Raymond Soong Chair Professorship of Distinguished Research
TAIWAN BRIDGES Program – Nobel Laureate Lecture Series

The TAIWAN BRIDGES Program is jointly promoted by National Taiwan University (NTU) and Academia Sinica, with President Lai Ching-te serving as Honorary Chair. Initiated by Academician Yuan Tseh Lee and supported by Mr. Raymond Soong, founder of Lite-On Group, the program brings together twelve leading academic and research institutions across Taiwan in collaboration with the International Peace Foundation (IPF). From 2025 to 2026, the program will invite 31 Nobel Laureates to Taiwan for a series of lectures and exchanges.

Under this initiative, National Taiwan University will host six lectures under the NTU Raymond Soong Chair Professorship of Distinguished Research, fostering high-level academic dialogue and international engagement.

Special Exhibition

In Dialogue with the Nobel Spirit

Special Exhibition

Exhibition Period：2026/5/4 (Mon.) – 2026/5/28 (Fri.)

Venue：2F, Multi-Purpose Classroom Building, Main Campuus, NTU

Specially authorized by the Swedish Representative Office in Taiwan and co-organized with NTU, this exhibition brings together the cultural essence of Sweden—Nobel’s homeland—and highlights from the NTU Nobel Laureate Lecture Series. We warmly invite you to step into this dialogue of knowledge across time and space, and to experience the enduring spirit of Nobel.
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Prof. Sir Andre Geim

Prof. Sir Andre Geim

Nobel Prize in Physics 2010

Topic：Wonder materials

Time：2025 / 11 / 10 (Mon.) 10:00 AM

Prof. Sir Andre Geim is widely recognized for his discovery of graphene, a novel material composed of a single layer of carbon atoms. Characterized by its extraordinary strength and excellent conductivity, graphene has ushered in a new era of nanotechnology and found widespread applications in electronics, energy, and medicine.

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▶ Intro Video ▶ Shorts ▶ Lectures
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Prof. Eric S. Maskin

Prof. Eric S. Maskin

Nobel Prize in Economics 2007

Topic：Why globalization has failed to reduce inequality

Time：2025 / 12 / 15 (Mon.) 2:00 PM

Prof. Eric S. Maskin is a distinguished American economist who currently serves as the Adams University Professor at Harvard University. He was honored with the Nobel Laureate in Economics in 2007 for his pioneering work in laying the foundations of mechanism design theory.

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▶ Intro Video ▶ Shorts ▶ Lectures
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Prof. Donna Strickland

Prof. Donna Strickland

Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

Topic：Why trust in science is important

Time：2026 / 1 / 12 (Mon.) 2:00 PM

Prof. Donna Strickland is currently a Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where she has long researched ultrafast lasers and nonlinear optics. In 2018, she became one of only three women laureates in the more than one-hundred-year history of the Nobel Prize in Physics, sharing the prestigious honor with Prof. Arthur Ashkin and Prof. Gérard Mourou.

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▶ Intro Video ▶ Shorts ▶ Lectures
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Prof. Morten P. Meldal

Prof. Morten P. Meldal

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022

Topic：Chemistry for a sustainable world – Everything is chemistry and how that influences our choices

Time：2026 / 1 / 26 (Mon.) 2:00 PM

Prof. Morten P. Meldal, the 2022 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and a current faculty member at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, is a distinguished academic leader with a long-standing dedication to higher education and international research collaboration. He actively promotes the cultivation of young talents, exerting a profound and far-reaching impact on the development of contemporary chemical research frameworks.

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▶ Intro Video ▶ Shorts ▶ Lectures
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Prof. May-Britt Moser

Prof. May-Britt Moser

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2014

Topic：The brain's systems for navigation and memory and their relevance for Alzheimer's disease

Time：2026 / 2 / 9 (Mon.) 2:00 PM

Prof. May-Britt Moser, Director of the renowned Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), is an internationally acclaimed neuroscientist. Her seminal contribution lies in the discovery of grid cells in the entorhinal cortex, neurons that generate coordinate-like activation patterns that enable spatial navigation in both humans and animals.

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Prof. Joachim Frank

Prof. Joachim Frank

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017

Topic：Cryo-electron microscopy, a new foundation for molecular medicine and drug design

Time：2026 / 5 / 6 (Wed.) 2:00 PM

Professor Joachim Frank is a distinguished German-American biophysicist currently serving as a professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University in the United States. He is widely recognized for his seminal contributions to the development of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a groundbreaking technology for which he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, alongside Professors Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson.

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▶ Intro Video ▶ Shorts ▶ Lectures
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