German Institute Taipei remembers late NTU professor Wolfgang KrollStaff writer, with CNAThe German Institute Taipei on Saturday celebrated the life of late National Taiwan University (NTU) professor Wolfgang Kroll, a theoretical physicist who was the first scientist in Taiwan to publish in an international scientific journal. In the video, the institute’s science and technology officer, Julian Goldmann, praised Kroll as an example of academic exchanges between Taiwan and Germany. Late National Taiwan University professor Wolfgang Kroll is pictured in an undated photograph. He eventually offered courses outside NTU, guest teaching in many schools around Taiwan even after his mandatory retirement from the university in 1976. Kroll passed away in Taipei in 1992 from emphysema at the age of 87.

Source: Taipei Times March 22, 2026 18:43 UTC