title: Mou Chung-yuan
text: # Mou Chung-yuan
  
  Mou Chung-yuan (Chinese: 牟中原; pinyin: Móu Zhōngyuán) is a Taiwanese chemist. He was the Deputy Minister of the National Science Council (NSC) of the Executive Yuan in May 2012 until March 2014.
  
  ## Career
  
  Mou earned a bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University in 1970 and pursued graduate study in the United States, completing his doctorate at the Washington University in St. Louis in 1975. Before assuming his role at the National Science Council, Mou was a professor of chemistry at the National Taiwan University. He was elected a member of The World Academy of Sciences in 2013, and the Academia Sinica in 2016.
  
  