Ovid Tzeng is Minister without portfolio for the Government of Taiwain, and former Vice President of Academia Sinica, the national research academy of Taiwan. He is a respected scientist recognized for his work in memory, psycholinguistics, and cognitive neuroscience. He has gained particular recognition for his extensive analysis of reading behaviours across different writing systems, and he is a leading pioneer in the field of cognitive neuroscientific studies of Chinese language. In 1994, he was elected as a fellow academician of Academia Sinica.

While working at Academia Sinica, Minister Tzeng devoted himself to the research of cognitive neuroscientific studies of memory and language. During his tenure as the Vice President, he launched numerous programs to promote the interaction between Academia Sinica and International Council of Science Union (ICSU). He also represented Academia Sinica in the Human Network of National Academy. In February 2004 he was elected as a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and in 2006 he was elected to the Committee of Freedom and Responsibility in the Conduct of Science (CFRS). Recently he was invited to the panel of the European Research Council to review Advanced Grant proposals, particularly those concerned with the human mind and its complexity.

Professor Ovid Tzeng spoke at the 1e - Developing successful international university strategies session.