Honors and Experiences

Academic Activities

  • Member of the Undergraduate Honors Program in Biology (UHPB; 2021, 2022) @PKU
    • Participated in weekly seminars and discussions on frontier topics in fundamental biological research with experts in the field.
    • Main speaker of the following seminars
      • Protein Structure Prediction by Deep-learning-based Approaches (2022, pdf)
      • High-throughput Genomic Screening Using CRISPR-Cas9 (2021, pdf)
      • Spatial Transcriptomics at Single-cell Resolution (2021, pdf)
    • Did a poster presentation on the Organoid Culture Automation Project at the 8th UHPB Annual Symposium and won the Best Poster Award (8 out of 34).
  • High school research trainee advised by Prof. Yung-Jen Chuang (2017, 2018) @NTHU

Honors and Awards

  • Academic Awards
    • Academic Excellence Award, Yuanpei College, Yuanpei College (2020)
  • Scholorships
    • Baosteel Scholarship for Outstanding Hongkong, Macau, and Taiwan Students, Baosteel Education Foundation (2021)
    • Special Prize (Top 3 on campus), Scholarship for Taiwan Students, Peking University (2021)
    • Second Prize, Scholarship for Taiwan Students, Peking University (2018, 2029)

Teaching and Leadership Experiences

  • Teaching assistant of the course “Biomedical Optics” (2023) @EPFL
    • Gave weekly exercise sessions to 40 master students.
    • Assisted students in reviewing the course materials and handling numerical problems.
  • Co-president of the student exchange program between PKU and the University of St.Gallen (2019, 2020, 2021) @PKU
    • Organized a 20-day trip in Switzerland and China for 40 students from both universities (2019).
    • Organized a 1-day online session during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021).
  • News editor of the Hongkong, Macau, and Taiwan Student Association (2018, 2019) @PKU

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my gratitude to:

  • Prof. Hatice Altug for her mentorship and support during my master’s study.
  • Dr. Alessio Tovaglieri for his supervision during my industrial internship.
  • Prof. Yanyi Huang for his inspiration and guidance in my undergraduate research.
  • Prof. Louis Tao, Prof. Zhiyuan Li, Prof. Chao Tang, Prof. Yihan Lin for their academic advice and support.
  • Prof. Yung-Jen Chuang for his long-term mentorship.
  • Doctorant assistant Saeid Ansaryan and many other lab members in the BIOS lab for their continuous support and friendship.
  • Dr. Kui Han, Ph.D. candidate Honghao Ma, Mengjiao Ni and many other lab members in Huang lab for their instruction and partnership.
  • All my friends in Taiwan and around the world for their friendship.
  • My parents and my brother for their unconditional support throughout my study abroad.