Shih Kang Fan's Biography

Shih Kang Fan, Professor, National Taiwan University

Shih-Kang Fan is Professor at in the Mechanical Engineering Department and Researcher in the Center for Biotechnology at National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2003, Dr. Fan started his career at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan and rose to Associate Professor in the Institute of Nanotechnology and the Department of Material Sciences. He moved to NTU in 2012.
Dr. Fan is known for his contributions in electrowetting, electro-microfluidics, tissue engineering, and in vitro diagnosis. He is the recipient of several young investigator awards in Taiwan, including the “Ta-You Wu Memorial Award” from Ministry of Science and Technology in 2011; “Research Award for Junior Research Investigators” from Academia Sinica in 2012; “Young Scholar’s Creativity Award” from Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship and “TBF Chair in Biotechnology” from Taiwan Bio-Development Foundation in 2014. He was elected Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK in 2016.
In addition to his academic accomplishments, he also served in the professional societies and conferences. He was chair of the International Conference on Optofluidics and the International Meeting on Electrowetting.