Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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Full-Time Faculty
Surojit Chattopadhyay	How-Foo Chen	Arthur Chiou	Wolfgang B. Fischer	Fu-Jen Kao
Wen-Chuan Kuo	Chih-Chia Huang

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C. Allen Chang	Yin Chang	Hui-Hua Chiang	Ji-Yen Cheng	Terry B. J. Kuo
Oscar K. Lee	Chi-Hung Lin	Yueh-Hsin Ping	Pei-Kuen Wei

Adjunct Faculty
Chia-Ching Chang	Ta-Chau Chang	Jing-Jhih Cheng	Nai-Guei Huang	Chau-Hwang Lee
De-Ming Yang

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Chairman

Name	Yu-Te Wu
Title	Professor and Chairman of Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang-Ming University
Highest Degree	Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Phone	+886-2-28267000 ext. 7169
Lab Website	Medical Image and Signal Analysis Laboratory
Email	ytwu@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	EEG-based Brain computer interface Structural and functional MR brain imaging Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Full-Time Faculty

Name	Fu-Jen Kao
Title	Professor of Institute of Biophotonics Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Physics, Cornell University, U.S.A.
Phone	+886-2-28267336
Lab Website	Modern Optics Laboratory
Email	fjkao@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Long working distance fluorescence detection SHG 4_channel stokes meter polarization microscopy Biomedical optics instrument (ex. Endoscopy, Compact LED Ring )

Name	Wen-Chuan Kuo
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Phone	+886-2-28267000 ext. 7950 (or 5677)
Lab Website	OCT Lab
Email	wckuo@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Functional optical coherence tomography Surgical-guiding optical coherence tomography endoscopy

Name	Surojit Chattopadhyay
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics
Highest Degree	Ph.D, Physics, University of Calcutta, India
Phone	+886-2-28267909
Lab Website	Functional Nanomaterials Lab
Email	sur@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Biosensing, bioimaging, biomaterials Surface enhanced Raman scattering, Bio-sensing Lanthanide nanoparticles for bioimaging Nanostructured biomaterial for biomedical implants

Name	Wolfgang B. Fischer
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Phone	+886-2-28267394
Lab Website	Fischer Group
Email	wfischer@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Computational modeling Channel forming membrane proteins ligand and protein – protein interactions, protein mechanics

Name	How-Foo Chen
Title	Associate Professor, Institute of Biophotonics
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, UCLA, U.S.A.
Phone	+886-2-28267341
Lab Website	Non-linear optic Lab
Email	hfchen3@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Surface plasmon resonance biosensor Nonlinear optical microscopy Nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor lasers

Name	Yih-Fan Chen
Title	Associate Professor, Institute of Biophotonics
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Phone	+886-2-28267970
Lab Website	InBiOS
Email	chenyf@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Optofluidic biosensing and nanomanipulation Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy ( SERS ) Localized surface plasmon resonance ( LSPR ) biosensing

Name	Shih-Hsuan Chia
Title	Assistant Professor, Institute of Biophotonics
Highest Degree	Doctorate in Physics ( SUMMA CUM LAUDE ) Universität Hamburg Intl. Max Planck Research School for Ultrafast Imaging and Struct. Dynamics
Phone	+886-2-28267249
Lab Website	Ultrafast Imaging and Struct. Dynamics Laboratory
Email	shchia@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Optical virtual biopsy Nonlinear optical imaging Development of miniaturized microscope system Generation and control of broadband coherent light sources

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Name	Arthur Chiou
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics Director, Biophotonics Interdisciplinary Research Center
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Phone	+886-2-28237395
Lab Website	PHOTOMS LAB
Email	aechiou@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Biophotonics, Nano-Biophotonics, & Optical Bio-microrheology Optics Manipulation, Sensing, and Imaging for Biomedical Applications Laser Microscopy & Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications

Name	Chau-Hwang Lee
Title	Research Fellow, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Phone	+886-2-2787-3134
Lab Website	Optics & Microscopy technology Lab
Email	clee@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Research Subject	Optical microscopy and related techniques Cell–cell and cell–microenvironment interactions Biomedical applications of microfluidic devices and nanoparticles

Name	C. Allen Chang
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics Dean, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering Professor, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Sciences
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Biological Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry , University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
Phone	+886-2-28267000 ext 5120
Lab Website	Website
Email	cachang@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Diagnostic Medicine, Molecular Medicine

Name	Hui-Hua Chiang
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering Director, Instrument Development Center, NYMU
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Phone	+886-2-28267027
Lab Website	Biophotonic & Medical Ultrasound Lab
Email	hkchiang@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Non-invasive Measurement System, Ultrasound, Bioelectronics

Name	Terry B. J. Kuo
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics Professor and Director, Institute of Brain Science
Highest Degree	Ph. D. Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Phone	+886-2-2826-7058
Lab Website	Website
Email	tbjkuo@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Medical Engineering, Cardiovascular Physiology, Neurophysiology, and Sleep Research.

Name	Oscar K. Lee
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics
Highest Degree	M.D., MSc(Orth), Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, University of London, University College London, U. K.
Phone	+886-2-28757391
Lab Website	Stem Cell Research Laboratory III
Email	kslee@vghtpe.gov.tw
Research Subject	Stem cell biology, biophysical effects on cells, bone biology, osteoporosis

Name	Chi-Hung Lin
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics Engineering Professor, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology Director, Instrument Development Center, NYMU
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Biology, Yale University, U.S.A.
Phone	+886-2-28267219
Lab Website	The Laboratory of Cytogenetics and Cell Biology
Email	linch@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Cancer Genomics, Liver Cell Biology, Biophotonics

Name	Pei-Kuen Wei
Title	Professor, Institute of Biophotonics Research Fellow, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Phone	+886-2-27898000 ext. 17
Lab Website	Nanophotonics Lab
Email	pkwei@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Research Subject	Use optical properties in nanoscale structures to study the biological problems.

Name	Yueh-Hsin Ping
Title	Associate professor, Institute of Biophotonics Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Highest Degree	Ph.D. in Pharmacology, Molecular Biosciences Graduate Program, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Phone	+886-2-28267326
Lab Website	The Ping research group
Email	yhping@ym.edu.tw
Research Subject	Virus-host-interactions, Visualization of protein conformation and interaction in vivo, microRNA

Name	Ji-Yen Cheng
Title	Associate Professor, Institute of Biophotonics
Highest Degree	Ph.D. Chemistry Department, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Phone	+886-2-27898000 ext. 34
Lab Website	BioMicrofluidic Applications Laboratory
Email	jycheng@gate.sinica.edu.tw
Research Subject	Cell-based micro analysis, microarray technologies

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Jing-Jhih Cheng
Title	Research Associate Professor (National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine)
Highest Degree	Ph.D. in Insitiude of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center
Phone	+886-2-28201999 ext. 3671
Lab Website	Website
Email	verona@nricm.edu.tw
Research Subject	Cell biology, cell signaling, angiogenesis

Name	De-Ming Yang
Title	Associate Professor, Institute of Biophotonics Associate Research Investigator, Deptartment of Medical Research & Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Highest Degree	Ph. D. in Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
Phone	+886-2-28757747
Lab Website	Bioimaging Laboratory
Email	dmyang@vghtpe.gov.tw
Research Subject	Functional imaging of organelles on single living cells, Development of in vivo, imaging system, Nanoscale measuring and imaging of living cells, Functional Genomics in cancer metastasis