Shawn S. H. Hsu was born in Tainan, Taiwan. He received the B.S. degree from National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1992, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 1997 and 2003, respectively. In 2003, he joined the Electrical Engineering Department, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, as an Assistant Professor. In August 2014, he was appointed a Distinguished Professor with National Tsing Hua University. He is involved with the design, fabrication, and the modeling of high-frequency transistors and interconnects. He is also interested in heterogeneous integration using system-in-package (SiP) and 3-D integrated circuit technology for high-speed wireless/optical communications. His research interests also include the design of monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC) and RF integrated circuits (RFIC) using Si/IIIV-based technologies.