Chien Chung-liang

Chien Chung-liang
錢宗良
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
In office
2006 – March 2014
Personal details
EducationNational Taiwan University
(BS, MS)
Columbia University (PhD)

Chien Chung-liang (Chinese: 錢宗良; pinyin: Qián Zōngliáng) is a Taiwanese pathologist. He was the deputy minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology from 2006 to 2014.

Education

Chien graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in zoology in 1984 and a master's degree in anatomy in 1989. He then pursued doctoral studies in the United States, earning his Ph.D. in pathology from Columbia University in 1995.[1] His doctoral dissertation, completed at the College of Physicians and Surgeons under pathology professor Ronald K. Liem, was titled, "Functional and developmental studies of the neuronal intermediate filament protein α-internexin".[2]

Academic career

Chien was the associate professor of anatomy and cell biology of the College of Medicine of NTU in 1996-2006. In 1999, he was appointed as research scientist on cell biology at University of Tokyo, Japan. In 2007-2014, he was the deputy director of NTU Center of Genomic Medicine. In 2008-2014, he was the associate dean of NTU College of Medicine.[3]

Political career

In 2014, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Interior, the position he held until 2016.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "MOST-Executives". Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Dissertation: Functional and developmental studies of the neuronal intermediate filament protein [alpha]-internexin". National Taiwan University Library. 1995. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Chung-liang Chien, Ph.D" (PDF). National Taiwan University. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Chung-Liang Chien's Home Page". National Taiwan University. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Prof. Chung-Liang Chien, and Amb. Chung-Kwang Tien visit Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India". Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2021.