Research Expertise:
Symbiosis (Microbe-Plant interactions): Biological nitrogen fixation, molecular mechanisms in rhizobium-legume symbiosis, Type VI secretion system in symbiosis, etc
Environmental Microbiology：Microbial plastic degradation, Microbial fuel, etc
Agricultural Biotechnology：R&D of microbial agents (biofertilizer, biopesticide, biostimulant), plant factory applications, etc

Project Researcher: Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo 2004-2008
Full time faculty : Institute of Biotechnology, National Taiwan University 2008/08~present
Joint appointment faculty : Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University 2021/08~present
Research Fellow: Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center (ABRC), Adademia Sinica 2022/08~present
Head, Research & Development Division Center for International Agricultural Education & Academic Exchanges, CIAEAE 2017/08~present