Wei-Ssu Liao received his BS from National Cheng Kung University in 2000 and his MS from National Taiwan University in 2002. He received his PhD from Texas A&M University in 2009, working under the direction of Prof. Paul Cremer. Thereafter, he worked as a postdoctoral scholar with Prof. Paul Weiss and Prof. Anne Andrews at UCLA between 2009-2013. In 2013, he joined Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University as a faculty member. His research experience and interests lie in bioanalytical chemistry, surface science, functional nanomaterials, and analytical devices.

Nanomaterials have received substantial interest from scientists and engineers in a wide range of fields, including chemistry, biology, medicine, materials science, electrical engineering, and physics. The demand to create miniaturized features has driven the development of novel bottom-up and top-down fabrication techniques. In order to capitalize on these advances, the next goal should be to focus on applying these techniques in a way that combines nanotechnology with other scientific fields. However, real-world applicability depends on the cost and convenience of these techniques. Therefore, our research focuses on straightforward and economical techniques. We are especially interested in the interfaces between biology and nanomaterials.