Introduction
Message from the Director：Dr. Kuei-Hsien Chen
The year 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the formal inauguration of the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS) and the 38th anniversary of its inception. IAMS has grown from a young institute...
Message from Yuan-Tseh Lee, President Emeritus, Academia Sinica
We had a dream when we established IAMS that by 2000, at the turn of the century, IAMS, Academia Sinica would become one of the most well-known institutes in the world. Therefore, young people...
Research Highlights
Gas-phase Chemical Kinetics Unveil Carbohydrate Structure: Using Mass Spectrometry and Gas-phase Chemical Kinetics Theory...
Dr. Chi-Kung Ni and co-workers recently developed a new mass spectrometry method for carbohydrate structural identification which they named “logically derived sequence (LODES) tandem mass spectrometry.” By applying theory and techniques frequently used in...
Ultracold Neutral Atoms Set into Rotation by Synthetic Gauge Potentials / Dr. Yu-Ju Lin,...
Dr. Lin’s group studies ultracold bosonic neutral atoms, which are dilute quantum gases in the degenerate regime. These ultracold gases are atoms present at microkelvin to nanokelvin temperature ranges; these systems are simple and...
Newly Joined Faculty
Dr. Liang-Yan Hsu
Dr. Liang-Yan Hsu, IAMS Assistant Research Fellow, received his Ph.D. at Princeton University under the tutelage of Prof. Herschel Rabitz. After a postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. George Schatz’s group at Northwestern University, he joined...
Dr. Pei-Ling Luo
Dr. Pei-Ling Luo, IAMS Assistant Research Fellow, completed her Ph.D. at National Tsing Hua University under the tutelage of Prof. Jow-Tsong Shy. After her postdoctoral fellowships in Prof. T. W. Hänsch’s group at the...
Awards & Recognitions
IAMS Distinguished Researcher Receives Academia Sinica Investigator Award
Huan-Cheng Chang, Ph.D., IAMS Distinguished Research Fellow, won the 2018 Academia Sinica Investigator Award. The award is given to outstanding researchers at Academia Sinica to support them in pursuing innovative and long-term research goals...
IAMS Researcher Receives 2019 Academia Sinica Junior Research Investigator Award
Chia-Lung Hsieh, Ph.D., IAMS Assistant Research Fellow, was the recipient of the 2019 Academia Sinica Junior Research Investigator Award.
The Academia Sinica Junior Research Investigator Award, one of the highest recognitions of research excellence for...
Team of IAMS Researchers Selected to Conduct Translational Medicine Research Initiative in National Biotechnology...
A project led by Jung-Chi Liao, Ph.D., IAMS Research Fellow, was selected as one of the first groups of projects to conduct the Translational Medicine Research Initiative in the National Biotechnology Research Park, Taipei.
This...
2019 IAMS Junior Fellows named among Ministry of Science and Technology Assistant Research Scholars...
Yi-Fan Huang (postdoctoral researcher in Kuei-Hsien Chen’s group) and Jake A. Tan (postdoctoral researcher in Jer-Lai Kuo’s Group) won the 2019 IAMS Junior Fellowship and were named among the Assistant Research Scholars and Independent...
In Memory
In Memory of Dr. Jon T. Hougen
Dr. Jon Torger Hougen passed away on January 28, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan, where he was attending a meeting of the IAMS as a member of the institute’s Scientific Advisory Committee.
Dr. Hougen was born...
Education
Events
2019 MANA-i-MATE Joint Symposium
Date: Nov 4-5, 2019
Place: Interdisciplinary Research Building for Science and Technology (IRBST), Academia Sinica
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/mana-i-matejointsymposium/home
Event:
The i-MATE program hosted the “2019 MANA-i-MATE Joint Symposium” to facilitate the exchange of ideas between researchers from the International Center...
13th New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference
Date: May 12-17, 2019
Organizer(s): IAMS, Academia Sinica; National Cheng Kung University; National Dong Hwa University; National Taiwan University
The 13th New Diamond and Nano Carbons Conference (NDNC 2019) was held on the scenic east coast...
Symposium on Chemical Reaction Dynamics (Honoring the marvelous career of Dr. Kopin Liu)
Date: January 28, 2019
Organizer(s): IAMS, Academia Sinica
This symposium was hosted by IAMS to discuss the latest developments in chemical dynamics and spectroscopy, as well as to honor the marvelous career of Dr. Kopin Liu...
10th Asian Photochemistry Conference
Date: December 16-20, 2018
Organizer(s): IAMS, Academia Sinica; National Taiwan University; National Chiao Tung University; National Tsing Hua University; Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica
The conference was jointly hosted by Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University....