Chao‑Hsin (Wayne) Wu
Professor, NTU EE / GIPO / GIEE / GSAT (DMHI) • Director, GIEE • Associate Director, NEMS Research Center
Prof. Wu is an OPTICA Fellow and has served as Associate Editor for Optics Letters and IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics.
Research Summary
Chao‑Hsin (Wayne) Wu received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and the M.S. degree in the Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics from National Taiwan University in 2002 and 2004, respectively. He joined the High‑Speed Integrated Circuit group at the University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign in 2006 and received the Ph.D. degree in 2010. After completing his Ph.D., he continued as a postdoctoral research fellow before joining the faculty at National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2011. He is associated with the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, and the Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering. He is currently the Program Director of the Program for Semiconductor Devices, Materials, and Hetero‑Integrations (DMHI) of the Graduate School of Advanced Technology (GSAT), and the Associate Director of the Nano‑Electro‑Mechanical‑Systems (NEMS) Research Center of NTU.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign (EECS)
- M.S., National Taiwan University (GIPO)
- B.S., National Taiwan University (EE)
Services
- IEEE: Member, 2003 ‒ Present (Electron Device Society, Photonics Society)
- Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (2024/03 – present)
- Vice President, Photonics Society Taipei Chapter (2023/01 – present)
- Optoelectronic Device Technical Committee (Electron Device Society, 2020 – 2022)
- Treasurer, Photonics Society Taipei Chapter (2021/01 – 2022/12)
- OPTICA: Fellow (2024)
- Topical Editor: Optics Letters (OPTICA) (2022/02 - present)
- SPIE (The international society for optics and photonics): Member, 2012 ‒ Present
- Guest Editor: Micromachines (MDPI) Special Issue “Wide Bandgap Semiconductor (WBG) Microelectronics and Optoelectronic Devices” (2021)
Honors
- 2024 OPTICA Fellowship
- 2019-2023 Flexible Salary Program for Recruiting and Retaining Exceptional Talents
- 2022 Futuretech Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- 2021 Futuretech Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- 2018 Outstanding Youth Electrical Engineer Award (The Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, CIEE)
- 2017 Irving T. Ho Outstanding Young Scholar
- 2017 Academic Contribution Award of EECS College of National Taiwan University
- 2010 Nick Holonyak, Jr. and Katherine Graduate Research Award
