Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University NG LEAN-TEIK Professor and Chairman Professor and Chairman

IntroductionMissionGoals Academic program Faculty and research Research facility Outline 3

Formerly known as the "Agro-chemical schoolroom" of Agricultural division in Taipei Imperial University since 1928, it was renamed to the Department of Agricultural Chemistry of National Taiwan University in 1945 and the B.S. program was offered. The graduate programs for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees were established in 1947 and 1968, respectively. Introduction-1 3

The Department is committed to basic research and application in four disciplines : (1) soil and environmental sciences; (2) plant nutrition, phytochemistry, and plant biotecnology; (3) microbiology and biotechnology; (4) utilization of bioresources. Introduction-2 3

The department has 17 full time professors h can be divided into four major study and research fields, including: The department has 17 full time professors ( two faculty are in recruiting), which can be divided into four major study and research fields, including: (1) six professors for soil and environmental sciences; (2) four professors for plant nutrition, phytochemistry, and plant biotecnology; (3) four professors for microbiolo55gy and biotechnology; (4) three professors for utilization of bioresources. Introduction-3 3

We will continue revising our contents of courses and research to meet the requirement of country and to meet the working opportunities and ideal career of graduate students. Introduction-4 3

We also want to provide good teaching quality and train students having more specific technologies on agricultural chemistry and internationalized leadership, and also to generate good research environment and resources, to produce innovative research results and to promote research quality. Introduction-5 3

The teaching quality and examination process were improved to strengthen student confidence. The department also enhances the teaching programs and research capacities via hiring new faculty members and enhancement of the cooperation and integration of courses with other departments. Introduction-6 4

Department of Agricultural Chemistry Both microcosm and macrocosm From atom to molecule From molecule to cell From cell to ecosystemMission To participate the global efforts on the safety of living environments, the Department is committed to attain the highest quality of human capital and scientific knowledge for the sustainable growth of agricultural ecosystems and the green utilization of bioresources. 2

10 Goals-1 (1)To provide higher teaching quality, and train the people to develop expertise as an expert on science and technology with leadership. (2)To create high quality environment and resources for studying, produce investigative originality, and raise the quality of researches. 2

11 Goals-2 (3)To integrate the excellent human resources and create a team of multi- divisions of science for extending the agricultural chemistry-related investigation. (4)To provide the techniques and strategies for food producing, ecological environment protecting and biodiversity maintaining. 2

12 Goals-3 (5)To provide frontier knowledge and advance high quality agricultural products and living industries of healthy food, bioresource materials etc. and the green utilization of bioresources. 2

Academic Programs -1 Academic Programs -1 Undergraduate program The department offers a four-year program for undergraduate students. After students complete a minimum of 128 credits of course work, the degree of B.S. in Agriculture is conferred. 6

Academic Programs -2 Academic Programs -2 Basic courses for undergraduate program requirements: Calculus (General Mathematics), 3*2; General Physics and Lab., (3+1)* 2; General Chemistry and Lab., (3+1)*2; General Biology and Lab., (2+1)*2; Analytical Chemistry and Lab., (2+1)* 2; Organic Chemistry and Lab., (2+1)* 2; General Microbiology and Lab., (3+1); Soil Science and Lab., 2+1; Physical Chemistry, 2*2; Soil Chemistry and Lab., 2+1; Biochemistry and Lab., 2+2; Chemical Analysis of Biomaterials and Lab., 2+2; Plant Nutrition and Lab., 2+1; Food Chemistry, 2; Statistics, 3; Molecular Biology, 2; Environmental Chemistry, 2; Seminar, 1+1. Calculus (General Mathematics), 3*2; General Physics and Lab., (3+1)* 2; General Chemistry and Lab., (3+1)*2; General Biology and Lab., (2+1)*2; Analytical Chemistry and Lab., (2+1)* 2; Organic Chemistry and Lab., (2+1)* 2; General Microbiology and Lab., (3+1); Soil Science and Lab., 2+1; Physical Chemistry, 2*2; Soil Chemistry and Lab., 2+1; Biochemistry and Lab., 2+2; Chemical Analysis of Biomaterials and Lab., 2+2; Plant Nutrition and Lab., 2+1; Food Chemistry, 2; Agricultural Pesticides, 2; Statistics, 3; Molecular Biology, 2; Environmental Chemistry, 2; Seminar,

