Yei-Chen Lai is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at National Chung Hsing University. He received a B.A. and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, advised by Dr. Yun-Wei Chiang. He received Postdoctoral Research Abroad Fellowship from MOST, Taiwan (107年度科技部補助國外從事博士後研究計畫). He then joined Prof. Irene A. Chen's group at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2018), and then moved to the University of California, Los Angeles (2020).

Experience

• Assistant Professor, National Chung Hsing University (2022-present)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020-2022 (University of California, Los Angeles, with Prof. Irene A. Chen)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018-2020 (University of California, Santa Barbara, with Prof. Irene A. Chen)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, 2017-2018 (National Tsing Hua University, with Prof. Yun-Wei Chiang)
• Ph. D., National Tsing Hua University (2016)
• B. S., Nation Tsing Hua University (2010)

Awards and honors

• 2018-2019 Postdoctoral research abroad program fellow (funded by MOST, Taiwan) 
• 2015-2016 Scholarship of Chung Hua rotary educational foundation 
• 2016 HOPE meeting fellow (8^th HOPE Meeting) 
• 2015 Scholarship of CTCI (China Technical Consultants, Inc.) foundation 
• 2014 Members of the Phi Tau Phi scholastic honor society of the Republic of China 
• 2012 and 2013 Chi Mei Corporation Scholarship 
• 2011 NTHU President’s Scholarship