducted his postdoctoral research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (supervisor: S. E. Denmark) in 1995-1996 and Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg (supervisor: J.-M. Lehn) in 1996-1998. He joined the Department of Chemistry at National Taiwan University as an assistant professor in 1998, then promoted to an associate professor in 2002 and professor in 2006.
Ken established a strong interdisciplinary research program engaging domestic and international collaborations. His research mainly focuses on the molecular design and organic synthesis of novel pi-conjugated materials for optoelectronic applications. There are 5 postdocs, 8 Ph.D. students, 8 master students, and 5 undergraduate students working in my lab. The lab. is well-equipped for the syntheses and characterizations of new organic molecules with novel structures and functional properties.
My research mainly focuses on the molecular design and organic synthesis of novel pi-conjugated materials for optoelectronic applications such as organic light-emitting device (OLED), electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL), solid-state light-emitting electrochemical cells (LEC), transistors, organic photovoltaics (OPVs), organic photodetectors (OPDs), and memory devices. Ken also worked on hydrogen-bonding directed self-assembly for making organic nano structures and studying their light-emitting applications. In addition to optoelectronics, his recently developed small-organic-molecule materials have been explored to show promising nanomedicine applications.
MIT Technology Review 100 Young Innovator (1999). Outstanding Young Chemistry Investigator Award, Chinese Chemical Society (2002). Young Scholar Research Publication Award of Academia Sinica (2004), Outstanding Young Scholar Award (Shui-Mu Foundation of Chemistry) (2004), Outstanding Research Achievement Award of National Taiwan University (2004), Thompson Scientific Citation Laureate for blue OLED (2006), Wu Da-You Research Award of National Science Council (2006), Outstanding Research Award of Ministry of Science and Technology (2010), Mr. and Mrs. Sun Chan Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry (2010), Distinguished teaching award (2006) and Distinguished professor (2011-2014, 2017-2020) of National Taiwan University, Ho Chin Tui Award (侯金堆傑出榮譽獎) (2015), Y. Z. Hsu Science Paper Award (有庠科技論文獎) (2017), and 6th Yoshida Prize in 2021, Outstanding Scholar Awards, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (2022).
Ken obtained his B.S. degree from Catholic Fu-Jen University in 1989 and Ph.D. from National Taiwan University (supervisor: T.-Y. Luh) in 1993. He conducted his postdoctoral research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (supervisor: S. E. Denmark) in 1995-1996 and Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg (supervisor: J.-M. Lehn) in 1996-1998.