Bioengineer

J r-Jiun Liou

ED UCAT ION

I thaca, NY

Cornell University

• Master of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering, May 2013

• Drug delivery concentration

Taipei, Taiwan

N ational Taiwan University

• Bachelor of Science in Biochemical Science and Technology, Jun 2012

• Mr. Mao-Sheng Chang Scholarship (2012)

WORK EXPER I ENCE

Pittsburgh, PA

University of Pittsburgh, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Technician, advisor: Prof. Shilpa Sant Sep 2013 – Present

• Engineered 3D t issue models to study cell-cell interactions of cancer progression

• First authorship in a book chapter of hypoxia sensitive drug delivery systems

• Co-authorship in a peer-reviewed paper of cell-cell interactions to be submitted

I thaca, NY

Cornell University, Biomedical Sciences

Research Assistant, advisor: Prof. Susan Stevens Suarez May 2013 – Jul

2013

• Studied roles of physical factors that guide sperm migration in the reproductive t ract

• Modeled the microchannels in the cervix and uterotubal junction on a microfluidic

device

I thaca, NY

Cornell University, Biological Environmental

E ngineering

Graduate Researcher, advisor: Prof. M ingming Wu Sep 2012 – May 2013

• Researched roles of interstitial f lows on MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell migration

revealed by a microfluidic device

• Designed experiments and analyzed results by ImageJ, MATLAB, Prism, and JMP

• Presented two posters at 5th A nnual BEE Symposium and BioExpo 2013

• Co-authored an article “ A contact line pinning based microfluidic platform for modeling

physiological f lows” on Lab on a Chip i n 2013

Taipei, Taiwan

National Taiwan University, Biochemical Science

T echnology

Undergraduate Researcher, advisor: Prof. Ja-an Annie Ho Sep 2010 – Jun 2012

• Applied a Zn 2+ p robe to image PC-12 neuronal cells and examined effects of enhancer

NO

• Reduced silica nanoparticle size by 75% for enhancement of drug delivery

• Performed strong cell culturing techniques and analyzed by f low cytometry, SEM,

T EM, and dynamic light scattering (DLS)

• Co-authored Chapter 23 “Analysis of Biotin (Vitamin B7) and Folic Acid (Vitamin

B 9): A Focus on I m munosensor D evelopment w ith L iposomal Amplification ” i n B

V itamins and Folate in 2012

EXTRACURR IC U LAR ACT I V I T I ES

Taipei, Taiwan

National Taiwan University

International Student Receptionist 2009-2012

• Led and coordinated the activities for over 200 international students to help them

adapt culture difference in Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan

National Taiwan University

Tutor 2010-2012

• Adapted course content and administered tests to value high school students’ learning

conditions in mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics

Activities: Cornell Taiwanese Student Association, Model United Nations, Taichung Student

Association

Analysis skills: excellent in PCR, ELISA, SDS-PAGE, Northern blot, Western blot, HPLC, GC,

AA

Computer skills: excellent in Microsoft Office, SAS, AutoCAD, and MATLAB

Language skills: b ilingual in English and Chinese

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