Chien Chung-liang
Taiwanese politician
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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.
Chien Chung-liang | |
|---|---|
| 錢宗良 | |
| Deputy Minister of Science and Technology | |
| In office 2006 – March 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS, MS) Columbia University (PhD) |
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.[1] 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".[2]
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.[3]
Political career
In 2014, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Interior, the position he held until 2016.[4][5]
