Chih Hao Lu

Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, admitted Autumn 2018

Honors & Awards

Center for the Molecular Analysis and Design (CMAD) fellowship, Stanford University (2020)
Government Scholarship to Study Abroad (GSSA), Ministry of Education of Taiwan (2019)
Excellent Oral Presentation Award, The Taiwan Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2018)
Excellent Research Award (Biochemistry Division), The Chinese Chemical Society, Taiwan (2017)
Dr. Yung-Tsai Yen Excellent Research Award, National Taiwan University (2017)
NTU Excellent Teaching Assistants (Top 10% TA), National Taiwan University (2017)
Dean Award (Top 10% Outstanding students), College of Science, National Taiwan University (2017)
Student Presentation Award, The Biophysical Society of Japan (2016)
Excellent Poster Presentation, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University (2015)
College Student Research Creativity Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Taiwan (2015)
College Student Research Projects Funding, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Taiwan (2014)
ETERNAL Chemical Engineering Corporate Scholarship, ETERNAL CORPORATION, Taiwan (2016)
VE WONG Food Corporate Scholarship, VE WONG CORPORATION, Taiwan (2014)
Excellent Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University (2016)

Education & Certifications

Master of Science, National Taiwan University, Chemistry (Biophysical Chemistry) (2017)
Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan University, Chemistry (Double-major) (2015)
Bachelor of Science, National Taiwan University, Agricultural Chemistry (2015)

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