Professional Activities:

Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 11/2003-8/2009
Faculty, The University of Texas Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX, 2004-present
Associate Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9/2009-present

Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Deputy Department Chair, Department of Systems Biology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 7/2014-present

Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Member, Admission Committee for Cancer Biology Program, Houston, TX, 2006-2008
Member, Judging Committee, GSBS McGovern Student Poster Contest, Houston, TX, 2007
Member, Presentation Judging Committee for Cancer Biology Program, Houston, TX, 2007
Member, International Scientific Advisory Board, International Institute of Anticancer Research, Attiki, Greece, 2007-present
Faculty, Gulf Coast Consortia Chemical Genomics, Houston, TX, 2007-present
Member, GSBS Experimental Therapeutics Academic Program Awards Committee, Houston, TX, 1/2011-present

Institutional Committee Activities
Scientific Publications Advisory Board, Member, 2006-present
Institutional Research Grants Program (Basic Research Projects), Member, 2007-2010
Faculty Mentoring Advisory Committee, Member, 2007-2011
Technology Review Committee for Institutional Grants, Member, 2008-10/2012
ACS-IRG Committee, member, 2011-2012
Study Section Review Committee for Sister Institution Network Funding (SINF) Program, member, 2011-present
Technology Review Committee for Institutional Grants, Consulting Member, 10/2012-present
Research Laboratory Space Subcommittee of the Research Council, Member, 2013-present
Faculty Senate, Faculty Senator, 9/2013-present

Honors And Awards
Outstanding Scholarship (4 times), Kaohsiung Medical College, 1983-1987
B.S. Honors in Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical College, 1987
Dean Award for Graduate Research, Roswell Park Cancer Center, 1995
Predoctoral Fellowship, Meadows Foundation, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1997
Predoctoral Award, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, 1998
NIH National Research Service Award, NIH, 2001-2003
Research Scholar Award, American Cancer Society, 2006-2010
Era of Hope Scholar Award, DOD Breast Cancer Research Program, 2010-2015
Faculty Scholar Award, MDACC, 2011-2014
George and Barbara Bush Endowment for Innovative Cancer Research, MDACC, 2014-2019