Yeh Shin-cheng

Yeh Shin-cheng
葉欣誠
Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan
In office 8 December 2014 – 19 May 2016
Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection Administration of the Republic of China
In office 20 February 2012 – 2014
Minister	Stephen Shen
Personal details
Born	1965 (1965) (age 59)
Nationality	Republic of China
Education	National Taiwan University (BS, MS) Cornell University (PhD)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yeh.

Yeh Shin-cheng (Chinese: 葉欣誠; pinyin: Yè Xīnchéng; born 1965) is a Taiwanese politician. He served as Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan from 2014 to 2016. He was Deputy Minister of the Environmental Protection Administration from 2012 to 2014.

Education

Yeh obtained his bachelor's degree in civil engineering and master's degree in environmental engineering from National Taiwan University (NTU) in 1987 and 1992, respectively. He obtained his doctorate in water resources and environmental systems from Cornell University in the United States in 1996.

Early career

Yeh served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering of NTU in 1996-1997 and adjunct assistant professor in the same department in 1997–1998. Afterwards, he became an assistant professor of the Department of Civil Engineering at National Chi Nan University. In 2001–2006, he was an associate professor at the Graduate Institute of Environmental Education of National Kaohsiung Normal University, and was promoted to professor and director in 2006–2009. In 2009–2012, he was a professor of the Graduate Institute of Environmental Education of National Taiwan Normal University, where he was also promoted to be director in 2010.