Title: Director-General
Organization: Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI), Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwan
Education:
Ph.D. in Food Science, The Ohio State University, USA.
B.S and M.S. in Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Expertise: Food Science and Technology, Applied Microbiology, Probiotics, Food Biotechnology.
Work Experience:
- Deputy Director-General, Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI), Taiwan
- Director, Bioresource Collection and Research Center (BCRC), FIRDI.
- President, Taiwan Association for Lactic Acid Bacteria.
- President, Agricultural Chemical Society of Taiwan.
- Secretary-General, Taiwan Association for Food Science and Technology.
- Director of The Board, Taiwan Bio Industry Organization.
- Director of The Board, Taiwan Quality Food Association,
- Executive Director of The Board, Taiwan Premium Agricultural Products Development Institute.
- Member of The Board of Food Safety, Executive Yuan, ROC.
Honors/Awards:
- Outstanding Research Project Leader Award, Ministry of Economic Affair, Taiwan.
- Outstanding Achievement Award in Value Addition for Traditional Industries, Ministry of Economic Affair, Taiwan.
- Academic Achievement Award, Taiwan Association for Food Science and Technology.
- Mr. J. T. Tsen's Invention Award, Taiwan Association for Food Science and Technology.
- Technical Achievement Award, Agricultural Chemical Society of Taiwan.
- Winner of the John C. Ayres Research Paper Competition, The Institute of Food Technologists (The Society for Food Science and Technology), USA