Huang earned a bachelor 's degree in chemistry from National Taiwan University and completed advanced studies at the University of Virginia and Columbia University in the United States . He did postdoctoral work at Princeton University and the University of Chicago . Upon his return to Taiwan , Huang joined the faculty of National Tsing Hua University , where he taught chemistry from 1979 to 1991 , while also working for the National Science Council and Ministry of Education . In 1991 , Huang became vice minister of the Research , Development and Evaluation Commission , and joined the Ministry of Education in the same capacity in 1994 . The next year , Huang was appointed president of Feng Chia University . He left FCU to chair the National Science Council . As head of the NSC , Huang advocated for research into aftershocks and mapping of the Chelungpu fault , on which the epicenter of the 1999 Jiji earthquake sat . Near the end of his term in 2000 , Huang promised to resolve an investigation into United Microelectronics Corporation , which had built a plant in 1998 without submitting an environmental impact assessment for government approval . Huang also announced plans to expand science-based industrial parks across Taiwan . Upon leaving the NSC , Huang joined the John Tung Foundation , and was a proponent of suicide prevention and mental health initiatives
1999 Jiji earthquake
1999 Jiji earthquake
Huang Chen-tai