Nano Science and Technology Program
 Taiwan International Graduate Program

Faculty & Administration Committees

The faculty members are composed of Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University, and National Tsing Hua University.

The Administration Committees

Program Coordinator Dr. Chia-Fu Chou
cfchou@phys.sinica.edu.tw; 886-2-2789-6761
Admission Committee Chair Dr. Tien-Ming Chuang
chuangtm@phys.sinica.edu.tw ; 886-2-2789-6731
Academic Committee Chair Dr. Wei-Li Lee
wlee@phys.sinica.edu.tw ; 886-2-2789-6700
Student Affairs Committee Chair Dr. Yu-Chien Wen
ycwen@phys.sinica.edu.tw ; 886-2-2789-6708

Program Faculty

Academia Sinica

Institute of Physics
  Name Research Interest
Dr. Chia-Fu Chou Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, Biophotonics, Nanobiotechnology, Micro/nanofluidics, Biosensors, Tissue Engineering
Dr. Shang-Fan Lee Spintronics, Quatum Phenomenon in Thin Films, Single Crystals, and Nano-Structures
Dr. Tien-Ming Chuang Study of novel electronic phases and phenomena in quantum materials by scanning probe microscopy
Dr. Yu-Chieh Wen Surface physical chemistry, nonlinear optics of quantum materials, ultrafast optics
Dr. Wei-Li Lee Experimental condensed matter physics, low temperature physics, topological systems, 2D material devices
Dr. Kung-Hsuan Lin Optical spectroscopy of Nanomaterials
Dr. Ing-Shouh Hwang surface and interface science, scanning probe microscopy, surface atomic and molecular dynamics, mechanism of epitaxial growth, electron- and ion-beam technology, nucleation and growth, nanomaterials, solid-water interfaces, gas in water
Dr. Keng-hui Lin Physical cell biology, mechanobiology in 3D and in vivo
Dr. Raman Sankar fundamental properties of single crystals such as “Dirac Semi-metals, Surface Topological studies, Topological Insulators, Topological Crystalline Insulators, High Tc super conductors, Weyl Semi-metals, 2D materials, Thermoelectric materials, etc.”
Dr. Chia-Seng Chang Quantum effects in low-dimensional systems; Nanostructure sciences, and Development of SPM; the physical properties of metal and semiconductor surfaces
Dr. Chung-Ting Ke quantum transport, 2D material, superconducting qubit
Dr. Tetsuya Hiraiwa Theoretical biophysics, Physics of softmatter and out-of-equilibrium systems
Dr. Hong-Yan Shih Interdisciplinary topics of complex systems, including biophysics, quantitative biology, active matter, fluid dynamics, soft matter, ecology, statistical physics
Dr. Chen-Hsuan Hsu condensed matter theory, with a focus on quantum matter, nanoscale systems, and topological materials

Institute of Chemistry
  Name Research Interest
Dr. Shih-Sheng Sun supramolecular materials chemistry
Dr. Jiun-Jie Shie Organic Synthesis and Chemical Biology
Dr. Hsiung-Lin Tu Quantitative Bioanalysis, Bio-interface Engineering, Systems Integration, and Cell-mimetic System
Dr. Chen-Hsiung Hung Sustainable Energy Related Chemistry and Catalysis
Dr. Hung-Ju Yen Nanographene, electroactive polymer, energy storage
Dr. Hsien-Ming Lee developing innovative vesicle designs, such as liposomes and lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), designing and synthesizing biosensors, Investigating cellular protein chemical modifications to create novel protein functions, studying peptide-membrane interaction
Dr. Wei-Hau Chang Nano-biotechnology for RNA-based therapy
Dr. Hsiao-hua Yu Organic and Polymer Materials, Nanobiotechnology, Cell Materials Interface
Dr. Po-Wen Chung Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Enzyme-inspired Materials; Biomass Depolymerization and Biorenewable Chemical Production; Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry
Dr. Chao-Ping Hsu Charge transport and energy transfer in advanced materials; Dynamic and noise in biological systems
Dr. Yu-Ju Chen Develop functional nanomaterials and mass spectrometry-based proteomics methodology for exploring cancer biology and biomarker discovery
Dr. Joseph Jen-Tse Huang Protein misfolding in Disease, peptide chemistry in amyloid, nanomedicine and nano-material, fluorescence probe development

Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences
  Name Research Interest
Dr. Jer-Lai Kuo Computational Molecular and Materials Science
Dr. Ming-Shien Chang Experimental ultracold atomic physics, quantum gas, quantum simulation, quantum computing, quantum sensing
Dr. Chia-Lung Hsieh Nanoscale biophysics
Dr. Wei-Hua Wang Low-dimensional materials and nanoscale devices
Dr. Kuei-Hsien Chen Advanced materials for sustainable energy applications

