Having been educated in cancer biology and with more than 20 years research training in biomedical sciences or related fields, Dr. Chuang possess a broad knowledge and extensive experience in biochip technologies, cancer biology, cell and molecular biology, toxicology as well as genetics. Currently, Dr. Chuang is a professor in the Medical Engineering Group of the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University. Dr. Chuang is the first faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering with strong biomedical background. Dr. Chuang earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University in cancer biology with toxicology and molecular genetics as two sub-specialties and has more than eight years experience in biochip technologies for biomedical research. Being an expert of DNA microarray technologies, Dr. Chuang played an instrumental role in establishing microarray research projects at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Chuang was the Head of Microarray Laboratory for Radiation Oncology Sciences Program at the NCI/NIH before joining National Taiwan University. When Dr. Chuang was an instructor of NCI Microarray Training Class, he trained more than 200 scientists from US NIH, FDA and CDC to conduct DNA microarray related research. Furthermore, Dr. Chuang has frequently been invited to national and international conferences (including the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research) to share his expertise on DNA microarray technologies with colleagues all over the world. Over the years, Dr. Chuang has published many articles in the leading peer review journals, such as Radiation Research, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Virology, Bioinformatics, Cancer Research, Blood, PNAS, Cancer Cell, etc. Dr. Chuang’s research is focusing on biochip technologies, bioinformatics and Cancer.
