Assistant Professor

EDUCATION AND POSITIONS HELD:

• B.S., Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 1997.
• Ph.D., Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2003.
• Pharmacist and Research Chemist, Formosa Laboratories, Inc., Taiwan, 2003.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, The Genomic Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2003-2008.
• Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, USA, 2006-2007.
• Assistant Professor, Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2008-present.

HONORS:

• Postdoctoral fellow scholarship, Academia Sinica, 2004-2006.
• Postdoctoral fellow scholarship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2006.
• NHRI postdoctoral fellowship award, NHRI, Taiwan, 2007-2008.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The major interest of our lab is new drug discovery. Currently, we focus on developing chemical and enzymatic methods to create various saponin libraries as anticancer and antivirus agents. In addition, we are also interested in the small molecules that can modulate or boost immune responses for anti-arthritis and anti-diabetics treatment.