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Benjamin S. Hsiao
Born(1958-08-12)August 12, 1958
Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Alma materNational Taiwan University
University of Connecticut
Scientific career
FieldsPolymer Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts
DuPont Company
University of Delaware
Stony Brook University
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Doctoral advisorE. T. Samulski (Chemistry)
M. T. Shaw (Chemical Engineering)
Other academic advisorsR. S. Stein (Chemistry)
H. H. Winter (Chemical Engineering)

Benjamin S. Hsiao, PhD, (born August 12, 1958) is an Asian American materials scientist, educator and since May 1, 2012, the Vice- President for Research and Chief Research Officer at Stony Brook University.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Education and Career

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Hsiao attended the exclusive all-boys Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School (JGHS). He graduated from JGHS to enroll in the National Taiwan University and pursue a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering. [1] After graduating in 1980, Hsiao entered the graduate program in Polymer Science at the Institute of Materials Science in the University of Connecticut in 1982. [1][8] Since receiving his M.S. in 1984, Hsiao has been associated with the Society of Plastics Engineers and the American Chemical Society[9] . In 1985, he was inducted into Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society and Phi Kappa Phi, the oldest all-discipline honor society. He has also served as a member of the High Polymer Physics Division of the American Physical Society since 1985 and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers since 1989. He completed his Ph.D. in 1987 under the guidance of Edward T. Samulski and Montgomery T. Shaw. [1][3][2][4][8][5][6][7]

He went on to work at the University of Massachusetts between 1987 and 1989 as a Postdoctoral research Fellow in the Departments of Chemistry, and Polymer Science and Engineering under the tutelage of Richard Stein and H. Henning Winter. Immediately afterwards, he was sought by the DuPont Company to work in the Pioneering Laboratory. He stayed with DuPont for 8 years in Wilmington, Delaware until 1997 as a Senior Staff Scientist in the Central Research and Development Department, after which he embarked upon an academic career at Stony Brook University. [1][2][4][8][9][5][6]

Joining Stony Brook University as an Assistant Professor in 1997, Hsiao was promoted to Full Professor in 2002 and appointed to the Chair of the Chemistry Department in 2007. It was under his leadership, that the Chemistry department at Stony Brook was identified as one of the top departments in the nation, and designated a National Landmark for the invention of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by the American Chemical Society. [1][8][7]

On May 1, 2012, Hsiao officially assumed his post as the Vice President for Research and Chief Research Officer at Stony Brook University. As Vice President for Research, Hsiao has been responsible for the campus-wide advancement of Stony Brook's research mission through strategic planning. In this role, he oversees the Research Foundation, supervises all Stony Brook University research administration activities and functions, and is the primary advocate for the University's research enterprise on a state, national and international level. He assists the President of Stony Brook University, Samuel L. Stanley,MD, the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Kenneth Kaushansky,MD, and the Provost Dennis Assanis, PhD, with research activities related to Stony Brook University, as well as Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. [3][2][4][8][5][10][6][7]

Since 2008, he has also served as the Chang-Jiang Professor at Donghua University in Shanghai, and a guest professor at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Tongji University and the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1][8][5]

Research

Dr. Hsiao’s laboratory at Stony Brook University, aims to understand the structural, morphological development and manipulation of complex polymer systems during preparation and processing in real time at both molecular and nanoscopic scales.[1][8][9][5][7]

For his research in polymer physics, which led to novel water purification techniques, Hsiao was elected a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2011. Together with his colleague Benjamin Chu, Hsiao has used combined electrospinning and cellulose nanofibrous membranes technologies to produce a hierarchical non-woven pattern of different size fibers (from microns to nanometers) to filter water. Along with its mechanical integrity and its interconnected pores and thus high pore density, these filters have high volumetric flow rates without compromised resistance to fouling. Since such filters can have 3 to 10x better water flux, they are energy efficient and have a broad range of applications ranging from desalination to energy generation. [1][8][9][11][12] [13][5][10]

Such nanofibrous formats are also useful for tissue engineering and drug delivery. As biodegradation rates and drug release rates in medical treatments are functions of fiber, porosity, morphology and chemical compositions, Hsiao and Chu have developed many useful new solutions for biomedical applications, such as nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering and heart tissue constructs, and methods to prevent post-surgery induced abdominal adhesions. [1][8][9][13][5][10]

As a material scientist, Hsiao has focused on understanding the fundamental processes involved in the crystallization of polymers. In order to investigate polymer structures, morphology and dynamics from atomic (1-20 Å) to microscopic scales (20 - 1000 Å) in real time, Hsiao’s laboratory has come up with simultaneous small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide-angle x-ray diffraction (WAXD) techniques. By nature, SAXS probes relatively large-scale structures, in contrast to WAXD that deals mainly with the atomic structure of crystals. SAXS includes not only the diffraction of large lattice spacing, of the order of tens, hundreds or even thousands of interatomic distances, but also the scattering by perturbed or non-periodic structures of amorphous and semi-crystalline materials. Dedicated to polymer research, the Advanced Polymers Participating Research Team (AP-PRT) was formed in 1997 by Hsiao and his colleague Ben Chu to develop a synchrotron X-ray scattering beamline (X27C) at the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory.[1][8][9][11][12][13][5][10][6]

Having published more than 370 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 39 reviews and chapters in books and encyclopedias, 220 conference proceedings, more than 16 issued patents and two edited books, Hsiao holds an h-index of 67 with an ISI Web of Knowledge total citation number exceeding 14,000. He has given more than 230 invited lectures in universities, governmental and industrial research institutes and more than 450 presentations in national and international scientific meetings. [1][8][9][11][12][5][10][6]


Honors and Awards

Synergistic Activities

Professional Societies

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Faculty Page". Stony Brook Chemistry Faculty. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Benjamin S. Hsiao Named Vice President for Research at Stony Brook University". Stony Brook News. Stony Brook University. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Benjamin Hsiao: Bio". University Council. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Calamia, Matt. "Benjamin Hsiao is Stony Brook University's research VP". Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Benjamin S. Hsiao Named VP for Research". Stony Brook Happenings. April 12, 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "advanced Nanostructure Characterization Using Scattering/ Diffraction Techniques". Stevens Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Stanley, Samuel. "Benjamin S. Hsiao, PhD, Vice President for Research". Stony Brook University. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Research Page". Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "American Chemical Society Profile". American Chemical Society. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Benjamin Hsiao, Stony Brook University". University of Michigan: Materials Science and Engineering. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  11. ^ a b c d "Four SBU Professors Elected AAAS Fellows". Stony Brook News. Jan 23, 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  12. ^ a b c d "Benjamin S. Hsiao Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science". Stony Brook News. Jan 27, 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  13. ^ a b c Hsiao, Benjamin. "UN-Filtration". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

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