1991-1995 B.S., Physics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
1996-2002 Ph.D., Physics, U. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
2002-2004 Postdoctoral Associate, Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
2004-2005 Visiting Scientist, Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge USA
2004- current, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Adjunct Positions at Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica Department of Physics and Institute of Biophysics, National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan

Research areas

Soft matter physics - colloids, emulsions, and foam, microfluidics, quantitative optical microscopy, 3D cell biology, solid foam mechanics

Research Interests

I have worked extensively in soft condensed matter, a subset of which is abundant in living cells, such as polymers, lipids, and colloidal suspensions in liquid. My research focuses on rich phenomena exhibited in soft matter where various interactions - interfacial tension, hydrodynamic, entropic, and electrostatic forces - come into play and entails techniques often used in biology and biophysics including optical microscopy, laser tweezers, particle tracking, and microfluidics. With time, I grow fascination with biology and genuine interests to applying soft matter physics in the study of biological problems.

I have invented a simple method to fabricate 3D ordered monoporous gel which can be used as 3D cell culture scaffolds. I am interested to understand how 3D mechanical microenvironment affect cellular behaviors. Understand the cellular behaviors. To characterize the mechanical properties of 3D microenvironment, I also need to understand the ordered scaffolds as cellular solids which are made up of an interconnected network of solid struts or plates. The applications are in thermal insulation, packaging, mechanical support and flotation. My lab take the interdisciplinary approaches to investigate the novel materials. We create new scaffolds by both physical and chemical parameters. We investigate the mechanics of the scaffolds by optical and mechanical devices. We look for its application in biology. By pursuing these goals, I lead a successful interdisciplinary training programs for young scientists in the lab.