Principal Investigator
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Alex K.-Y. Jen Professor Emeritus Department of Materials Science & Engineering Email: ajen (at) u.washington.edu |
Education, Honors, and Awards
- Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1984
- Distinguished Chair Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2013
- MRS Fellow, The Materials Research Society, 2012
- Chair Professor, Polymer Science & Engineering, Zhejiang University, China, 2012
- Member, Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2011
- ACS Fellow, The American Chemical Society, 2011
- World-Class University Professor, Korea University, Korea Research Foundation, Korea, 2009
- Honorary Professor, East China University of Science & Technology, China, 2009
- PMSE Fellow, The American Chemical Society, Div. of Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering, 2009
- Board of Directors, Washington Technology Center, Appointed by Governor of Washington State, 2007
- Faculty of Research Innovator Award, College of Engineering, University of Washington, 2007
- Changjiang Endowed Chair Professor, Ministry of Education, China, 2007
- OSA Fellow, The Optical Society of America, 2007
- SPIE Fellow, The International Society of Optical Engineering, 2006
- AAAS Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005
- Member of Advisory Board, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2002-Present
- Boeing-Johnson Endowed Chair, University of Washington, 1999-Present
- Industrial Fellow (rank as full professor), Northwestern University, 1995-2000
- Founder’s Award, ROITech, 1995
- Outstanding Achievement Award, EniChem America, 1994
- President’s Award, EniChem America, 1989
- Rohm & Hass Research Fellowship, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1981
Professional Experience
- Provost and Chair Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong., Dec-2016-Present
- Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., Dec-2016-Present
- Chief Scientist, Clean Energy Institute, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., 2013-2016
- Chair, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., Sep-2007-Nov-2016
- Director, Institute for Advanced Materials & Technology, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., 2006-Nov-2016
- Acting Chair, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., Sep-2005-Sep-2007
- Boeing-Johnson Chair Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA., Sep-2000-Nov-2016
- Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA., 1997-1999
- Vice President, Optical Materials Division, ROI Technology, 1995-1996
- Group Leader-Senior Scientist, NLO Materials, EniChem America, 1990-1994
- Project Leader-Principal Scientist, Advanced Materials Laboratory, EniChem America, 1988-1990
- Research Scientist, Specialty Polymers Department, Allied-Signal Inc., 1984-1988
Professional Service
- Editor, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.
- Advisory Board Member, Energy Frontier Research Center, Univ. of Michigan
- Advisory Board, Material Synthesis, Simulation Across Scales, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Chemistry of Materials, NPG-Asia Materials, Journal of the Experimental Nanoscience
- Chair of the Advisory Board, The Transformative Materials Initiative, The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, 2007-
- Board of Directors, The Washington Technology Center, appointed by the Washington State Governor.
- Advisory Board Member, College of Arts & Science,National Chiao-Tung University,Taiwan.
- Advisory Board Member, Institute of Chemistry, Academic Sinica, Taiwan