Academic Programs -3 Academic Programs -3 Elective courses for undergraduate program : Research Training, 2+2; Soil Physics and Lab., 2+1; Fate of Organic Chemicals in the Soil Environment, 2; Plant Physiology, 2; Instrumental Methods of Soil Chemical Analysis, 2; Fertilizers, 2; Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, 2; Pesticide Chemistry, 2; Fundamentals of Land Pollution, 2; The Surface Chemistry of Soils, 2; Lipid Chemistry, 2; Cereal Material and Processing, 2; Carbohydrate Chemistry and Application, 2; Food Processing, 2; Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, 2; Microbial Physiology, 2; etc. 7

Academic Programs -4 Academic Programs -4 Master program requirements: Students must complete a minimum of 24 credits of course work and thesis (which is approved before a 3 to 5 member thesis committee in a 2 to 4 year period) to be awarded the degree of M.S. in Agriculture. 7

Academic Programs -5 Academic Programs -5 Ph.D. program requirements: Students must complete a minimum of 18 credits of course work and a thesis (which is approved before a 5 to 9 member thesis committee in a 2 to 7 year period), to receive the degree of Ph. D. in Agriculture. 7

Zueng-Sang Chen Professor National Taiwan Univ., Ph.D., 1984 Faculty and Research Faculty and Research Soil and Environmental Sciences 11 Research Soil science Soil classification and survey Soil morphology and genesis Soil pollution and remediation Soil chemistry Soil physics Dar-Yuan Lee Professor Univ. California, Riverside, Ph.D., 1988

Yang-hsin Shih Associate Professor National Taiwan Univ., Ph.D., Shan-Li Wang Professor Purdue Univ., Ph.D., 2001 Research Soil and environmental chemistry Soil chemistry Chemical instrument analysis Environmental organic chemistry, Environmental nanotechnology, The transport and transformation of organic chemicals in the environment Soil and Environmental Sciences

Jui-Hung Yen Professor National Taiwan Univ., Ph.D., Research Pesticide chemistry Environmental Toxicology Soil pollution Environment resource reservation Ecosystem Soil and Environmental Sciences Pei-Jen Chen Assistant Professor Duke Univ., Ph.D., 2005

Plant Physiology, Phytochemistry, and Plant biotechnology Ren-Shih Chung Professor National Taiwan Univ., Ph.D., Lean-Teik Huang Professor and Chairman Univ. Paris VI., Ph.D., 1990 Research Plant nutrition Plant physiology Soil fertility Plant phytochemistry

22 Plant nutrition, Phytochemistry, and Plant biotechnology 14 Chien-Teh Chen Assistant Professor Cornell Univ., Ph.D., 1999 Chwan-Yang Hong Associate Professor National Taiwan Univ., Ph.D., 2003 Research Plant physiology Plant molecular biology Plant Bio-technology

Microbiology and Biotechnology 15 Whi-Fin Wu Associate Professor Univ. Iowa, Ph.D., 1992 Research Microbiology Biochemistry Molecular biology Biotechnology Microbial and bacteria physiology Chia-Yin Lee Professor Univ. Kentucky, Ph.D., 1989 R S S S Pto / Pto pto / pto avrPto/ avrPtoB Pst

24 Microbiology and Biotechnology 15 Nai-Chun Lin Assistant Professor Cornell Univ., Ph.D., 2004 Research Microbiology Biochemistry Molecular biology Biotechnology Interaction between microbes and plants R S S S Pto / Pto pto / pto avrPto/ avrPtoB Pst Kai-Yin Lo Assistant Professor Univ. Texas at Austin., Ph.D., 2008

Utilization of Bioresources Research Food science and technology Lipid chemistry Food chemistry Cereal chemistry and processing Carbohydrate chemistry and application Fermentation Structural biology Proteomics Multi-Dimensional NMR Protein X-Ray Crystallography Bioinformatics 16 Nan-Wei Su Professor National Taiwan Univ., Ph.D., 2001 Hsi-Mei Lai Professor Univ. Illinois, Ph.D., 1990 Chun-Hua Hsu Associate Professor National Taiwan Univ., Ph.D., 2002 Purified lysozyme

The Department of Agricultural Chemistry is housed in two major research buildings. All of the routine apparatus and instrumentation required for the most advanced research are available. Research facility-1 5

27 Available equipments include real time Q PCR, preparative ultracentrifuges, fermentors, fluorometers, ion and gas chromatographs, high pressure liquid chromatographs, X- ray diffractometer, Infrared spectrometer, surface area, flame photometers, atomic absorption spectrophotometer, supercritical fluid extractor, amino acid and automatic image analyzers, capillary electrophoresis apparatus, ELISA photometric system, GC-MS, HPLC Quadrupole-time of flight tandem mass spectrometer, CNS-analyzer, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrophotometer (ICP- AES), ICP-HPLC-MASS etc. Research facility-2 5

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