FACS Presidents

Prof. Reuben Jih-Ru Hwu
2019-2021
Reuben Jih-Ru Hwu is a Distinguished Chair Professor at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University (1978–1982), served as a professor at Johns Hopkins University (1982–91), Academia Sinica, and National Central University. He published over 225 research articles and 50 patents on new synthetic methods and reagents, drug design and synthesis, and nano-biomaterials for drug delivery. He was President of the Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry (2012–13), President of the Chinese American Chemical Society USA (1991–93), and Dean of College of Science, National Central University (2007–10). He is a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2019–), Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (2005–), Fellow of IUPAC (2000–), and Fellow of The Third World Academy of Sciences (1999–). He received the Third World Academy of Sciences Award, Nano Industrial Technology Excellence Award, National Biotech and Medical Care Quality Award, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow Award USA, National Academic Research Innovation Award, Japan Ming-Yu-Wen-Hwa Award, FACS 1993 Distinguished Young Chemist Award, and The Outstanding Young Persons of the World for 1994.

Prof. Dave Winkler
2017-2019
Winkler is a computational chemist with strong research interests in the interaction of matter and biology, holds B.Sc. in chemistry, chemical engineering (Monash), physics (RMIT), and a Ph.D. in chemical physics and radioastronomy (Monash). He was a chief research scientist at CSIRO for 30 years, visiting fellow at Oxford and Kyoto Universities, Imperial College London, and the University of Calgary. He published about 250 research papers, book chapters, and 25 patents. He is currently a chemistry and physics professor at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Adjunct Professor at the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, visiting Professor in pharmacy at the University of Nottingham, and a Fellow in evolutionary robotics at CSIRO Data61. He provided key IP for three startup companies – Betabiotics, Asymmetrex, and Vectus Biosystem. He is a past President of the Asian Federation for Medicinal Chemistry, served on Boards of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Science & Technology Australia, and is a member of the Australian Academy of Science's National Committee for Chemistry. He received the Herman Skolnik award from the ACS, Distinguished Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), and the RACI's Adrien Albert Award.

Prof. Jasim Uddin Ahmad
2015-2017
Chairman of the 16ACC, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 18-21, 2015

Prof. Andy Hor Tzi Sum
2013-2015
Chairman of the 15ACC, August 19-23, 2013, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore.

Prof. Supawan Tantayanon
2011-2013
Chairman of the 14ACC, Bangkok, Thailand, September 5-8, 2011.

Prof. Chunli Bai
2009-2011
Chairman of the 13ACC, Shanghai, China, September 13-16, 2009.

Prof. Soon Ting Kueh
2007-2009
Chairman of the 12ACC, 2007

Prof. Junghun Suh
2005-2007
Chairman of the 11ACC, 2005

Prof. Ho Si Thoang
2003-2005
Chairman of the 10ACC, 2003

Prof. Johnsee Lee
1999-2001
Chairman of the 8ACC, 1999

Prof. Hitoshi Ohtaki
1997-1999
Chairman of the 7ACC, 1997

Prof. Fortunato Sevilla III
1995-1997
Chairman of the 6ACC, 1995

Prof. Mohinder Singh
1993-1995
Chairman of the 5ACC, 1993

Prof. Guang Xian Xu
1991-1993
Chairman of the 4ACC, 1991

Prof. Tom H. Spurling
1989-1991
Chairman of the 3ACC, 1989

Prof. Sang Up Choi
1987-1989
Chairman of the 2ACC, 1997

Prof. H. H. Huang
1985-1987
Chairman of the 1ACC, 1995

Prof. Mahdi H. Hnoosh
1983-1985
Chairman of the 1ACC, 1995

Prof. B. C. Sekhar
1981-1983
Chairman of the 1ACC, 1995

Prof. Kamchorn Manuapichu
1979-1981
Chairman of the 1ACC, 1995