Chien Chung-liang

Chien Chung-liang
錢宗良
Deputy Minister of Science and Technology
In office
2006 – March 2014
Personal details
EducationNational Taiwan University
(BS, MS)
Columbia University (PhD)

Chien Chung-liang (Chinese: 錢宗良; pinyin: Qián Zōngliáng) is a Taiwanese pathologist. He was the deputy minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology from 2006 to 2014.

Education

Chien graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in zoology in 1984 and a master's degree in anatomy in 1989. He then pursued doctoral studies in the United States, earning his Ph.D. in pathology from Columbia University in 1995. His doctoral dissertation, completed at the College of Physicians and Surgeons under pathology professor Ronald K. Liem, was titled, "Functional and developmental studies of the neuronal intermediate filament protein α-internexin".

Academic career

Chien was the associate professor of anatomy and cell biology of the College of Medicine of NTU in 1996-2006. In 1999, he was appointed as research scientist on cell biology at University of Tokyo, Japan. In 2007-2014, he was the deputy director of NTU Center of Genomic Medicine. In 2008-2014, he was the associate dean of NTU College of Medicine.

Political career

In 2014, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Interior, the position he held until 2016.

References

  1. ↑ "MOST-Executives". Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Dissertation: Functional and developmental studies of the neuronal intermediate filament protein [alpha]-internexin". National Taiwan University Library. 1995. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Chung-liang Chien, Ph.D" (PDF). National Taiwan University. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Chung-Liang Chien's Home Page". National Taiwan University. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Prof. Chung-Liang Chien, and Amb. Chung-Kwang Tien visit Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India". Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in India. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2021.