Hai-Lung Dai

Hai-Lung Dai is a Taiwanese physical chemist and academic. He is the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Chemistry at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Early life and education

Dai was born in Taiwan to waishengren parents who fled mainland China during the Great Retreat. His mother was an elementary school teacher. He was raised in Zhonghe District in New Taipei and graduated from Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School.

After high school, Dai studied geology and chemistry at National Taiwan University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in chemistry in 1974. Following military service, he went to the United States in 1976 for graduate studies. He obtained his doctorate in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981. of Temple University during 2012 - 2016. During his time as provost, Temple's USNWR ranking went from #135 to #115 and Temple became a Carnegie R1 Highest Research Activity University. In 2017, Dai was appointed vice president for International Affairs at Temple University.

Selected publications

Hai-Lung Dai, Robert W. Field (editors) (1995). Molecular dynamics and spectroscopy by stimulated emission pumping. Singapore; New Jersey; London; Hong Kong: World Scientific. . Hai-Lung Dai, Wilson Ho (editors) (1995). Laser spectroscopy and photochemistry on metal surfaces. Singapore; New Jersey; London; Hong Kong: World Scientific. .

Recognition

Dai has received several honors and awards, among them:

1985: Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award 1988: Sloan Fellowship 1989: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award 1990: Coblentz Award in Spectroscopy 1992: Fellowship of the American Physical Society 1994: Alexander von Humboldt Award for Senior US Scientists 1995: Philadelphia Section Award, American Chemical Society 2000: Guggenheim Fellowship 2006: Ellis Lippincott Award for Spectroscopy of the Optical Society of America 2009: Distinguished Achievement Award, the Institute of Chinese Engineers in the U.S. 2010: Fellowship of the American Chemical Society 2013: Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award, Association of Public and Land Grant Universities 2017: Knight Order of the Italian Star, Government of Italy 2017: Distinguished Alumni Award, National Taiwan University 2019: Hai-Lung Dai Festschrift, Journal of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society