Ethan I. Lan 

Professional Experience

2020 - Present

Associate Dean, College of Engineering Bioscience, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

2023 - Present

Professor, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

2018 - 2023

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University

2014 - 2018

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University

2013 - 2014

Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute for genomics & proteomics, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

Education

2013 

PhD, Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)

2009 

B.S., Chemistry, University of Maryland College Park

Awards & Honors

2018

科技部 愛因斯坦培植計畫 - (核給于具企圖心、宏觀想法及發展潛力之申請時32歲以下優秀年輕學者) 

MOST (Ministry of Science & Technology) Young Scholar Fellowship

2015  

傑出人才發展基金會 積極爭取國外優秀年輕學者獎助 (頒予具備國外大學或學術研究機構正式教職或正式研究職之優秀年輕學者)  

International Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship 

Biography

Ethan received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Maryland College Park in 2009. After getting his B.S. degree, he then joined UCLA Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program in 2009 where he worked with Professor James C. Liao (member of the National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, and Academia Sinica) on the development of microbial cell factory for biofuel production. His research in the metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria achieved the first direct photosynthetic conversion of CO2 into 1-butanol. After completing his PhD degree, he briefly continued his work with Professor James Liao on the development of novel metabolic pathways. He started his academic career as an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Science and Technology of National Chiao Tung University in Fall  of 2014.