Dept. of Life Science

Name	Position	Education	Research
Zhi-Wen Peng	Professor and Chairman	Ph.D. in Virology, Oregon State University, USA	Molecular virology Gene expression and regulation Molecular oncology and gene therapy
Ruey-Yi Chang	Professor	Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA	Molecular mechanism of Japanese encephalitis virus RNA genome replication. Gene regulation of noncoding RNA from RNA viruses.
Chen-Lun Liu	Professor	Ph.D., Pharmaceutics 1993, University of Utah, USA	Pharmacokinetics, Physical Pharmacy Enzyme Technology, Medicine and Health Prevention for Drug Abuse
Tzyy-Wen Chiou	Professor	Ph.D., Biochemical Engineering 1992, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA	Stem cells and regenerative medicine Bioreactor and process engineering New drug development
Kuo-Chih Lin	Professor	Ph. D. Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, USA	Stress-induced signal transduction in plants Molecular mechanisms of host defense Immunomodulatory activities of the yam storage protein
Chia-Hung Lee	Professor	Ph.D., Lund University, Sweden	Nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and therapy. Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery System. Application of Biomimetics, Biocatalysis, and Heterogeneous Catalysis
Ta-Chun Yuan	Associate Professor	Ph. D., Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada	Roles of tyrosine kinases in the carcinogenesis of oral squamous carcinoma cells Molecular mechanisms of androgen-independent proliferation of prostate cancer cells
Wen-Min Su	Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Rutgers University, USA	Lipid Metabolism, Protein regulation Lipid metabolism
Shih-Chen Fu	Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA	Microbiome bioinformatics exome sequencing analysis copy number variation Autism Inflammatory Bowel Disease Parkinson’s Disease
Han-Yun Hsieh	Assistant Professor	Ph.D., Department of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan	Cell Molecular Biology Angiogenesis Microfluidic chips