Taiwan's ex-VP named member of Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Posted on 2021-07-31 13:34:04
The Holy See on Friday named Taiwan's former Vice President Chen Chien-jen as ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, making him the second Taiwanese to receive the honor after Nobel Prize winner Lee Yuan-tseh.
The academy, which was founded in Rome in 1603, is dedicated to promoting the progress of the mathematical, physical, and natural sciences.
The Holy See announced the appointment on its news bulletin, which also provided a profile of Chen, a devout Catholic who received his Ph.D. in human genetics and epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University in the United States after studying at National Taiwan University.
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