Wong Chi-huey honoredStaff writer, with CNAFormer Academia Sinica president Wong Chi-huey (翁啟惠) is likely to become the first person in Taiwan to receive the Welch Award in Chemistry, anonymous sources have said. The purpose of the award is “to foster and encourage basic chemical research and to recognize, in a substantial manner, the value of chemical research contributions for the benefit of humankind,” the foundation’s Web site says. Chemist and former Academia Sinica president Wong Chi-huey sits at his desk in an undated photograph. Wong, who had been impeached because of bribery charges related to OBI Pharma Inc (浩鼎), in 2016 resigned from his position as the president of Academia Sinica. Some say Wong could have won the award a few years earlier, but was hampered by the charges.

Source: Taipei Times September 08, 2021 15:56 UTC