Appointments

08/2022–present     Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences/ Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung    

                                University, Taipei, Taiwan

02/2021–07/2022 Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, VA, USA

01/2018–01/2021    Research Associate, Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia School of Medicine, VA, USA

12/2015–12/2017    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, GA, USA

08/2015–11/2015    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brain Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Education

09/2009–07/2015    Ph.D., Department of Life Sciences/ Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

06/2014–07/2014    Trainee, Embryology Course, Marine Biological Laboratory, MA, USA

09/2007–06/2009    M.S., Department of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

09/2003–06/2007    B.S., Department of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Research Disciplines

Neuroimmunology, Neonatal Brain Injury, Neurodevelopment, Stroke, Autism, Brain energetics, Mitochondria, Neurodegeneration

Honors & Awards

2023      沈力揚教授醫學教育獎學紀念基金會研究與進修獎助 

2023-2026      

              2030跨世代年輕學者方案(優秀年輕學者) 

2022-2027      

              Yushan Young Scholar Program, Taiwan

2018-2020      

              Two-years postdoctoral fellowship, American Heart Association (AHA), USA (#18POST34080334)

2019      Award of second place for postdoctoral poster presentation, Central Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, USA

2018      Traveling award of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), USA

2018      Award of first place for postdoctoral poster presentation, Central Virginia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, USA

2015      Award of first prize in oral presentation, International Conference on Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Taiwan

2014      The outstanding student paper awards, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

2014      Scholarship award offered by the C. Lalor Burdick Scholarship Society for Developmental Biology, USA

2013      Award of honored poster presentation of the Neuroscience Society of Taiwan

2012, 2013, 2014, 2015    

              Award of excellent poster presentation in Graduate Students Poster Exhibition, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

2010, 2011, 2012

              Excellent teaching award, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

2010      Award of honored poster presentation in Graduate Students Poster Exhibition, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

2010, 2013   

             Grants for attending international conferences of National Science Council, Taiwan