Wu Cheng-wen (; born 19 June 1938) is a Taiwanese

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...

. He is the former founding president of

National Health Research Institutes The National Health Research Institutes (NHRI; ) in Zhunan Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan, is a non-profit foundation dedicated to medical research and improved healthcare in Taiwan. Established by the Taiwan government in 1995, NHRI is under ...

in 1996–2005. Wu Was elected as an academician of Taiwan

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 1984. He is a 1988 Guggenheim fellow, as well as a 2011 recipient of the in Life Sciences. Wu was the director of Academia Sinica's Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and served on the Council of the Academia Sinica. He was a professor of pharmacological sciences at

Stony Brook University Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...

, and lived in

Setauket, New York Setauket is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 United States census The United States census of 2010 was the twe ...

. Currently he works as a special lecturer at National Yang-Ming University.

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1938 births Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University alumni Living people Taiwanese biochemists Members of Academia Sinica Scientists from Taipei Taiwanese expatriates in the United States 20th-century Taiwanese scientists Stony Brook University faculty 20th-century biochemists 21st-century Taiwanese scientists 21st-century biochemists {{Biochemist-stub