2019 年秋
国⽴交通⼤學理學院
四⼗周年専刊（2019 年秋発刊）の肆啟山林者 （歴代理學院⻑に聞く）「獨⾶，領⾶，放⼿⾶」 李 遠鵬
English translation of the part related to Masuhara"Fly solo, Lead, and Let it go"

“GOING INTERNATIONAL” by placing full time leading experts from Japan
Among all in-depth international exchange promoted by both Applied Chemistry
department and Electrophysics department, the collaborations with Japan werebonded the most.
With the lead of Professor Hiroshi Masuhara and Professor Hiro-o Hamaguchi, bothhonored with Medal of Purple Ribbon, many other Japanese professors have joined
the faculty of the Applied Chemistry. The Department of Electrophysics, too, have theworld famous, Takayoshi Kobayashi, who is the expert of ultrafast laser in the earlystage, worked in SPROUT, NCTU for over ten years. And Kimitoshi Kono, the lowtemperature physics expert has also joined us last year.
Professor Lee found it difficult to invite prominent Japanese professors to NCTU fulltime without any prior interaction. So he planned first to invite professors’ students todeepen exchanges with NCTU students having them build up an academic bridge andthen invite professors. However, NCTU has prepared ample research funds. NCTU
thought that by inviting the entire group, including associate professors and assistantprofessors, NCTU could attract prominent Japanese professors to NCTU. And then,professors would accept the invitation from NCTU.
Until the past few years, the reputation of accepting Japanese professors has spreadout, a lot of Japanese professors are willing to come to NCTU with their equipment tocontinue on their research career. “Professor Kimitoshi Kono joined NCTU last year.
He brought not only his existing equipment, but also with JPY¥10 million/per year forresearch use.”

Amazing Professor Hiroshi Masuhara –Promoting academic exchange between Taiwan and Japan
Among all these Japanese Professors in NCTU, Prof. Masuhara has the greatest
contribution to Taiwan. Speaking of his contribution, Prof. YP Lee knows better thananyone. Who would have known that a small talk between Prof. Masuhara and him
would turn out to today’s Taiwan-Japan academic exchange, not even Prof. Lee
himself. At that time, while Prof. Masuhara was invited to NCTU ten years ago, theoriginal plan was going to hire his student to NCTU for the collaboration. But aroundthe same time, Prof. Masuhara’s private foundation in Japan was going to closed forsome certain reasons. Prof. Lee, “So I asked him, why don’t you come to Taiwan
instead? I believed that he also found it unbelievable himself.”
With the support from the President of NCTU, Mr. Chong-Yu Wu, on one hand, andenough funds from the Ministry of Education on the other, he went on continuing
contact with Prof. Masuhara. Not only providing research funds, but Prof. YP Leealso committed to Prof. Masuhara that he will maintain the Japanese System, which isto keep “a research team” as a unit for him as much as he can. Prof. Lee, “It isdifferent in Japan. In Japan, apart from a Professor, a research team also includes an
Associate Professor and an Assistant Professor. So, we kept this system for him.” It
only took about nearly two months to went from coming to an agreement to going
through all the DAC procedures and preparing a lab. “I believe his contribution will
be extraordinary after he joins us,” said Prof. Lee. While Prof. Masuhara continues tohis research, he also pulls strings for the young researchers in Taiwan with the ones inJapan, have them to join international conferences in Japan, and even recommended
awards. Prof. Lee mentioned that Prof. Masuhara guides a research team in Japan aswell, which has about 30 to 40 young researchers. “He had all these 30 to 40
researchers come to Taiwan for meeting because he thinks that the young generations
should take the chance to know more about Taiwan, learn from each other, or makefriends.”
In the past few years, Prof. Masuhara has put his influence on “research” to the“education” level. He called out to the teachers and students of science high schools
in Japan and had them come to visit NCTU and join a seminar. Prof. Lee, “Not just
one high school, but 2 to 3 high schools, which includes 80 to over 100 people.” Healso hosts a Summer Course every year inviting various top foreign professors to join
and give a lecture. We had 25 Japanese students joined us last year, this year, we evenhad students from Australia as well. This is a great opportunity for our students tobuild up their international connections. Prof. Lee was impressed to say, “His energy
is really something, and these international experiences is a good thing for ourstudents.”
Little by little, this academic exchange mode has opened its publicity, and we haveeven more Japanese Professors joining us, and more people in Japan recognizes
NCTU. These top researchers have brought us a great amount of energy in research,and for them, coming to Taiwan and continue on their research life is also a good way
to go. One of our NCTU students is now an Assistant Professor in Japan.

