Chung Sun-lin

Chung earned his bachelor's (1981), master's (1984), and doctoral (1990) degrees, all in geology, from National Taiwan University.^[1][2] Chung began his teaching career at his alma mater as a lecturer between 1991 and 1994, held an associate professorship at NTU from 1994 to 1998, was subsequently promoted to full professor, and was appointed to a distinguished and chair professorship in 2006, a position he retained until retirement in 2014.^[1][2] Chung was also affiliated with Academia Sinica's Institute of Earth Sciences as an associate research fellow, starting in January 2001.^[1] Sung was promoted to distinguished research fellow in May 2014, and became institute director in May 2017.^[3]

Chung was elected to fellowship within the Geological Society of America and the Mineralogical Society of America in 2005 and 2012, respectively.^[2][4][5] In 2014, he was awarded the TWAS Prize in Earth Sciences.^[6] In 2018, Chung was elected to The World Academy of Sciences as a fellow.^[7] Chung was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 2016,^[2] and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2023.^[8][9] In 2016, Chung became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.