Tunghai University

Applied Microbiology and Biochemistry

Lu-Sheng Hsieh
https://resume.thu.edu.tw/portfolio/main/lshsieh

Research Field

Agriculture

Introduction

Currently, Dr. Lu-Sheng Hsieh is a professor of Department of Food Science, Tunghai University. Dr. Hsieh received his PhD degree from National Taiwan University in 2010, and then had his postdoc training at Rutgers Univeristy, US, from 2011 to 2016. He started his teaching career from 2017 for Tunghai University.

2017.08-2022.01 Assisant Professor, Department of Food Science, Tunghai University

2022.02-2025.08  Associate Professor, Department of Food Science, Tunghai University 

2025.09-present  Professor, Department of Food Science, Tunghai University

My study focuses on using bacteria as microbial cell factories for synthesizing plant secondary metabolites and tryptophan derivatives. In addition, we have the experiences for producing  recombinant proteins form various origins such as human, plants, bacteria and so on.  


Research Topics

Research topics

  1. Metabolic engineering of plant secondary metabolism
  2. Metabolic engineering of trptophan derivatives for medical use
  3. Exosome production in latcic acid bacteria

Honor

Academic Research Incentives of Tunghai University form 2024 August to 2026 July.


Educational Background

1997-2000 Bachlor Degree, Department of Agriculture Chemistry, National Taiwan University

2001-2003 Master Degree, Insitute of Agriculture Chemistry, National Taiwan University

2003-2010 PhD Degree, Insitute of Microbiology and Biochemistry, National Taiwan University


Job Description

  1. Molecular biology and protein analysis skills
  2. Protein immobilization on electrospun nanofibers

Preferred Intern Educational Level

Master student or PhD student

Skill sets or Qualities

Basic biochemistry and molecular biology skills