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1994 …2024

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Education

  • 1998 PhD, Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming University

Experience

  • 1998~2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
  • 2005~2009 Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
  • 1998~2009 Head of Teaching Division, Center for Neuroscience, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
  • 2001~2005 Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
  • 2004~2008 Secretary in General, Pharmacological Society in Taiwan, Taiwan
  • 2008~2010 Secretary-in-General, Neuroscience Society of Taiwan, Taiwan
  • 2009~2014 Head of Neuroscience Division, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
  • 2009~2014 Senior Principal Investigator, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
  • 2009~present Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
  • 2010~2012 Council Member, Neuroscience Society of Taiwan, Taiwan
  • 2010~present Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
  • 2010~present Member, Review Meeting of Grant Application, Department of Life Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • 2012~2014 Member, Program Committee, Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN)
  • 2014~present Professor, Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
  • 2015~present Professor, Institute of Basic Biomedical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
  • 2016~present Council Member, The Chinese Physiological Society of Taiwan, Taiwan
  • 2016~present Secretary-in-General, Pharmacological Society in Taiwan, Taiwan
  • 2016~present Member, Program Committee, Asia Pacific Federation of Pharmacologists
  • 2017~present Professor, Department of Food Safety/Hygiene and Risk Management, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Research Interests

  • Stroke-derived neurodegenerative diseases
  • Comorbidity of glia and neurons
  • Pathological mechanism and therapeutic stretagy against epilepsy
  • Prevention of organophosphate poisoning
  • Pathological mechanism of inflammasome
  • Abused drug-induced dysregulation of cardiovascular responses
  • Bioenergetic failure of mitochondria
  • Dysregulation of endoplasmic reticulum
  • Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

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