Prof. Chai-Lin Kao received his Ph.D. from the School of Pharmacy, National Taiwan University. He worked on the development of the solid-phase method for the preparation of peptides and dendrimers. Recently, he expends his research interest to the areas of anti-biofilms and stroke treatment. 

My research interest is to develop efficient solid-phase synthetic methods for peptides and dendrimers. We have developed a safety-catch resin to prepare cyclic peptides and other peptide derivatives. Meanwhile, we also applied the solid-phase method to prepare pure dendrimers. Based on the developed methods, various functional peptides and dendrimers were prepared efficiently with high purity. Accordingly, we recently stepped into the field of anti-biofilm, delivery vehicles across the blood-brain barrier, and agents for treating stroke.