Dr. Wei-Jen Lo received his B.S. degree in physics from National Taiwan University in 1972. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Solid State Physics and Surface Chemistry from University of California, Berkeley in 1977 and 1979 respectively.

Dr. Lo is currently Vice President of Operations in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Prior to this post, he was Vice President of Advanced Technology Business in TSMC.

He joined TSMC in July 2004 as Vice President of Operations II and served as Vice President of Research & Development from July 2006 to September 2009.

Prior to joining TSMC, from 2000 to 2004, he was the director of technology development and plant manager in Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group in California. From 1997 to 2000, he was a factory manager, responsible for running Intel’s development factory in Santa Clara, California. He joined Intel in 1987.

Prior to joining Intel, he worked in U.S. universities, the Motorola Research and Development Lab and the Xerox Microelectronics Center.