Tamkang University

chc's lab

Chih-Hsin Chen
https://www.chemistry.tku.edu.tw/chemistry/?p=618

Research Field

Chemistry

Introduction

Chih-Hsin Chen (陳志欣), received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from National Taiwan Normal University in 2006. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Academia Sinica, Taiwan between 2006 and 2007 then moved to the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore as a research fellow from 2008 to 2011. He is currently a professor and chair at Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University, Taiwan. He also serves as the chair of ACS Taiwan Chapter.

Prof. Chen's research interests include liquid crystal-based sensors and organic materials for optoelectronic applications.


Research Topics

Design, synthesis and applications of functional organic molecules for chemical sensors, biosensors, OLEDs, OPVs, DSSCs, PSCs, biomedicine…etc.
 


Honor

Gold Medal at the 2018 and 2023 Taiwan Innotech Expo Invention Competition
2020 Future Tech Award by the Ministry of Science and Technology
Silver Medal at the 2022 Taiwan Innotech Expo Invention Competition
2018 Excellent Teaching Award at Tamkang University


Educational Background

PhD, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University


1 Vacancy

Preferred Intern Education Level

UG, Master, or PhD students

Skill sets or Qualities

Technical Skills:

- Proficiency in advanced synthetic techniques such as Schlenk line, glove box, vacuum line operations

- Expertise in spectroscopic (NMR, IR, UV-Vis) and diffraction (XRD) techniques for compound characterization

- Knowledge of electrochemical methods (cyclic voltammetry, etc.) is an advantage

- Ability to perform theoretical calculations (DFT, etc.) to complement experimental work is preferred

- Experience with catalysis testing, gas uptake/release studies is beneficial