Narrative CV

Dr. Wen-Hao Chang is a Distinguished Research Fellow at Academia Sinica. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from National Central University (NCU) in 2001. Dr. Chang joined the Department of Electrophysics at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) as an assistant professor in 2005 and became a full professor in 2012. In 2020, he joined the Research Center for Applied Sciences (RCAS) as the Acting Executive Officer of the Thematic Center for Quantum Photonics.

His research interests include light-matter interactions in low-dimensional semiconductor nanostructures, semiconductor quantum optics, and 2D layered materials. Dr. Chang has authored and co-authored more than 150 journal papers, with over 14,000 citations and an h-index of 53, according to Google Scholar (April 2025).

Dr. Chang has received several prestigious awards, including the Ta-Yu Wu Memorial Award (2010) and the Distinguished Research Award (2018) from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) of Taiwan. He also received the Academic Award (2018) from the Sun Yat-Sen Academic and Cultural Foundation and the Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize, 2020) from the International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA). In 2020, Dr. Chang was elected as a Fellow of the Physical Society of Taiwan.

Education

• PhD in Physics, National Central University (2001)
• MS in Physics, National Central University (1996)
• BS in Physics, National Central University (1994)

Positions and Career

• Distinguished Research Fellow, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica (2020.11 -)
• Acting Executive Officer, Thematic Center for Quantum Photonics, Academia Sinica (2020.11 - )
• Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrophysics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) (2018.05 -)
• Professor, Department of Electrophysics, NYCU (2012 -)
• Associate Professor, Department of Electrophysics, NYCU (2009 - 2012)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Electrophysics, NYCU (2005 - 2009)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics, National Central University (2001 - 2005)

Honors and Awards

• 2021 Fellow, The Physical Society of Taiwan
• 2020 Achievement in Asia Award (Robert T. Poe Prize), International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA)
• 2018 Distinguished Research Award, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan
• 2018 Sun Yet-Sen Academic Award, Sun Yet-Sen Academic and Cultural Foundation
• 2018 Distinguished Professorship, NYCU
• 2010 Wu Ta-Yu Memorial Award, NSTC, Taiwan

Selected Publications

• Bo-Han Lin, Yung-Chun Chao, I-Ta Hsieh, Chih-Piao Chuu, Chien- Ju Lee, Fu-Hsien Chu, Li-Syuan Lu, Wei-Ting Hsu, Chun-Wei Pao, Chih-Kang Shih*, Jung-Jung Su*, Wen-Hao Chang*, Remarkably Deep Moiré Potential for Intralayer Excitons in MoSe₂/MoS₂ Twisted Heterobilayers, Nano Letters 23, 1306–1312 (2023).
• Cheng-Chu Chung, Han Yeh, Po-Hsien Wu, Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chia- Shuo Li, Tien-Tien Yeh, Yi Chou, Chuan-Yu Wei, Cheng-Yen Wen, Yi-Chia Chou, Chih-Wei Luo, Chih-I Wu, Ming-Yang Li, Lain-Jong Li, Wen-Hao Chang*, Chun-Wei Chen*, Atomic-Layer Controlled Interfacial Band Engineering at Two-Dimensional Layered PtSe₂/ Si Heterojunctions for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, ACS Nano 15, 4627-4635 (2021)
• Junho Choi, Wei-Ting Hsu, Li-Syuan Lu, Liuyang Sun, Hui-Yu Cheng, Ming-Hao Lee, Jiamin Quan, Kha Tran, Chun-Yuan Wang, Matthew Staab, Kayleigh Jones, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Ming- Wen Chu, Shangjr Gwo, Suenne Kim, Chih-Kang Shih, Xiaoqin Li*, and Wen-Hao Chang*, Moiré potential impedes interlayer exciton diffusion in van der Waals heterostructures, Science Advances 6, eaba8866 (2020)
• Li-Syuan Lu, Guan-Hao Chen, Hui-Yu Cheng, Chih-Piao Chuu, Kuan- Cheng Lu, Chia-Hao Chen, Ming-Yen Lu, Tzu-Hung Chuang, Der-Hsin Wei, Wei-Chen Chueh, Wen-Bin Jian, Ming-Yang Li, Yu-Ming Chang, Lain-Jong Li*, Wen-Hao Chang*, Layer-Dependent and In-Plane Anisotropic Properties of Low-Temperature Synthesized Few-Layer PdSe₂ Single Crystals, ACS Nano 14, 4963-4972 (2020)
• Tse-An Chen, Chih-Piao Chuu, Chien-Chih Tseng, Chao-Kai Wen, H-S Philip Wong, Shuangyuan Pan, Rongtan Li, Tzu-Ang Chao, Wei- Chen Chueh, Yanfeng Zhang, Qiang Fu, Boris I Yakobson*, Wen-Hao Chang*, Lain-Jong Li*, Wafer-scale single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride monolayers on Cu (111), Nature 579, 219–223 (2020)
• Wei-Ting Hsu, Li-Syuan Lu, Po-Hsun Wu, Ming-Hao Lee, Peng-Jen Chen, Pei-Ying Wu, Yi-Chia Chou, Horng-Tay Jeng, Lain-Jong Li, Ming-Wen Chu & Wen-Hao Chang*, Negative circular polarization emissions from WSe₂/MoSe₂ commensurate heterobilayers, Nature Comm. 9, 1356 (2018)
• Wei-Ting Hsu, Li-Syuan Lu, Dean Wang, Jing-Kai Huang, Ming- Yang Li, Tay-Rong Chang, Yi-Chia Chou, Zhen-Yu Juang, Horng-Tay Jeng, Lain-Jong Li & Wen-Hao Chang*, Evidence of indirect gap in monolayer WSe₂, Nature Comm. 8, 929 (2017)

