Dr. Cheng-I Lee has completed her PhD from Yale University in USA and her postdoctoral study from Biomedical Research Center in University of Maryland in USA. She has strong interest in interdisciplinary studies. She started her independent research in National Chung Cheng University in 2007. 

This group works on misfolding of amyloid proteins, such as prion, beta amyloid and gama D crystallin. Recently, the group starts working on phytochemical treatments and photo-induced therapies on tumors and Candida species. Nanotechnology has been applied in the studies of photo-induced therapies.