After more than a decade, this win-win path is still been carried on throughsucceeding Deans with great supports from the past Principles. As a pioneer,Professor Yuan-Pern Lee didn’t take it all for himself but to give all the credits toothers. “This requires the right time, the right place, and the right people. It needs
NCTU’s open atmosphere and the flexible administration to achieve; and nothing canbe done without the 500 million in 5 years from the Ministry of Education. I am truly
grateful to our President, Mr. Chong-Yu Wu, and the following two as well, Ms. YanHwa Wu, Mr. Mau-Chung Chang. With their 100% of trust and fully support, I can goahead and do it without asking everything one by one.”啟山林者

獨飛，領飛，放手飛李遠鵬

採訪／吳盈熹、范瑀真
撰文／范瑀真學而優則仕，這條路徑不只是古代讀
書人的「指定賽道」，在今日台灣亦為學界鉅子拓展事業第二春的熱門選項。但也
有一群「學術狂人」，若擔任行政顯要是「江山」，研究與教學是「美人」，他們
肯定直奔美人懷抱。交大理學院的箇中代
表人物，無非是在海內外獲頒榮譽無數的中研院院士──李遠鵬，交通大學理學院第十任院長。李遠鵬人如其名，志在更寬
廣的科學殿堂，行政工作關不住他的翅膀。
然而與他共事的同仁都知道，他的行政能
力高超，沒有續任院長不是「不能」，而是「不願」。

——關於 李遠鵬
第十任院長（2005 － 2008）李遠鵬雖自承對行政「沒興趣」，卻
在院長三年任期做了相當十年的重要工作：▌學歷
加州大學柏克萊分校化學博士（1979）

設立前瞻跨領域基礎科學中心、理學院學台灣大學化學系學士（1973）

士學位學程班、完成科三館興建構想書及▌經歷

設計、整修科一、科二館、支持新創開放

新世代功能性物質研究中心主任式課程（OCW） 、以及透過高強度的國際（2018 － 2019）

合作等方式，拉拔理學院迅速壯大。

前瞻跨領域基礎科學中心主任（2006 － 2017）
交通大學理學院院長（2005 － 2008）
交通大學分子科學所所長（2004 － 2007）

轉任交大還接院長，清華同仁：跌破
眼鏡
回首 14 年前，當李遠鵬要從清大化學

交通大學應化系、分子科學所講座教授（2004 －）
東京大學講座教授（1997）
中央研究院原子與分子科學研究所合聘研究員（1988 －）

系轉往交大任職時，他的同仁對此「搬遷」

清華大學化學系教授（1985 － 2004）

是相當錯愕。「很多人覺得不可思議，為清華大學化學系副教授（1981 － 1985）

什麼我從一個那時候比較好的系跑到一個比較差的系。」誠如眾人之惑，客觀來看

美國海洋及大氣總署環境研究所研究員（1979 － 1981）當年台灣的理學院，交大的理科研究無論
是 paper 的發表數目、成就、國際名聲等

鵬為什麼會做此決定呢？他解釋，時任校等，都遠遠落在台大、清大之後。那李遠

長張俊彥請了中研院院院士林明璋來到應— 111 —

因不易吸引日本大牌教授來交大全時工作，方達成共識，到應化系這邊走完程序、備院裡先聘用了這些大牌教授的學生，透過妥實驗室，前後不過兩個月的時間。「結他們建立起橋樑，接著再進一步力邀教授

果他進來後，我相信他對臺灣的貢獻是無

們來合作；或是學校要給予充分資源，一與倫比的。」增原宏不單只是做自己的研

次聘任含副教授和助手的團隊，才有機會究，他還積極幫助台灣的年輕科學家與日吸引他們前來。

本建立關係、協助他們去日本的學會演講，甚至推薦得獎。李遠鵬提到，增原宏在日等到後期，交大接納日本教授的名聲

本也負責指導一個研究學者群組，裡頭大打開了， 日本教授都願將儀器搬來交大，約有三、四十名年輕學者。「他就把這三、延續他們的研究生涯。「去年來到交大的四十人都帶來台灣開會，他認為日本年輕

河野公俊教授，他不僅搬儀器，更從日本一代也應該要認識台灣，要跟台灣年輕的理化研究所每年帶 1000 萬日幣過來，供研科學家有往來、做朋友。」

究運用。」

積極協助台日交流，活動力驚人的增
原宏
這些教授中，增原宏對台灣的貢獻最大。談起他的貢獻，李遠鵬如數家珍，語調也輕快了起來。遙想十年前，增原宏與
他的一場對話，竟開啟日後如此蓬勃的台
日交流，似乎連他自己也未曾想過。當時

