Department of Agricultural Chemistry,

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Department of Agricultural Chemistry,
National Taiwan University
Dar-Yuan Lee Professor and Head
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Mission
Department of Agricultural Chemistry Both
microcosm and macrocosm From atom to
molecule From molecule to cell From cell to
ecosystem
To participate the global efforts on the safety
of living environments, the Department is
committed to attain the highest quality of human
capital and scientific knowledge for the
sustainable growth of agricultural ecosystems and
the green utilization of bioresources.
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Introduction

• The Department of Agricultural Chemistry was
  founded in 1928 and the B.S. program was offered.
  The graduate programs for the M.S. and Ph.D
  degrees were established in 1947 and 1968,
  respectively.
• From 2003, in facing the global needs on safety
  of living environments, the department had
  rebuilt the study program in four disciplines
• (1) soil and environmental sciences
• (2) plant physiology and chemistry
• (3) microbiology and biotechnology
• (4) utilization of bioresources

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Introduction (cont.)

• In the progress of the new direction, the
  department regrouped all the courses to meet the
  requirements of the sustainable development of
  the country and to train students for having
  ability to serve the society after they graduate.
  
• The teaching quality and examination process were
  improved to strengthen student confidence. The
  department also enhances the teaching programs
  and research capacities via hiring new faculty
  members and enhancement of the cooperation and
  integration of courses with other departments.

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Research facility
The Department of Agricultural Chemistry is
housed in two major research buildings. All of
the routine apparatus and instrumentation
required for the most advanced research are
available. Available equipments include
real time Q PCR, preparative ultracentrifuges,
fermentors, fluorometers, ion and gas
chromatographs, high pressure liquid
chromatographs, X-ray diffractometer, Infrared
spectrometer, surface area, flame photometers,
atomic absorption spectrophotometer,
supercritical fluid extractor, amino acid and
automatic image analyzers, capillary
electrophoresis apparatus, ELISA photometric
system, GC-MS, HPLC Quadrupole-time of flight
tandem mass spectrometer, CNS-analyzer,
inductively coupled plasma atomic emission
spectrophotometer (ICP-AES), etc.
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Academic Programs    
For the sake of offering programs for bachelor,
master and Ph.D degrees, our teaching and
research activities are introduced into four
divisions as described below.
Soil and Environmental Sciences Plant Physiology
and Chemistry Microbiology and Biotechnology
Utilization of Bioresources
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Academic Programs    
Basic courses for undergraduate program
requirements
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Basic courses for undergraduate program
requirements
For Junior and Senior, advanced 6 credits are
required in the division chosen by each student,
and four more credits are also required in
other divisions (10 credits in subtotal).
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Basic courses for graduate program requirements
Selective courses for graduate program (16
credits are required)
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Faculty and Research     
Soil and Environmental Sciences
Dar-Yuan Lee Professor and Head Univ.
California, Riverside, Ph.D., 1988
Research Soil science Soil classification and
survey Soil morphology and genesis Soil pollution
and remediation Soil chemistry Soil physics
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Soil and Environmental Sciences
Research Soil and environmental chemistry Soil
mineralogy Soil physical chemistry Soil
biochemistry Food waste composting Environment
and ecosystem Chemical instrument analysis Soil
fertility
Ming-Kuang Wang Professor Rutgers Univ., Ph.D.,
1978
Chao-Ming Lai Professor National Taiwan Univ.,
Ph.D., 1987
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Soil and Environmental Sciences
Yei-Shung Wang Professor National Taiwan Univ.,
Ph.D., 1976.
Research Pesticide chemistry Environmental
Toxicology Soil pollution Instrument
analysis Environment resource reservation
Ecosystem
Jui-Hung Yen Professor National Taiwan Univ.,
Ph.D., 1996
Pei-Jen Chen Assistant Professor Duke Univ.,
Ph.D., 2005
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Plant Physiology and Chemistry
Ren-Shih Chung Professor National Taiwan Univ.,
Ph.D., 1982
Research Plant nutrition Plant physiology Soil
fertility Plant molecular biology Bio-technology
Medicinal Plant Plant Secondary Metabolites
Lean-Telk Ng Professor Univ. of Paris 6., Ph.D.,
1988
Chien-Teh Chen Assistant Professor Cornell
Univ., Ph.D., 1999
Chwan-Yang Hong Assistant Professor National
Taiwan Univ., Ph.D., 2003
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Microbiology and Biotechnology
Chia-Yin Lee Professor Univ. Kentucky, Ph.D.,
1989
Nai-Chun Lin Assistant Professor Cornell Univ.,
Ph.D., 2004
Whi-Fin Wu Associate Professor Univ. Iowa,
Ph.D., 1992
Research Microbiology Biochemistry Lipid
chemistry Molecular biology Biotechnology
  Microbial and bacteria physiology Interaction
between microbes and plants
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Utilization of Bioresources
Hsi-Mei Lai Professor Univ. Illinois, Ph.D., 1990
Nan-Wei Su Assistant Professor National Taiwan
Univ., Ph.D., 2001
Research Food science and technology Lipid
chemistry Food chemistry Cereal chemistry and
processing Carbohydrate chemistry and application
Fermentation Structural biology Proteomics Multi-
Dimensional NMR Protein X-Ray Crystallography Bio
informatics
Chun-Hua Hsu Assistant Professor National
Taiwan Univ., Ph.D., 2002
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Thank you for your attention.
Department of Agricultural Chemistry,
National Taiwan University

No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road
TAIPEI, TAIWAN 10617 REPUBLIC OF
CHINA TEL
886-2-3366-4802, 3366-4811
FAX [phone]
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