Yang Hung-duen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yang Hung-duen (traditional Chinese: 楊弘敦; simplified Chinese: 杨弘敦; pinyin: Yáng Hóngdūn; born 3 September 1965) is a Taiwanese physicist. Yang was the president of National Sun Yat-sen University from 2008 to 2016, when he was selected to lead the National Science and Technology Council.

Yang Hung-duen
楊弘敦
Yang in 2014
Minister of Science and Technology
In office 20 May 2016 – 7 February 2017
Deputy	Tsai Mi-ching, Chiu Jeng-jiann
Vice	Chen Ter-shing
Preceded by	Shyu Jyuo-min
Succeeded by	Chen Liang-gee
President of National Sun Yat-sen University
In office October 2008 – 19 May 2016
Preceded by	Chang Tsung-jen (張宗仁)
Succeeded by	Wu Chi-hua (吳濟華)
Deputy Minister of National Science Council of the Republic of China
In office 2006–2008
Minister	Maw-Kuen Wu Chen Chien-jen Lee Lou-chuang
Preceded by	Liao Chun-cheng (廖俊臣)
Succeeded by	Lih-Juann Chen [zh]
Personal details
Born	3 September 1965 (1965-09-03) (age 59) Meinong, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
Education	National Taiwan Normal University (BS) Iowa State University (PhD)

Academic career

Yang earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from National Taiwan Normal University, and a doctorate in the subject from Iowa State University. Upon graduation in 1987, he returned to Taiwan for a teaching position at National Sun Yat-sen University. He was a visiting professor at Wayne State University from 1999 to 2000.^[1]

Political career

Yang led the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the National Science Council from 2001 to 2004, when he left for the Academia Sinica. He rejoined the NSC in 2006 as a deputy minister. In 2008, Yang was named President of National Sun Yat-sen University.^[1] In April 2016, he was appointed Minister of Science and Technology.^[2]

Works

• Yang, Hung-Duen (1987). "Superconductivity, magnetism, and charge density wave formation in ternary compounds with the Sc5Co4Si10-type structure". Iowa State University. (Dissertation)