B.S., National Taiwan University (1991)

Ph.D., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (1998)

Assistant Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica (1999–2005)

Associate Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica (2005–2009)

Research Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica (2009–)

Joint-Appointment Associate Professor, Department of Physics, National Central University (2004–)

High-energy compact laser-plasma-based particle accelerators and applications

Soft x-ray lasers and applications

Relativistic plasma nonlinear optics and applications

High-harmonic generation of laser pulse and applications

Laser-driven transient plasma photonic devices and applications

High-intensity ultrasfast laser technology

Spatial and temporal laser pulse shaping technology

"Tomography of injection and acceleration of monoenergetic electrons in a laser-wakefield accelerator," C.-T. Hsieh, C.-M. Huang, C.-L. Chang, Y.-C. Ho, Y.-S. Chen, J.-Y. Lin, J. Wang, and S.-Y. Chen*, Physical Review Letters 96, 095001 (2006).

"Enhancement of relativistic harmonic generation by an optically-preformed periodic plasma waveguide," C.-C. Kuo, C.-H. Pai, M.-W. Lin, K.-H. Lee, J.-Y. Lin, J. Wang, and S.-Y. Chen*, Physical Review Letters 98, 033901 (2007).

"Dramatic enhancement of optical-field-ionization collisional-excitation x-ray lasing by an optically-preformed plasma waveguide," M.-C. Chou, P.-H. Lin, C.-A. Lin, J.-Y. Lin, J. Wang, and S.-Y. Chen*, Physical Review Letters 99, 063904 (2007).

“Generation of intense ultrashort mid-infrared pulses by laser-plasma interaction in the bubble regime”, C.-H. Pai, Y.-Y. Chang, L.-C. Ha, Z.-H. Xie, M.-W. Lin, J.-M. Lin, Y.-M. Chen, G. Tsaur, H.-H. Chu, S.-H. Chen, J.-Y. Lin, J. Wang, and S.-Y. Chen, Physical Review A 82, 063804 (2010).

“Enhancement of injection and acceleration of electrons in a laser wakefield accelerator by using an argon-doped hydrogen gas jet and optically preformed plasma waveguide”, Y.-C. Ho, T.-S. Hung, C.-P. Yen, S.-Y. Chen, H.-H. Chu, J.-Y. Lin, J. Wang, and M.-C. Chou, Physics of Plasmas 18, 063102 (2011).