Selected Awards and Honors

• 2010            Second Place Winner, Poster Contest: Cellular Therapies, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Scientific Retreat, March 7-10, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• 2010            Young Investigator Travel Award, the XX^th World Congress of the international Society for Heart Research, May 13-16, 2010, Kyoto, Japan
• 2010       ATVB Young Investigator Travel Award, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2010, November 13-17, 2010, Chicago, USA
• 2011            Awardee, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship (Great Rivers Affiliate)
• 2011            Travel Award, the 9^th Annual Meeting of International Society for Stem Cell Research, June 15-18, 2011, Toronto, Canada
• 2011            Career Enrichment and Travel Support Scholarship, AFIRM WFPC Consortium
• 2011            MTCAP Travel Scholarship, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Univ. of Pittsburgh
• 2012            Honoree, University of Pittsburgh 2012 Honors Convocation
• 2012            Career Enrichment and Travel Support Scholarship, AFIRM WFPC Consortium
• 2013            Travel Award, the 6^th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 13-15, 2013, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• 2013            Finalist, Abcam 15 Discoveries Contest
• 2014            Travel Award, the 7^th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 12-14, 2014, Taichung, Taiwan
• 2014            First Place Winner, Oral Presentation Competition, the 7^th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 12-14, 2014, Taichung, Taiwan
• 2014            Meritorious Travel Award, the 17^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT), May 21-24, 2014, Washington, DC, USA
• 2015            Outstanding Presentation Award (3^rd place overall), Student & Young Investigator Oral Presentation Competition, the 4^th World Congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), September 8-11, 2015, Boston, MA, USA
• 2016            Awardee, NIH NRSA T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship (Massachusetts General Hospital)
• 2016            Oral Presentation Award, the 4^th Boston Taiwanese Biotechnology Symposium

Career Development

• 2016            Fellow, MIT IMPACT Program
• 2016            Selected Mentee, National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Coaching Group of Grant Proposal Writing & Professional Development at Tufts University
• 2016             Invited Attendee, American Heart Association Research Leaders Academy
• 2016             Selected Attendee, the 4th MIT EECS Postdoc Leadership Workshop
• 2017             Selected Attendee, the 3rd Annual CTSA Regional Shared Mentoring Symposium
• 2017             Selected Mentee, Grant Writers Coaching Group, NRMN Southeast Training Hub in Washington DC.

Professional Membership

• Taiwan Medical Board (2003-present)
• Taiwan Surgical Association (2003-2004)
• American Heart Association (Associate Member, 2007-present)
• International Society for Stem Cell Research (Associate Member, 2008-present)
• International Society for Heart Research (Associate Member, 2009-present)
• American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (Associate Member, 2014-present)