Dr. Yu-Wei Cheng received his PhD from the Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Ming Chi University of Technology (MCUT), Taiwan. His research focuses on the synthesis of functionalized and environmentally friendly polymers and the development of Raman-enhancing metal nanoparticle arrays for small-molecule detection. His recent work emphasizes 2D/3D and flexible substrates for multifunctional smart sensors and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) applications. He has published approximately 52 SCI-indexed journal articles and has an h-index of 16 based on Google Scholar.

Our lab focuses on the research related to polymer synthesis, which covers the preparation of functionalized polymeric materials and its application in bio-detection sensors, wearable sensors, antibacterial materials and so forth. Currently, the projects that being emphasized are:

1. Functionalized polymeric materials for protective coatings and wearable sensors
2. bio-detection sensors for rapid detection of biomolecules and wastewater pollutants
3. Nanomaterials for antibacterial coatings and porous structures.