Assistant Professor, Institute of Physiology, NYCU
Deputy Director, Microbiota Research Center, NYCU
Academic Degrees
Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Physiology, National Taiwan University
M.S., Graduate Institute of Physiology, National Taiwan University
Representative honors & Rewards
Third Place, 21st Taipei Veterans General Hospital–Taiwan University System Collaborative Research Excellent Paper Award Competition, 2025.
Outstanding Teacher in Online Student Course Evaluation, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 1st semester of Academic Year 113, 2025.
NSTC Grant for Recruiting Exceptional Talent in Higher Education Institutions, Taiwan, 2019-2020
Professor Ly-Young Shen Medical Education Award, Taiwan, 2019
International Hepatitis B Conference Postdoctoral Travel Grant, Taiwan, 2019
Foundation for Outstanding Talent 'Postdoctoral Conference Travel Grant,' Taiwan, 2018
International Hepatitis B Conference Postdoctoral Travel Grant, United States, 2018
First Prize, “Outstanding Poster Award,” International Hepatitis B Meeting, Italy, 2018.
Deputy Director Cheng-Yen Kao
Current Positions
Associate Professor, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
Deputy Director, Microbiota Research Center, NYCU
Academic Degrees
Ph.D., Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
M.S., Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Postdoctoral Researcher, NYCU
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Representative honors & Rewards
Significant Journal Paper in the Fourth Quarter of the College of Life Science, NYCU, 2021
Outstanding alumni, Department of Biochemical Science and Technology, National Chia-Yi University, 2020
American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Young Ambassador to Taiwan, 2019-2021
