Ching-Li Chai (; born 12 June 1956) is a Taiwanese mathematician.

Career

Chai completed his doctoral thesis, ''Compactification of the Siegel Moduli Schemes'', in 1984, under the supervision of

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. Chai was the Francis J. Carey Term Chair at the

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from 2007 to 2012. He was elected to membership of

Academia Sinica Academia Sinica (AS, la, 1=Academia Sinica, 3=Chinese Academy; ), headquartered in Nangang, Taipei, is the national academy of Taiwan. Founded in Nanking, the academy supports research activities in a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from ...

in 2010.

References

1956 births Living people 20th-century Taiwanese mathematicians 21st-century Taiwanese mathematicians Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Taiwanese expatriates in the United States University of Pennsylvania faculty Mathematicians at the University of Pennsylvania Members of Academia Sinica {{Taiwan-scientist-stub