Chuang Ching-cheng

After receiving his doctorate, Chuang completed postdoctoral research at National Yang-Ming University in photonics and biomedical imaging from 2012 to 2014, and also was a postdoctoral fellow in biophotonics and molecular imaging at the university from 2012 to 2013 and a university fellow in dentistry from 2013 to 2014.^[4]

After spending time as a visiting scholar in computational optics and applied physics at the University of Tsukuba in Japan, he became an assistant professor in two departments at National Chiao Tung University: electrical engineering and computer engineering, and biomedical engineering.^[2]

On September 4, 2019, Chuang was nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to run as a legislator representing the fifth electoral district of Taichung City. He was elected after defeating Kuomintang (KMT) legislator Shen Chih-hui, and took office on February 1, 2020.^[1]

In 2023, Chuang was nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party to run for re-election in the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election. However, he lost to Huang Chien-hao, a new member of the Kuomintang. After his defeat, Chuang was appointed as the executive director of the Executive Yuan's Central Taiwan Joint Services Center [zh] under premier Cho Jung-tai; he took office on May 20, 2024. However, he resigned on July 8, 2025, due to budget cuts to the center.^[5]

On October 1, 2025, Chuang became the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Taiwan Think Tank [zh], a public policy think tank foundation.^[6]