李遠鵬與實驗室學生、日本教授們聚餐合影。（圖片來李遠鵬邀增原宏來台訪問，原是計劃要聘源／李遠鵬提供）

其學生來交大展開合作，孰料那時在日本資助增原宏的私人基金會因故要關閉。「所近年，增原宏更將他的影響力從「研以我就跟他說，那你要不要乾脆來台灣，究」推展到「教育」層次。他號召日本科

我相信他那時候也覺得不可思議。」

學高中的師生前來交大理學院參觀、座談，「而且不只一個學校，是兩三個學校，人欲借東風的李遠鵬，左有校長吳重雨

數 80 幾到上百人不等。」每年暑假他也會

全力支持，右有教育部的充裕經費，他便

舉辦暑期課程，請大牌外籍教授來指導。

積極和增原宏協談。除了給予研究開辦費，去年起有 25 個日本學生一同過來參加，今李遠鵬也承諾盡量讓增原宏維持日本制度：年連澳洲的學生都會加入，讓我們的學生

以「整組團隊」為單位的人力配置。「日早早建立起國際網絡。李遠鵬讚嘆道，「他本跟我們不一樣，他們除了教授，一定要的活動力真的是不得了的，而對我們的學

有一個副教授、一個助理教授（助手），生來說，有這些國際的經驗是很好的一件

所以我們就維持這樣的制度給他。」從雙

事情。」— 114 —

漸漸地，在這套交流互惠模式打開知利人和，要有交大開放的風氣及靈活的行

名度後，越來越多日籍教授加入行列，也政才可以做成；若沒有教育部的五年 500

越來越多日本人認識交通大學。這些國際億，也不可能做成。我也很感謝吳重雨校

級學者為我們注入豐沛的研究能量，同時

長以及其後的吳妍華、張懋中校長，他們對他們而言，能夠來台延續研究生涯，亦給我完全的信任及大力的支持，所以我不不失為一個好選擇。而我們的學子，已有

用事事都請示，可以放心去做。」

一位因為此種交流，現已在日本擔任助理

在研究狂熱中，用規劃平衡生活教授。

春秋以來我們從幽默的孔先生那裡得
知，做學問有「止飢、解憂、抗老化」的神奇功效。在這方面，李遠鵬恐怕更勝一籌。他曾風趣地對辦公室同仁說，每當覺
得有感冒跡象時，只要進實驗室便「不藥而癒」了。「因為我喜歡研究工作啦，注意力轉移了之後，身體的一些不適就拋到2011 年理學院幸由太田信廣教授（左一）作媒，與北海腦後去了！」李遠鵬對做研究樂此不疲，道大學電子研究所所長三澤宏明簽訂合作協定。交大代

他笑說即使到了現在，每週一、四仍鑽研

表團為太田信廣教授、李遠鵬前院長（左二）以及時任到半夜才離開學校。「因為南大門要關了，院長莊振益（左三）。（圖片來源／李遠鵬提供）

所以我只能待到半夜，如果可以有選擇的
話也許我會待更晚，因為跟老婆請假， 兩小時也算一次，六小時也算一次。」此話
驚為天人，莫非他竟會如學生一般熱血「看日出」？原來純屬俏皮的玩笑一場，他直言「倒是不會做到天亮，身體還是重要，年輕的時候我也不是會任意熬夜做事情的人。」想不到以嚴謹形象示人的李遠鵬，其實有這活潑靈轉的一面。

2012 年李遠鵬參加第七屆亞洲及大洋洲光化學會，受「我想我對時間的規劃及掌控都還不邀參加開酒儀式；2018 年更榮獲「亞洲及大洋洲光化錯，他們應該很少看到我焦頭爛額、超過學會增原宏講座」 。（圖片來源／李遠鵬提供）

期限才交卷的時候。」李遠鵬在當院長時，十多年了，這條雙贏之路仍透過後繼發表的論文數也絲毫沒有減少。他表示，

院長們接續耕耘著，並得到歷任校長們的

當事情都按部就班地照規劃走，自然能平

大力支持。李遠鵬是開路先鋒，他卻把功

衡工作和生活。同仁吳盈熹也回憶道，李勞都「推」給別人。「這個也是要天時地遠鵬雖然公務、研究繁忙，仍不忘陪伴家— 115 —