Professor, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

School of Biological Sciences

 

Professor, Chemistry

School of Physical Sciences

 

Professor

Pharmaceutical Sciences

 

Education:

 

B.S., National Taiwan University, 1990, Chemistry (Liu Lab)

 

M.S., National Taiwan University, 1992, Chemistry (Liu Lab)

 

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1999, Chemistry (Klinman Lab)

 

Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University (Khosla Lab) and UCSF (Stroud Lab), 2003

 

Academic Distinctions:

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AAAS Fellow, 2016

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Chancellor's Outstanding Award of Research, 2013

 

UCI Chancellor's Fellow, 2011

 

Outstanding Professor from UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences, selected by the graduating seniors, 2010

 

School of Biological Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, the Division of Undergraduate Education, 2009

 

School of Biological Sciences Golden Apple Award in Teaching Excellence, 2007

 

Pew Scholar, 2006

 

Professional Societies:

 

American Chemical Society

 

Protein Society

 

American Crystallography Association

 

American Association for the Advancement of Science

 

Contact

 

Phone: (949) 824-4486

Fax: (949) 824-8552

Email: sctsai@uci.edu

 

University of California, Irvine

2218 Natural Sciences 1

Mail Code: 3900

Irvine, CA 92697

 

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