Prof Hsiang-Kuang Chang

Senior Vice President, National Tsing Hua University
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Hsiang-Kuang Chang is Senior Vice President and Professor of Astronomy and Physics at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan. He received his doctorate in astronomy from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 1994 and conducted postdoctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory before joining NTHU in 1997. His research interests include high-energy astrophysics, astronomical instrumentation, and the study of trans-Neptunian objects through stellar and X-ray occultations. He has served as Chair of NTHU’s Department of Physics, Director of its Institute of Astronomy, and President of the Astronomical Society of the Republic of China. He has also contributed to Taiwan’s space science community through advisory roles and service as Chair of Taiwan’s National Committee for the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR).