Education

2003-2007: Ph.D in Chemistry, Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Germany

1997-2001: BSc. in Chemistry (Honours), National University of Singapore, Singapore

Positions & Employment

2020-Now: Professor at the Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

2016-2020: Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

2011-2016: Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

2007-2011: Postdoc at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

                    Advisor: Professor Kai JOHNSSON

2003-2007: PhD student at the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology in Dortmund, Germany

                    Advisor: Professor Herbert WALDMANN

2001-2003: Research assistant at the Department of Chemistry, NUS

                    Advisor: Professor LOH TeckPeng

1997-2001: Student research assistant at the Department of Chemistry, NUS

                    Advisor: Professor LOH TeckPeng

Research Interests

1. Synthesis of new fluorescence probes/dyes for bioimaging in living cells

2. Development of interference-free detection methods

Contact

National Tsing Hua University

Department of Chemistry

Hsinchu, 30013

Taiwan, Republic of China

Tel: 00886-35715131 Ext 35665

Email:kttan@mx.nthu.edu.tw