Dr. Chou received his D.V.M. and MS (Veterinary Medicine) at National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) in 1992 and became board certified the same year. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at University of Florida (USA) in 2001, studying on the pharmacokinetics of caffeine in racing horses. Then he moved to the Center for Chemical Toxicology Research and Pharmacokinetics at North Carolina State University as a post-doctoral research fellow with Prof. Jim Riviere, member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of the United States. Dr. Chou joined the Department of Veterinary Medicine at NCHU on August, 2002 and became a Distinguished Professor in 2012 and Lifetime distinguished professor in 2019. Dr. Chou has been in several administrative positions at NCHU including the director and deputy dean of Office of International Affairs (2007 and 2010), deputy dean of Office of Academic Affairs (2012), the dean of College of Veterinary Medicine (2015-2018) and the dean of the office of Research and Developments (2018-2021).  He has also been the section head of Diagnostic Lab at Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital for more than 10 years.  He is currently the senior vice president of NCHU and the dean of the office of international affairs.

Currently I have 2 research assistants and 3 PhD students and one MS student. I also have a post doc. Among them one is foreign student from Pakistan.  I have 2 HPLC systems with UV/VIS/FLU/EC detectors and one capillary electrophoresis with LID detector. I can also conduct molecular biology and enzyme activity studies in the lab and through lab collaboration. Therefore, my lab is set up with capacity to conduct chemical analytical, molecular biological and enzymatical researches. I also have animal facilities to conduct fish studies.