Professor Hsieh-Chih Tsai (H-index 30 from Scopus) is the chairman of the Graduate Institute of Applied Science and Technology and the director of the Advanced Membrane Materials Center at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei, Taiwan. He has concentrated on the synthesis of functional polymers and the preparation of polymeric nanocomposites as drug carriers, contrast agents, and biomedical devices. We recently developed several kinds of hydrogel platform applied in anti-adhesion, hemostatic and wound dressing. In addition, we have designed a variety of injectable hydrogel systems for local drug delivery in cancer treatment. We are also interested in synthesizing the COF/Au nanocomposite for photothermal and photodynamic therapy for cancer, which is currently support by NSTC since 2020. Data: Hsieh-Chih Tsai(https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7034-6205) has 153 SCI papers in journals such as Advanced Science, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Chemical Engineering Journal, Carbon, and Journal of Materials Chemistry C. In the last three years, he has served as the principal investigator on 11 research projects (5 from NSTC and 6 from biomedical device and pharmaceutical companies).

In biomedical device lab, we are focus on design the functional polymer or preparation the polymer nanocomposite for a new biomedical device for the clinical need. Stundets in our lab will be trained for synthesis  and characterization of functional polymers and polymer nanocomposites. And then the obtained new materials will be checked its biocompatibility in vitro. For the potential materials with specific funtion will be conducted with in vivo work.