Prof. Maki Kawai
Director General, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan
Member, Science Council of Japan
Director, President Elect, Chemical Society of Japan
Honors/Awards
| 1996 | Saruhashi Award, for Woman Scientist, Japan. |
| 2005 | Japanese Surface Science Society Award, Japan. |
| 2008 | The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Prize for Science and Technology (Research Category), Japan. |
| 2008 | The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award. |
| 2010 | American Physical Society (APS) Fellow: For pioneering work on single-molecule spectroscopy on surfaces. |
| 2010 | Surface Science Society of Japan Fellow: For Single molecule spectroscopy at surfaces. |
| 2012 | Mukai Award, Japan. |
| 2015 | The IUPAC 2015 Distinguished Women in Chemistry / Chemical Engineering. |
| 2015 | Gerhard Ertl Lecture award, Fritz-Haber Institute der Max Plank Society. |
| 2016 | AVS Medard W. Welch Award 2016. |
| 2017 | Humboldt Research Award. |
Time：2018/01/24
Title：Novel Feature of Molecules Induced by the Interaction with Substrate
Prof. Ci-Ling Pan 潘犀靈教授
National Tsing Hua University
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Honors/Awards
Prof. Pan is a Fellow of APS, IEEE, OSA, PSROC and SPIE, an Academian of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials. He is a Traveling Lecturer of OSA (2008 to date), a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Electron Device Society (2015 to date), a member of Commission C17 (Quantum Electronics) of IUPAP (2011-2014) and Commission D (Electronics and Photonics) of URSI (2013 to date). Prof. Pan has published more than 250 refereed journal papers to date. He also holds 20 Taiwan patents and 13 US patents.
Time：2018/01/24
Title：Fiber-laser-generated Noise-like-pulses and their applications
Prof. Chih-Kang (Ken) Shih
Professor, Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin
Honors/Awards
9/14 – current Arnold Romberg Endowed Chair in Physics.
9/04 – 8/14 Jane and Roland Blumberg Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin.
9/01 – current Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin.
9/96 – 8/01 Associate Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin.
9/92 - 8/94 Trull Centennial Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin.
1/90 - 8/96 Assistant Professor of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin.
5/88 - 12/89 Postdoctoral Research, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY.
6/82 - 4/88 Research Assistant, Stanford Electronics Lab, Stanford University.
Fellow, American Physical Society (2007).
Distinguished Alumni Award, 2011, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan.
Time：2018/01/25
Title：Atomic and electronic structures of 2D electronic materials and their heterostructures
Prof. Sir Tejinder Singh Virdee
Professor of Physics at Imperial College, London.
Honors/Awards
| 2007 | Awarded the Institute of Physics High Energy Physics Prize. |
| 2009 | Awarded the Institute of Physics Chadwick Medal and Prize. |
| 2012 | Awarded the 2013 Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. |
| 2013 | Awarded Doctor of Science (honoris causa) by Queen Mary University of London, his alma mater. |
| 2013 | Awarded Doctor of Science (honoris causa) by University of Lyon. |
| 2013 | Awarded the European Physical Society High Energy Physics Prize. |
| 2015 | Awarded the Institute of Physics Glazebrook Medal and Prize. |
Time：2018/01/26
Title：Exploring Nature Moments after the Big Bang