Research Fellow

EDUCATION AND POSITIONS HELD:

• B. S. Department of Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, (June 1975)
• M. S. Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei (June 1977)
• Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, School of Pharmacy, USA, (Dec. 1987)
• Group Leader, Panalabs Taiwan Ltd. (Feb. 1978 - Feb. 1979)
• Assistant Research Fellow (Mar. 1979 - Mar. 1988), Associate Research Fellow (Apr. 1988 - Jun. 1991), Research Fellow (Jul. 1991 – present), Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Associate Professor, (1989 -1992), Professor (1992 – present), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
• Visiting Scholar, (Aug, 1994 - July, 1995), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
• General Secretary (Jun, 1998 - May, 1999), Taiwan Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Deputy Director (Oct. 1997 - Oct. 1999), Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
• Director, Office of Academic Affair (Jan. 2002 – present), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

HONORS:

• Outstanding Research Award (傑出獎) (1993) Section of Biology, National Science Council, Taiwan
• Outstanding Research Award (傑出獎) (2003) Section of Chemistry, National Science Council, Taiwan

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The major thrust of our research lies at the crossroads of chemistry and biology.

Our group is currently working on two general areas:

• Carbohydrate chemistry and glycobiology, especially in sialic acid

• Studies on the structure-functional relationship of proteins and peptides