Ovid J.L. Tzeng Ph.D.
Chancellor, University System of Taiwan
Education
Ph.D. June, 1973 (Experimental Psychology), Pennsylvania State University
M.A. June, 1969 (Educational Psychology), National Chengchi University (Taipei)
B.A. June, 1966 (Education), National Chengchi University (Taipei)
Professional Membership
American Psychological Society (fellow & Charter Member)
Psychonomic Society
International Reading Association
Taiwanese Psychological Association
Sigma Xi
AAAS
International Association of Chinese Linguistics (Past President)
Professional Experience
Chancellor (11/1/2006—present), University System of Taiwan Academia Sinica
Distinguished Research Fellow (12/1/2006—present), Academia Sinica
Vice President (2/1/2002 – 10/19/2006), Academia Sinica
Minister of Education (5/20/2000 – 1/31/2002), Ministry of Education, TAIWAN/ROC
President (07/1999-05/2000), National Yang-Ming University
Vice President (08/1997-06/1999), National Yang-Ming University
Dean of the College of Social Sciences, National Chung Cheng University
Chair, Department of Psychology, National Chung Cheng University
Director, the Center for Cognitive Science, National Chung Cheng University
Honorary Professor, University of California, Riverside
Visiting Scientist (1983-present), The Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, La Jolla
Visiting Professor (9/1/84-6/30/85), Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University, Taipei
Visiting Associate Professor (9/1/80-6/30/81), The Haskins Laboratories, Yale University
Visiting Associate Professor (7/1/78-6/30/79), University of California, Berkeley Department of Linguistics
Full Professor (7/1/80-6/30/94), University of California, Riverside
Associate Professor (7/1/78-6/30/80), University of California, Riverside
Assistant Professor (7/1/76-6/30/78), University of California, Riverside
Lecturer (7/1/74-6/30/76), University of California, Riverside
Assistant Professor (7/1/72-6/30/74), Ohio State University
Professional Experience—Editorship
Consulting Editor for:
Cognition: International Journal of Cognitive Science Memory and Cognition
Psychological Research: An International Journal of Perception, Learning and Communication Journal of Chinese Linguistics (UC-Berkeley Press) Chinese Journal of Psychology Journal of East Asian Linguistics Educational Journal
Ad Hoc Reviewer for:
Nature; Science; Perception and Psychophysics
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Memory, Learning, and Cognition
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Journal of Language and Memory
Reading Research Quarter
Brain and Language
Brain and Cognition
Neuropsychologia
Visible Language
Journal of Reading Behavior, etc.
Professional Experience—Service
External Examiner for the Institute of Education, University of Singapore.
Member of the Advisory Committee on Language, Cultural Reconstruction Council (Wen Chien Hui).
Advisory Council, International Association for the Studies of Attention and Performance.
Advisory Council, National Science Council, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
National Representative, International Council for Science
Honors and Distinctions
Ph.D. Dissertation won the second prize in the "Creative Talent Award Program of the year 1972" by the American Institutes for Research.
NIMH Research Grant (MH28003-01 A1)--$6,710 (1976-77) for studies in speech recording process during reading.
NIH Biomedical Research Grant (RR07010-11)--$30,000 (1976-77) for studies in human information processing.
NIH Biomedical Research Grant (RR07010-12)--$14,000 (1977-78) for studies in bilingual speech perception.
NIE Research Grant (NIE-G-81-0055)--$105,000 (1981-83) for studies of orthography and reading behaviors.
National Science Council, Republic of China, Research Grant--$20,000 (1984-85) for studies in orthography, reading, and dyslexia.
National Science Council, Republic of China, Research Grant--$20,000 (1989-90) for studies in Chinese aphasia.
Special Lectureship in Cognitive Science, the highest honor awarded by the
National Science Council, Republic of China. 1989-1990.
CCK Cultural Foundation, Research Grant (PI: Dr. Daisy Hung)--$60,000 (1990-91) for the Cognitive Neuroscientific Studies of Chinese Language.
National Science Council, R.O. C., Research Grant--$320,000 (1990-92) for the Neuropsychological Studies of Brain-Damaged Chinese Patients.
Cultural Construction Council, R.O.C.--$150,000 (1991-1993).
Human Frontier Science Program Grant--$20,000 (1991-1992).
National Science Council, R.O.C., Research Grant--$300,000 (1992-93) for the Study of the role of the visuo/spatial ability in the learning of science-related courses.
National Award of Distinguished Scholarship, Rep. of China.
Outstanding Scholar Award--$150,000 (1995-2000).
Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, California Science and Engineering Society, 1993
Fellow Academician, Academia Sinica, July, 1994 –
Distinguished Service Award, Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA, 2002
Distinguished Service Award, The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of The Republic of China/2003
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science /2003–
Committee member of the ICSU Committee on Freedom and Responsibility in the conduct of Science/May 2006—
Integrated Research Projects in the past five years
Ministry of Education, R.O.C., Promoting Academic Excellence of Universities Grant -- USD$8,000,000 (2000-2003) for the Human Brain Project: From Genes to Cognition.
Academia Sinica, R.O.C., Research Grant -- USD $1,000,000 (2003—2005) for the main project: Brain, Cognitive and Behavioral Science
Academia Sinica, R.O.C., Research Grant -- USD $ 1,500,000(2004—2006) for the component project V of project: Word recognition: Integrated Research of Behavioral, Development and Neurobiological approaches
National Science Council, R.O.C., Research Grant-- USD $60,000,000 (2002-2006) for National Digital Archive Program.
National Science Council, R.O.C., Research Grant-- USD $200,000 (07/2005-02/2006) for Diversity of Taiwan Program
