邱國展 Jeffrey Kuo-Chan CHIOU

JOB TITLE
General Director
DEPARTMENT
Industrial Technology Research Institute /Material and Chemical Research Laboratories
INSTRUCTION LANGUAGES
  • Mandarin
  • English
Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
PERSONAL BIO

Dr. Kuo-Chan Chiu currently serves as the General Director of the Materials and Chemical Research Laboratories at the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). He graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from National Taiwan University and obtained his Master's and Doctoral degrees in Applied Chemical Engineering from National Chiao Tung University. With extensive academic and industrial research experience, Dr. Chiu has achieved remarkable accomplishments in advanced electronic packaging materials and nanohybrid organic materials.
Dr. Chiu has over 20 years of professional experience at ITRI, having held numerous important positions, including Group Director of Advanced Electronic Packaging Materials and member of the International Scientific Research Cooperation Group. His research achievements are notable, having received prestigious awards such as the R&D 100 Awards and the Wall Street Journal Global Technology Innovation Award. He has been honored multiple times with ITRI's Outstanding Research Award and Achievement Contribution Award, demonstrating his exceptional professional capabilities in technological innovation.

WORK EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS
  • ITRI, Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, Taiwan
    • General Director (2024 - resent)
    • Deputy General Director (2022 - 2024)
    • Division Director (2019 - 2022)
    • Deputy Division Director (2016 - 2019)
    • Manager, Department of Optoelectronic Component and Packaging Materials (2009 - 2015)
    • Researcher, Nano-organic Materials Project (1999 - 2008)
  • Director, International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (iMAPS), Taiwan (2024 - present)
  • Committee Chair, Taiwan Passive Component Industry Association (TPICA), Taiwan (2024 - present)
  • Committee Member, International Scientific Research Collaboration Team (2023 - present)
  • Deputy Director, Office of Southern Taiwan Industrial Innovation Strategy (SIS) (2023 - present)
  • Visitor Scholar, Centre for Advanced Materials Technology (CAMT) of the University of Sydney, Australia (1997 - 1998) 
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
  • Ph.D./M.S., Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
  • B.S. Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Job Positions