Research Areas

• Toxicity of electronic cigarettes, bioaerosols, nanomaterials, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (e.g., PCBs, dioxins), and environmental hormone modulators such as pharmaceuticals, phytochemicals, and industrial chemicals on human and environmental health
  • Molecular- and Material-based Mechanisms of Nanotoxicity
  • Evolution and Behavior of Bioaerosols and Detection of Pathogens in Indoor Environments
  • Health Effects of Electronic Cigarette Aerosols
• Development of carrier platforms to deliver biologically active molecules in vitro and in vivo for basic science research and biomedical applications
  • Cell-Penetrating Peptide (CPP)-Mediated Uptake of Biologically Active Molecules
  • uPA-mediated Targeted Gene Delivery System on Cancer
  • Tissue Engineering with Biomaterials
• Environmentally-Related Research Topics
  • Ecotoxicological Research

Education and Training

• Postdoctoral Fellow — Michigan State University (Advisor: Timothy R. Zacharewski)
  Study Area: Molecular Toxicology /Biochemistry
  
• Ph.D. — University of Wisconsin-Madison (Advisor: William H. Karasov)
  Study Area: Zoology / Environmental Toxicology
  
• M.S. — National Taiwan Normal University (Advisor: Kuang-Yang Lue)
  Study Area: Ecology
  
• B.S. — National Taiwan Normal University
  Study Area: Ecology

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