• Chien-Ju Lee, Hsin-Che Pan, Fatemeh HadavandMirzaee, Li-Syuan Lu, Fei Cheng, Tsing-Hua Her, Chih-Kang Shih, Wen-Hao Chang*, Exciton–Polariton Valley Hall Effect in Monolayer Semiconductors on Plasmonic Metasurface, ACS Photonics 12, 1351–1358 (2025)
• Bo-Han Lin, Yung-Chun Chao, I-Ta Hsieh, Chih-Piao Chuu, Chien-Ju Lee, Fu-Hsien Chu, Li-Syuan Lu, Wei-Ting Hsu, Chun-Wei Pao, Chih-Kang Shih*, Jung-Jung Su*, Wen-Hao Chang*, Remarkably Deep Moiré Potential for Intralayer Excitons in MoSe2/MoS2 Twisted Heterobilayers, Nano Letters 23, 1306–1312 (2023).
• Junho Choi, Wei-Ting Hsu, Li-Syuan Lu, Liuyang Sun, Hui-Yu Cheng, Ming-Hao Lee, Jiamin Quan, Kha Tran, Chun-Yuan Wang, Matthew Staab, Kayleigh Jones, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Ming-Wen Chu, Shangjr Gwo, Suenne Kim, Chih-Kang Shih, Xiaoqin Li*, and Wen-Hao Chang*, Moiré potential impedes interlayer exciton diffusion in van der Waals heterostructures, Science Advances 6, eaba8866 (2020)
• Li-Syuan Lu, Guan-Hao Chen, Hui-Yu Cheng, Chih-Piao Chuu, Kuan-Cheng Lu, Chia-Hao Chen, Ming-Yen Lu, Tzu-Hung Chuang, Der-Hsin Wei, Wei-Chen Chueh, Wen-Bin Jian, Ming-Yang Li, Yu-Ming Chang, Lain-Jong Li*, Wen-Hao Chang*, Layer-Dependent and In-Plane Anisotropic Properties of Low-Temperature Synthesized Few-Layer PdSe2 Single Crystals, ACS Nano 14, 4963-4972 (2020)
• Tse-An Chen, Chih-Piao Chuu, Chien-Chih Tseng, Chao-Kai Wen, H-S Philip Wong, Shuangyuan Pan, Rongtan Li, Tzu-Ang Chao, Wei-Chen Chueh, Yanfeng Zhang, Qiang Fu, Boris I Yakobson*, Wen-Hao Chang*, Lain-Jong Li*, Wafer-scale single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride monolayers on Cu (111), Nature 579, 219–223 (2020)