Chang Ching-wen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.

Chang Ching-wen (Chinese: 張靜文; pinyin: Zhāng Jìngwén; born January 17, 1966) is a Taiwanese scientist and public official.

Chang Chin-wen
張靜文
Official portrait, 2023
16th Minister of Atomic Energy Council
In office 11 January 2023 – 26 September 2023 Acting: 11 January 2023 — 31 January 2023
Prime Minister	Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen
Deputy	Liu Wen-chung
Preceded by	Hsieh Shou-shing
Succeeded by	Council abolished[note 1]
Personal details
Born	(1966-01-17) January 17, 1966 (age 59)
Education	National Taiwan University (BS, MPH) University of Cincinnati (PhD)

Education

Chang graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree and a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) degree. She then completed doctoral studies in the United States at the University of Cincinnati, earning her Ph.D. in environmental health from the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in 1994. Her doctoral dissertation was titled, "A study of the colony masking effect in bioaerosol sampling and analysis".^[1]

Career

Upon her return to Taiwan, Chang became a supervisor and director for the Taiwan Occupational Hygiene Association and Taiwan Society of Indoor Environmental Quality. She also held a professorship at NTU.^[2][3]

Chang also worked with several governmental organizations, first as a research fellow affiliated with the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, a division of the Council of Labor Affairs. She subsequently served on the Infectious Disease Control Board reporting to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, was appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency's Air Pollution Control Fund Management Board, and became a member and deputy minister of the Atomic Energy Council under minister Hsieh Shou-shing.^[2][4] Chang was appointed minister of the Atomic Energy Council in January 2023.^[5][6]

Notes

1. Chen Tung-yang as the Chairman of the Nuclear Safety Commission