Ming-Hsu Chen

Dr. Ming-Hsu Chen received his Ph.D. degree (2015) in agricultural and biological engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, USA, under the supervision of Professor Vijay Singh. He joined the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, as assistant professor in January 2019. Prior to joining NTU, Dr. Chen was a postdoctoral researcher at the Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research at Purdue University, USA, where he and his colleagues, under the supervision of Professor Stephen R. Lindemann, worked on identifying dietary fiber-consuming microbial consortia and building up microbial interaction models. Dr. Chen’s research group at NTU focuses on integrating biological and engineering principles into bioprocess procedures to improve food quality and production. This research team is interested in creating values for agricultural by-products, optimizing the fermentation process, manufacturing bioactive carbohydrates, and elucidating substrate-specific microbial communities.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010 — 2015)
• Master of Science - MS National Taiwan University (2004 — 2006)
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) National Taiwan University (2000 — 2004)

Experience

• National Taiwan University Institute of Food Science and Technology Assistant Professor 2022.02 ~ Up to today
• Nanyang Technological University School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor 2019.01 ~ 2022.02
• Purdue University Department of Food Science/Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research Postdoctoral Research Associate 2017.08 ~ 2019.01
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Postdoctoral Research Associate 2015.04 ~ 2017.06
• Academia Sinica Genomics Research Center Research Assistant 2008.08 ~ 2009.08

Personal Honor

• 2014 Tau Beta Pi - The Honor Society of Engineering
• 2013 Gamma Sigma Delta - The Honor Society of Agriculture
• 2013 Alpha Epsilon - The Honor Society of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering
• 2006 The Deans' Award, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University