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 XXth 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 9th 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 6th 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 7th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 12-14, 2014, Taichung, Taiwan
- 2014 First Place Winner, Oral Presentation Competition, the 7th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 12-14, 2014, Taichung, Taiwan
- 2014 Meritorious Travel Award, the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT), May 21-24, 2014, Washington, DC, USA
- 2015 Outstanding Presentation Award (3rd place overall), Student & Young Investigator Oral Presentation Competition, the 4th 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 4th 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)