Team:NCKU Tainan/Team
iGEM NCKU Tainan is established in the year of 2015. This year, with a common goal to help in tackling a real-world problem, the new team members gathered in January. We all come from different departments and work as a multidisciplinary team. Despite the imperfections in each and every one of us, we are a team full of people with amazing qualities. We are prepared to embrace our iGEM journey together, until the end.
Principal Investigator
Dr. I-Son Ng
Associate Professor - Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr. Ng is devoted to the study of synthetic biology, genetic and enzymatic engineering, biorefinery and bioremediation. She has developed a robust and efficient platform to explore the novel and functional enzymes by genetic and proteomics approach.
Dr. I-Hsiu Huang
Associate Professor - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Dr. Huang aims to identify novel therapeutic and preventive measures against Clostridium difficile, a leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide. He is also working on identifying the role of oral microbiome in oral cancer progression and proliferation.
Dr. Masayuki Hashimoto
Associate Professor - Institute of Molecular Medicine
I'm a bacterial genetist, majorly study E. coli and B. subtilis. It's my pleasure to join the NCKU iGEM team. I'm really enjoying the project with young students. They are so active, so I'm also stimulated by them. In addition, I sometimes enjoy triathlon race.
Dr. Han-Ching Wang
Professor - Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Dr. Wang has a goal of using a science-based approach to manage and optimize aquaculture practices. She believes that this is very important for the eco-friendly sustainable shrimp aquaculture industry.
Advisor
Trayee Dhar
Position: Wet Team Advisor
Major: Institute of Molecular Medicine
Favourite quote: "I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work - Nicola Tesla"
Fun Fact: Electrophobiac
Wan-Hsin Hsueh
Position: Wet team advisor
Major: Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Favourite quote: "Control what you can. Confront what you can't." -John O' Callaghan
Fun Fact: I like to make memes with my boss' photos.
Kuan-Yu Lin
Position: Wet Team Advisor
Major: Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Favourite quote: "Work hard, play hard."
Fun Fact: I’ll turn our lab into a KTV when I’m alone.
David Chen
Position: Wet Team Advisor
Major: School of Medicine
Favourite quote: "I did not hit her, it's not true! It's bullshit! I did not hit her! I did not! Oh hi, Mark"
"Spam spam spam spam(crescendo through next few lines)"
Fun Fact: When it comes to embarrassment, I am better than Brian.
Lin Hsiu Min
Position: Dry Team Advisor
Major: Department of Architecture
Favourite quote: "Do not go gentle into that good night, one more beer would be just fine ."
Fun Fact: I’m a CKD patient. I’m here because I thought the team might save me.
Chen Guan Yu
Position: Dry Team Advisor
Major: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Favourite quote: "Be strong but not rude. Be kind but not weak. Be humble but not timid. Be proud but not arrogant."
Fun Fact: An engineer loves to solve a problem. If there is no problem, then he will create one and would start solving it.
Team Member
Sabrina Yeo Samuel
Position: Team Leader/HP Member/Wet Member
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Favourite quote: "In order to be irreplaceable, one must be different.” - Coco Chanel
Fun Fact: I have a compulsive desire to correct any grammatical or spelling errors.
Heng Ji Yu
Position: Vice Team Leader / Dry Team Member
Major: Department of Environmental Engineering
Favourite quote: "Courage is grace under pressure." - Ernest Hemingway
Fun Fact: The left side of my face looks better.
Lan Yi Jun
Position: Wet Team Leader
Major: Department of Life Sciences
Favourite quote: "Science will win because it works."-Stephen Hawking
Fun Fact: I like memes better than genes.
Tham Fu Jie
Position: Dry Team Leader
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Favourite quote: "Science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated." - Rosalind Franklin
Fun Fact: I can appear emotionless sometimes, but that's not the case. Trust me.
Chen Yen Chung
Position: Dry Team Member
Major: International Bachelor Degree program on Energy
Favourite quote: "Nothing is difficult for the man who will try."
Fun Fact: I like noodles
Yu Hsin Chieh
Position: Dry Team Member
Major: Department of Medicine
Favourite quote: "One who cannot accept his death must have been leading a regretful life."
Fun Fact: Not until I attend iGEM did I learn how to use Instagram
Yeoh Chuin Shung
Position: Wet Member
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Favourite quote: "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present.”” - Master Oogway
Fun Fact: I tend to take things slow, cause slow and steady wins the race :)
Ting Han Sung
Position: Wet Member
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Favourite quote: "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."-Thomas A. Edison
Fun Fact: Honestly, I’m tall......
Chia Hua Tsai
Position: Wet team Member，PPT Animator
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Favourite quote: "True hero never dies, true iGEMers never sleep."
Fun Fact: I like to sing and laugh, but one with a sweet voice and the other with a horrible one
Meng Chien Lin
Position: HP Team Leader
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Favourite quote: "Take nothing for granted. Know that in life, the harder you work, the luckier you'll get."
Fun Fact: I was told that I looked like "Thomas Train". So, I have a nickname "dudu."
Hui Emmanuela Miriam
Position: Wet Team Member
Major: Life Science Department
Favourite quote: "Let all that you do be done in love"
Fun Fact: I'm not short, I'm fun sized!
Hsu Tzu Huan
Position: Dry Team Member
Major: International Bachelor Degree Program on Energy Engineering
Favourite quote: "Fortune will come save the strong ones."
Fun Fact: I often feel insecure
Chieh En Hsieh
Position: Dry Team Member
Major: Department of Electrical Engineering
Favourite quote: "It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do." – Jane Austen
Fun Fact: My right eye is bigger than my left one, but my left eyesight is better.
Meghiya Michelle
Position: HP Member/Wet Member
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Favourite quote: "Though she be but little she is fierce" - Shakespeare
Fun Fact: You can see my thick eyebrows but can you see my thin mustache?