Yi-Chou Tsai was awarded a Ph.D. degree in 2001 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of Professor Christopher C. Cummins.  After two-year postdoctoral training in Professor Robert H. Grubbs’ group at Caltech, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University in 2003. He was promoted to the level of Associate Professor in 2008, and Full Professor in 2012. He was awarded the Outstanding Research Award of Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan in 2015.  He is a recipient of Outstanding Research Award of Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan in 2015. 

Our research interests revolve around the chemistry of dinuclear transition metal complexes and encompass (1) new methods for inorganic synthesis, (2) the synthesis, isolation, and characterization of unusually reactive transition metal complexes of unique design and construction, (3) the activation of ubiquitous small molecules, (4) the assembly of novel functional groups containing transition metals, and (5) the development of new reagents for organic synthesis.