Hsing-Wen Sung, Ph.D.

Tsing Hua Distinguished Chair Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Director

Institute of Biomedical Engineering

National Tsing Hua University

Hsinchu, Taiwan(ROC)

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Hsing-Wen Sung is a Tsing Hua Distinguished Chair Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering andthe Director of Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University. He received his PhD degree fromBiomedical Engineering Program, Georgia Institute of Technology in May 1988. Hisresearch interests are biomaterials, tissue engineering, and drug/gene delivery.Professor Sung has received numerous awards such as, Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Fellow of International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Academician of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials,Ho Chin Tui Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council Outstanding Research Award, Professor Tsai-The Lai Award, Elsevier 2015 Biomaterials Best Paper Award, and 2016 TERMIS-APOutstanding Scientist Award. He has been on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Controlled Release, Tissue Engineering, and Advanced Healthcare Materials; also, he has been serving as a Handling Editor for Biomaterials.Professor Sung has published260scientific papers and received120 international patents.

Representative Publications:

  1. Lin, Y.-J., Chen, C.-C., Chi, N.-W., Nguyen, T., Lu, H.-Y., Nguyen, D., Lai, P.-L.*, Sung, H.-W.*, “In Situ Self-Assembling Micellar Depots That Can Actively Trap and Passively Release NO with Long-Lasting Activity to Reverse Osteoporosis,” Advanced Materials. In Press. 2018.
  2. Wan, W.-L., Lin, Y.-J., Chen, H.-L., Huang, C.-C., Shih, P.-C., Bow, Y.-R., Chia, W.-T.*, Sung, H.-W.*, "In Situ Nanoreactor for Photosynthesizing H2 Gas to Mitigate Oxidative Stress in Tissue Inflammation," Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 139, pp. 12923-12926, 2017.
  3. Huang, C.-C., Chia, W.-T., Chung, M.-F., Lin, K.-J., Hsiao, C.-W., Jin, C., Lim, W.-H., Chen, C.-C., Sung, H.-W.*, “An Implantable Depot That Can Generate Oxygen in Situ for Overcoming Hypoxia-Induced Resistance to Anticancer Drugs in Chemotherapy,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 138, pp. 5222–5225, 2016.
  4. Huang, C.-C., Wei, H.-J., Lin, K.-J., Lin, W.-W., Wang, C.-W., Pan, W.-Y., Hwang, S.-M., Chang, Y., Sung, H.-W.*, “Multimodality Noninvasive Imaging for Assessing Therapeutic Effects of Exogenously Transplanted Cell Aggregates Capable of Angiogenesis on Acute Myocardial Infarction,” Biomaterials, vol. 73, pp. 12–22, 2015. 2015. (This paper has been selected as one of the 3 winners of 2015 Biomaterials Outstanding Paper Award).
  5. Chung, M.-F., Chia, W.-T., Wan, W.-L., Lin, Y.-J., Sung, H.-W.*, “Controlled Release of an Anti-inflammatory Drug Using an Ultrasensitive ROS-Responsive Gas-Generating Carrier for Localized Inflammation Inhibition,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 137, pp. 12462–12465, 2015.