RESUME GEORGE T. F. WONG - Academia Sinica

George T.F. Wong
Vision Statement
My vision for RCEC is for it to become a research unit:
(1) with an internationally recognized, self-sustaining and self-perpetuating science
team that is engaging in cutting edge research in climate, atmospheric and
marine science on global and regional issues related to environmental changes,
(2) that plays a leading role in Taiwan, a significant role in Asia, and a notable role
in the world in research on the science in environmental changes, and,
(3) with the necessary hardware, and, administrative and personnel infra-structure to
support a world class research effort on environmental changes.
In the short run, I envision making significant headway towards the above stated
goal by:
(1) adding principal investigators judiciously in order to move at least one or two of
the three principal research thrusts in RCEC, namely, climate, atmospheric and
marine research, substantially towards reaching a critical mass of principal
investigators;
(2) fostering the participation in collaborative international research activities and
the sponsorship/organization of and participation in international
meetings/workshops in order to elevate the profile of RCEC internationally;
(3) focusing the application of existing resources and securing new resources for
developing in some depth and breadth a small number of overarching and
significant research themes that will foster collaborations within RCEC and with
other investigators in Taiwan;
(4) promoting the expeditious completion of the RCEC building;
(5) developing and installing management practices to optimize the application of
resources in order to position RCEC for expansion as the RCEC building
becomes available and the funding climate in Taiwan becomes more favorable;
and
(6) stabilizing the Taiwan International Graduate Program in earth system science to
augment the support of the research activities at RCEC.
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