Team:NCKU Tainan/Team
Principal Investigators (PIs)
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. Masayuki Hashimoto
Assistant Professor - Institute of Molecular Medicine
Dr. Hashimoto is 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."
Dr. Jia-Horung Hung
Attending physician – Department of Ophthalmology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
Dr. Hung is an ophthalmologist and currently a lecturer in National Cheng Kung University. He believes that the brilliant idea of iGEM NCKU Tainan 2020 can break through the bottleneck of glaucoma management through synthetic biology.
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.
Advisors
Jia-Yi, Lin
Major: Department of Chemical Engineering
Hobbies: Listening to music
Purpose of joining iGEM: Interdisciplinary learning.
Motto: The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Fu Jie, Tham
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Hobbies: Binge-watching TV shows, self-learning
Purpose of joining iGEM: Challenge myself and work from a different perspective, bolstering our team’s values - collaboration, innovation, and determination.
Motto: When you know, you know. - Olivier Polge
Sabrina Yeo
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Hobbies: Reading and watching movies
Purpose of joining iGEM: I wanted to challenge myself and experience iGEM from another different perspective. I also wanted to help everyone on the team grow, whether it be personally or scientifically.
Motto: You see things, and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were, and I say 'Why not?'
Yi Jun, Lan
Major: Department of Life Sciences
Hobbies: Read scientific journals, cook, spread love & joy through memes
Purpose of joining iGEM: I wanna go to Boston and eat Lobster AGAIN.
Motto: I like memes more than genes.
Ji Yu, Heng
Major: Department of Environmental Engineering
Hobbies: To eat, to sleep and to travel
Purpose of joining iGEM: I am definitely more than you think I am.
Motto: "Courage is grace under pressure." - Ernest Hemingway
Hsin Chieh, Yu
Major: Department of Medicine
Hobbies: Japanese animations and manga
Purpose of joining iGEM: I’m just here to help :) Hope both iGEM NCKU 2020 and I can learn a lot this year
Motto: You can either find me at the animation club or iGEM.
Chia Hua, Tsai
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Hobbies: Animation designing, sleep, sleep, sleep...
Purpose of joining iGEM: It’s a new challenge for myself.
Motto: You'll become what you believe.
Team Members
Yi Ling, Chou
Major: Department of Electrical Engineering
Position: Leader / Dry Member
Hobbies: Love animals a lot (especially cats) and play table tennis
Purpose of joining iGEM: Well, just wondering what other students are thinking all over the world and challenge ourselves what we can really do.
Motto: If you never try, you’ll never know.
Sheng Yan, Sun
Major: Department of Medicine
Position: Vice Leader / Dry Member
Hobbies: Volleyball, piano, guitar
Purpose of joining iGEM: I think it's cool to fix some real serious problems happening in our world. Through synthetic biology, we can do much more things then we expected. Also, this is my last year before I go into hospital, so why not just give it a try?
Motto: Before becoming a doctor, become a man.
Yi Lun, Huang
Major: Department of Medicine
Position: Wet Leader
Hobbies: Play tennis
Purpose of joining iGEM: I want to think and work with my friends to solve problems.
Motto: Do or do not. There is no try.
Li An, Wang
Major: Department of Medicine
Position: Dry Leader
Hobbies: Watch series, listen to music and adventuring something unknown
Purpose of joining iGEM: I don’t want to limit myself merely in the clinical medicine and hope that I can learn a lot with all of my teammates this year and even after-iGEM.
Motto: The sky is the limit.
Cheng Yi, Ku
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Position: HP Leader / Wet Member
Hobbies: Play table tennis and read science fiction novels
Purpose of joining iGEM: I want to see more fantastic things in biology and push my limit!
Motto: Attitude is the foundation of everything.
Ren Hao, Tsai
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Position: Wet Member
Hobbies: Work out
Purpose of joining iGEM: I want to know more about synthetic biology and learn more about teamwork along with my teammates.
Motto: No pain no gain.
Yu Ling, Hsu
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Position: Wet Member
Hobbies: Watch series
Purpose of joining iGEM:I want to step out from my comfort zone and learn how to bring our ideas into reality from the beginning to the end.
Motto: Not here to feel the dark but come to see the stars.
Hong Yan, Huang
Major: Department of Medicine
Position: Wet Member
Hobbies: Music, Choir, Musical
Purpose of joining iGEM: I want to finish an incredible project and hope to make friends with people same hobby from different backgrounds.
Motto: If you never try, you’ll never know.
Virginia Clarence Setiawan
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Position: Wet Member
Hobbies: Collect cute things that is yellow and reading novels.
Purpose of joining iGEM: The reason why I wanted to join iGEM is to learn and get tons of experience also hope that I can learn a lot of interesting things during iGEM that are beneficial for my future.
Motto: You’ll never fail until you stop trying.
Yao Tien, Cheng
Major: Department of Medicine
Position: Wet Member
Hobbies: Reading and doing experiment
Purpose of joining iGEM: Since I want to step out of my comfort zone and learn more about synthetic biology, iGEM is the best choice for me. Hope that I can make a lot of progress in this field during the preparation.
Motto: Victory belongs to the most preserving!
Felicia Yi
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Science
Position: Wet Member / HP Member
Hobbies: Music, movie and reading
Purpose of joining iGEM: Through iGEM I hope to learn more about synthetic biology, and I want to improve myself, not just academically but also learn how I can present myself to society and understand more about teamwork. Through iGEM I sure will learn a lot.
Motto: Always put happiness and joy into whatever you're doing.
Tzu Tan, Weng
Major: Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences
Position: Wet Member
Hobbies: Exercise, play GO, watch movies
Purpose of joining iGEM: People will improve when their surroundings are strong. I want to learn how to walk before I run. iGEM is just the beginning of my science journey, where I can improve my self-learning ability and cooperate with hard-working people.
Motto: Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures.
Chin En, Yen
Major: Department of Biomedical Engineering
Position: Dry Member / HP Member
Hobbies: Drawing, eating and playing volleyball
Purpose of joining iGEM: I want to solve problems with my teammates.
Motto: God rewards the diligent.
Ya Chu, Yu
Major: Department of Chemical Engineering
Position: Dry Member
Hobbies: Sleep and Eat
Purpose of joining iGEM: The fastest way to improve yourself is to stay with a group of excellent people. iGEM brings together the best college students in the world and it feels good to work together. I don’t have to be the best, but at least every day is better than yesterday.
Motto: Science teaches to think but love teaches to smile - Santosh Kalwar
Chen Yuang, Lee
Major: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Position: Dry Member
Hobbies: Reading (especially biography of a prodigy), playing piano, watching movies (there are barely decent movies w/ plots recently, no judgements )
Purpose of joining iGEM: It is considered to be a great chance of solving problems in other fields, let's just see what happens.
Motto: Charlie Brown: We only live once, Snoopy.
