Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Field
My research interests are in colloid and surface chemistry, specifically the topics of surfactant assembly for drug delivery applications. I served as President of the Taiwan Colloid and Interface Society from 2009-2013 and 2015-2017, and as a committee member of the Asian Society of Colloids and Surface Sciences since 2005 and as President since 2022. I currently serve as a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and vice dean of the College of Engineering at National Cheng Kung University, and serve as associate technical editor of the Journal of Surfactants and Detergents.
Our laboratory aims to develop novel drug delivery systems from mixed surfactant systems. Catanionic vesicles with high stability and specific charge character are fabricated from ion pair amphiphiles, prepared from mixed surfactant systems, with a proper process. Moreover, the feasibility of using the stable catanionic vesicles with charges in various delivery applications is examined.
Biomedical Engineering, Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Surfactant Applications
Publish 23 SCI Journal papers in the last five years
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, U.S.A. (1993)
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (1986)
2 Vacancies
Job Description
The students who join the project will work on fabrication and property evaluation of drug delivery systems for potential medical applications.
Preferred Intern Education Level
Suitable for juniors and above, Master or Ph.D. students are better
Skill sets or Qualities
With an interest in colloid and surface chemistry