Experience

Updated Nov. 15, 2019

My experience spans across three areas: Academia, Entrepreneurship & Industry,  and Culture.

• Academia  1982 – 2003

  • Associate Professor,  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore , 1998 – 2003
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian National University, Australia, 1995 – 1998
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma, USA, 1994 – 1995
  • Ph.D. Student, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Johannes Kepler University, Austria, 1990 – 1994
  • Undergraduate & Master Student, Physics Department, Fudan University, China, 1982 – 1990

• Entrepreneurship & Industry  2004 – present 

  • Towards retirement ?  2023 – ?  
  • Chairman, board of directors of SiCChip Technologies Inc., 2019 – 2022
  • R & D Director, Power Devices, ASTRI, Hong Kong, 2016 – 2019
  • Consultant, SMC-Multimedia, Hong Kong / China, 2016 
  • Founder, CEO, Quantum Wafer Inc., China , 2010 – 2015
  • Founder, CTO, Tinggi Technologies Private Limited., Singapore , 2004 – 2007
  • R & D Director, LED Devices, ASTRI, Hong Kong , 2007 – 2010
  • How to startup a company from scratch ? An invited talk given  to students at a university 

• Culture

  • Studied, worked and lived in China, Europe, USA, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong
  • Knowledge of languages (Chinese, English, German) and cultures of the peoples and businesses of these countries
  • Links: City of  Linz , Austria  林茨1   林茨2