Ovid J. L. Tzeng
Academician and Distinguished Research Fellow,
Academia Sinica, Taipei
Academia Sinica, Taipei
Professor Ovid Tzeng is an outstanding researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurolinguistics and an experienced leader in academic institutions. He was the chancellor of University System of Taiwan, the Minister of Education, the Minister Without Portfolio, and the Minister of Council for Cultural Affairs. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Haskins Laboratories in the U.S. and an advisory board member of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders in Australia. He has also been elected to be the academician of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) since 2010 and active member of The European Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2017. He had been the Chancellor of University System of Taiwan for several years, which was created by him and established to oversee and integrate the research and teaching developments of Taiwan’s four top research universities. Prior to the Chancellorship, he was the Vice President of Academia Sinica for international affairs. He is currently an Executive member of the Committee on Human Rights of the NAS, NAE, and NAM, as well as a member of the UNESCO’s Inclusive Literacy Learning for All Project.