Education and degrees:

• National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (1987--1991),
  
  B.S. in Physics
• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A. (1991--1997),
  M.A. in Physics, 1993
  Ph.D. in Physics, 1997
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. C.H. Taubes

Professional history:

• Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, 1992--1996
• Instructor, Princeton University, 1997--2000
• Assistant Professor, Princeton University, 2000--2003
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Mathematical Science Research Institute, Berkeley, Spring 2001
• Junior Fellow, IPAM program in "Symplectic Geometry and Physics", UCLA, Spring 2003
• Member, Mathematical Science Research Institute, Berkeley, August 2003; Spring 2006
• Member, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, 2003--2004
• Member Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Bures sur Yvette Spring 2005
• Associate Professor, Purdue University, 2003--

Research interests:

• Topology and geometry in general; gauge theory and symplectic geometry.