ICABC 2018

Keynote of the Conference

Keynote Speaker I

Prof. Shen-Ming Chen

National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

Biography: Prof. Shen-Ming Chen (h-index > 60) received his PhD degrees in chemistry from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. He was a visiting postdoctoral fellow with the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany in 1997. He joined Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan in 1985. He had been an associate professor of Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan from 1991 to 1997. Since August 1997, he has been a full professor of Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology. He has been the Dean (Curator) of library, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan from 2000 to 2006 and the Director of Extracurricular Activity, office of student affairs, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan from 1995 to 2000.
Prof. Shen-Ming Chen has published over 500 research and review papers in internationalSCI journals. Some of their papers have been selected as the most cited papers in theJournal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Biosensor & Bioelectronics. He received threetimes Distinguish Professor awards. He also received three times Outstanding Research Award from National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. He have edited or attended two books for NOVA publications titled “Nanostructured Materials for Electrochemical Biosensors” and “Biosensors: Properties, Materials and Applications” and contributed four book chapters.
His research interest includes nanocomposites, bionanomaterials, bionanotechnology, electrochemical biosensor, biosensors, bioelectrochemistry,, chemical materials, electroanalytical Chemistry, electrocatalysis and electroanalysis, photoelectrochemistry, metalloproteins, metalloporphyrins, nanotechnology, spectroscopic techniques, scanning probe techniques, quartz crystal microbalance, materials research, fuel cells, solar cell and photovoltaic cells.

Keynote Speaker II

Prof. Xiaoheng Liu

Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China

Biography: Dr. Xiaoheng Liu completed his M.Sc degree in 1994 at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) under the supervision of Professor Tiantang Yan. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2000 at Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) under the supervision of Professor Xin Wang. In 2004 he was a visiting fellow, in Professor John White’s group, Chemistry Research School, Australia National University, and in 2009 he was a senior visiting fellow in Professor Paul O’Brien’s group, Chemistry School, University of Manchester, UK. Since 2006, he has been as a full professor in the materials chemistry department at NJUST. His current research is focused on the synthesis of inorganic nanosized materials and their applications in energyand environmental areas, including specializing in the synthesis and characterization of sol-gel processes, and photocatalytic investigations. Since 2007, he has been a council member of Chinese Materials Society.

Keynote Speaker III

Prof. Bih-Show Lou

Chang Gung University, Taiwan

Biography: Dr. Bih-Show Lou received her B.S. Degree in Chemistry in 1984 at the National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. She then went to University of New Mexico, USA where she received her Ph.D. with Prof. Mark R. Ondrias in Biophysical Chemistry in 1993, then was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Arizona with Victor J. Hruby, Regents Professor. She joined Division of Nature Science in Center for General Education, Chang Gung University, Taiwan in 1995. She has been a full professor since 2005 and the division coordinator since 2010. Her current research interests include LC/MS-based metabolomic approach for exercise physiology studies, spectroscopy for chemical and nanomaterial analysis, electrochemistry for biosensor applications, and surface modification by thin film metallic glasses and plasma electrolytic oxidation processes in biomaterial development for medical applications.

Keynote Speaker IV

Assoc. Prof. Kuo-Yuan Hwa

National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

Biography: Dr. Kuo-Yuan Hwa is an associate professor and the director of the Center for Biomedical Industries at the National Taipei University of Technology. Dr. Hwagraduated and received her PhD from the School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins University. She is the president of the Medical Association for Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan (MAIPT). Dr. Hwa’s scientific interests are: 1) nanotechnology and biosensor, 2) new drug discovery for human diseases by proteomics and genomics approaches and 3) glycobiology, especially on enzymes kinetics. She has published 85 conference and journal articles and 10 patents. She has served in many national and international committees. Dr. Hwa has been invited as a speaker for many academic research institutes and universities in China, Korea, Japan and USA. She has been invited as a reviewer, a judge and an editor for international meetings and journals. In addition, one of her currently works is on developing culturally inclusive health science educational program, with both indigenous and western science knowledge for indigenous children.

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