Dr. Lin, Sung-Jan (Jerry), M.D., Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor

Taiwan Bio-development Foundation (TBF) Chair in Biotechnology

Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Dermatology

Deputy Director, Research Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Deputy Director, Department of Biomedical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital

Attending Physician, Department of Dermatology, National Taiwan University Hospital

Address: 1, Section 1, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 100.

Tel:   886-2-27324580   Fax:  886-2-23934177    E-mail: drsjlin@ntu.edu.tw

        Dr. Sung-Jan Lin is the Taiwan Bio-development Foundation (TBF) Chair in Biotechnology and Professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Deputy Director of Research Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine at National Taiwan University. He is also a dermatologist in National Taiwan University Hospital. He received his MD and PhD from College of Medicine and College of Engineering in National Taiwan University. He takes hair follicles, a miniorgan with distinct structures and growth cycles, as a model to understand how a complex organ interacts with the environment and reacts to various insults and to decipher the principles and machinery of tissue regeneration. He is also interested in corneal tissue regeneration, especially corneal endothelium. His lab employs a multidisciplinary approach by combing the knowledge learned in biology and tissue engineering to enhance tissue regeneration. He has published ~120 journal papers in associated journals, including Science, PNAS, Nature Communications, Biomaterials, Optics Letters, etc. His work has been recognized by Award for Junior Research Investigators in Life Science of Academia Sinica, Physician Scientist Award of Taiwan National Health Research Institutes, Distinguished Research Award of Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology and Outstanding Professor Award of Far Eastern Y.Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation. In 2014, he was elected as Taiwan Bio-development Foundation (TBF) Chair in Biotechnology.

Honors

Excellent resident award, National Taiwan University Hospital, 2002

International Scholarship Grant, 18^th World Congress of Dermatology Fund, 2006

Galderma Skin Research Award, 2007

Career Development Grant, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, 2008 ~ 2011

Award for Junior Research Investigators in Life Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, 2009

Physician Scientist Award, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan, 2010-2015

Ta-You Wu Memorial Award of National Science Council, Taiwan, 2010

Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University, 2010

Basic Research Award, Asia-Pacific La Roche-Posay Foundation, 2012

Ching-Shing Medical Award, 2012

Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University, 2013

Taiwan Bio-Development Foundation (TBF) Chair in Biotechnology, 2014 ~ 2024

Distinguished Research Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2014

Distinguished Research Award, National Taiwan University Hospital, 2014

Dean Chen-Yuan Lee Memorial Medical Award, 2014

Distinguished Professor Award, Far Eastern Y.Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation, 2017

Basic Research Award, Asia-Pacific La Roche-Posay Foundation, 2018