A new group of academics will be elected at the Academia Sinica, the nation's premier research institute, during its 27th Biennial Convocation of Acade-mics today.
Academy members have been evaluating the qualifications of 38 potential candidates since yesterday, and official results will be announced after 5pm.
The convocation is supposed to elect new academics for the institute's three major divisions. Each division can only have a maximum of 10 new members, and the academics are not required to meet the quota in full when they vote.
Among the potential candidates, 16 are nominees for the mathematics and natural sciences division and 15 for the life sciences division.
Only seven candidates have been nominated this time for positions available in the humanities and social sciences division. So a total of 27 new members would be added if the openings were all filled.
Twenty-two of the candidates work in overseas institutions, while 16 of them work in Taiwan. Two female candidates have been nominated this time. Both are nominees for the life sciences division.
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Lee Yuan-tseh's other brother, Lee Yuan-chuan (
Hsia Chi-tsin (
Sheng Chih-hsun (
Sheng would also be the youngest academic ever accepted to the body if elected.
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