Chung earned his bachelor's (1981), master's (1984), and doctoral (1990) degrees, all in geology, from National Taiwan University.
[1][2] Chung began his teaching career at his alma mater as a lecturer between 1991 and 1994, held an associate professorship at NTU from 1994 to 1998, was subsequently promoted to full professor, and was appointed to a distinguished and chair professorship in 2006, a position he retained until retirement in 2014.
[1][2] Chung was also affiliated with Academia Sinica's Institute of Earth Sciences as an associate research fellow, starting in January 2001.
[1] Sung was promoted to distinguished research fellow in May 2014, and became institute director in May 2017.
[7] Chung was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 2016,[2] and a fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2023.