Dr. Chung-Ruey Yen                     

Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Professor, Department of Plant Industry
National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
TEL: 886-6-7740265, 7740451
E-mail: yencr@mail.npust.edu.tw

Education:

• 1975  BS, Dept. of Horticulture, National Chung-Hsing University
• 1977  MS, Dept. of Horticulture, National Taiwan University
• 1987  PhD, Dept. of Fruit Crops, University of Florida, USA

Experiences:

• 1992- Present  Vice President for Academic Affairs, NPUSTechnology, Taiwan
• 1992- Present  Professor , Department of Plant Industry
• 2008-2011  Dean, College of Agriculture, NPUST
• 2003-2007  Chairman, Dept. of Plant Industry, NPUST
• 2005-2006  Director, Graduate Institute of Plant Science, NPUST
• 1982-1992  Associate Horticulturist and Horticulturist, Taiwan Agriculture Research Institute
• 1989-1991 Adjunct (Associate) Professor, Dept. of Horticulture, National Taiwan University
• 1988-1990  Adjunct (Associate) Professor, Dept. of Horticulture, National Chia-Yi Institute of Agriculture
• 1980-1982 Research Assistant, Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center Life member of Taiwan Society for Horticultural Science, California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc., and Rare Fruit Council International (Florida).
• 2006-2014  Consultant, Advisor of Fruit Crops, “Known-You Seed Co.”
• 2012-2014  Advisor of “YuShan Association”

Major Field in Teaching and Research:

• Collections and breeding of potential tropical fruit crops
• Physiology and culture of tropical fruit crops
• Forcing culture of horticultural crops