Research Center for Applied Sciences
  Name Research Interest
Dr. Peilin Chen Advanced imaging. Nanomaterials for bio-imaging, Bioelectronic and microfluidic devices
Dr. Yun-Chorng Chang Nanophotonics, Semiconductor, Biosensing
Dr. Mu-Huai Fang Phosphors, Quantum Dots, Optoelectronic Materials, Energy Materials, Solid-state Materials
Dr. Chao-Cheng Kaun Computational nanoelectronics and spintronics
Dr. Yu-Jung Lu Plasmonics, nanophotonics, and metamaterials
Dr. Jing-Jong Shyue Functional materials (for electronic, chemical and biomedical applications), Synthesis and processing of materials (self-assembly, interface chemistry), Microcharacterization (surface analysis, electron/ion spectroscopy/microscopy), Computer programming, numerical simulation and scientific modeling
Dr. Yu-Jung Lin developing advanced drug delivery systems for therapeutic purposes using biocompatible materials such as polymers, lipids, metallic nanocrystals, and many others
Dr. Chih-Wei Chu thin film electronics and batteries
Dr. Yi-Chung Tung Integrated Biomedical Microdevices, Cell Culture in Various Micro-Environments, Micro/Nanofluidics, Polymer/Silicon Hybrid Microsystems, Advanced Micro/Nano Fabrication Techniques
Dr. Min-Hsiung Shih Nanophotonics; Photonic crystals; 2-D materials; Plasmonics devices
Dr. Chi Chen Near-field optical microscopy, Atomic force microscopy, low-dimensional materials and mesoscopic assembly
Dr. Ji-Yen Cheng Cell-based micro analysis, Rapid prototyping of microfluidic biochip, biosensing, Laser micromachining
Dr. Chun-Wei Pao Computational materials science and multiscale simulations

Institute of Molecular Biology
  Name Research Interest
Dr. Sheng-hong Chen molecular genetics, proteomics, biochemical assay development, systems biology and cancer cell biology
Dr. Keita Kamino Quantitative biology of adaptive cellular behavior

National Taiwan University

Department of Physics
  Name Research Interest
Dr. Mario Hofmann Nanotechnology, Quantum Materials, Energy Generation
Dr. Minn-Tsong Lin Spintronics, Nanomagnetism, Surface Magnetism, Surface Science, Nanomaterial, Application in Nanostroage, Application of Synchrotron Radiation
Dr. Chi-Te Liang Quantum transport in two-dimensional systems and materials
Dr. Chen-Yuan Dong Biophotonics, precision medicine, diabetes, oncology
Dr. Chaw-Keong Yong Ultrafast quantum nonlinear optics, quantum materials, 2D semiconductor photonics
Dr. Yang-Fang Chen Semiconductor physics and devices
Dr. Guang-Yu Guo Condensed matter theory, first-principles computational materials science, 2D materials, topological materials, magnetism, nonlinear optics, anomalous transport

Department of Chemistry
  Name Research Interest
Dr. Wei-Ssu Liao Bench-Top Nanofabrication; Nanomaterials for Biosensing; Novel Analytical Platforms
Dr. Kien-Voon Kong nanophotonics for biosensing and medicinal chemistry (bioinorganic chemistry), the development of in-situ technology for study of materials for hydrogen/oxygen generation, battery research, and solar energy research
Dr. Ru Shi Liu light conversion to light (solid state lighting: phosphors for light emitting diodes), electricity (energy: water splitting, all solid state Li ion battery, Li O2 battery, etc.), and heat (biomedical: nanomaterials for cancer therapy)
Dr. Manuel Maestre-Reyna Time-resolved Structural Biology

Center for Condensed Matter Sciences
Dr. Michitoshi HAYASHI Theoretical/Computational Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics for Extended Systems
Dr. Woei Wu Larry Pai Scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy, 2D layered materials and ultrathin layers, molecular beam epitaxy, structure-property correlation
Dr. Li-Chyong Chen Nanomaterials for Energy Applications
Dr. Danru Qu Emergent quantum and magnetic materials, spin-dependent phenomena, nanodevices

National Tsing Hua University

Department of Engineering and System Science
  Name Research Interest
Dr. Kuei-Shu Chang-Liao Semiconductor device, Nano-electronics
Dr. Fan-Gang Tseng BioMEMS, Nano-biosensors, Microfluidics, Fuel Cells
Dr. Peng-Wei Chu Metals and Alloys, Corrosion, Battery, Electrochemistry, Microstructure Characterizations
Dr. Hsin-Yi Tiffany Chen First-principles calculations in the following material design and performance optimization and development of descriptors:(a) Surface Science Applied to Catalysis Energy and 2D/Thin Film Materials; (b) Energy Storage & Energy Carrier Materials (Batteries & Hydrogen Storage); (c) High Entropy Materials; (d) Semiconductor Materials
Dr. Chien-Chun Chen Specialized in electron microscopy, synchrotron radiation, 3D imaging technology, coherent light imaging technology and phase recovery calculation technology
Dr. Pai-Yi Hsiao polymer physics, soft matter, molecular simulations
Dr. Pen-Cheng Wang Synthesis and characterization of advanced nanomaterials; Integration of advanced nanomaterials for applications in organic electronics, miniaturized biomedical devices and renewable energy
Dr. Chih-Hao Lee Study the static and dynamics of the physical properties
Dr. Hsiang-Yu Wang Renewable Energy, Bioenergy, Microfluidics, High-throughput Screening
Dr. Kuan-Che Lan superalloys; high temperature oxidation; surface technology; mechanical properties; radiation damage; Laser annealing