The 58-year-old Wong, who was elected to Academia Sinica in 1994 and to the US's National Academy of Sciences in 2002, is well known in international academic circles and is regarded as one of the likeliest ethnic Chinese candidates for a Nobel Prize.
現年 58 歲的翁啟惠，1994 年當選中央研究院院士，2002 年獲頒美國科學界最高榮譽的「國家科學院院士」，在國際學術界擁有相當高的聲望，被評為最有機會得到諾貝爾獎的華裔學者。