Personal profile
Education
- 2017 Ph.D., Division of Pharmacognosy, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2017 Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Natural Products, Kaohsiung Medical University
- 2010 B.S., Department of Life Science, National Chung Cheng University
Experience
Academic Experience
- 2023- Associate Professor, Ph. D. Program in the Clinical Drug Development of Herbal Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University
- 2023- Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University
- 2021-2023 Assistant Professor, Ph. D. Program in the Clinical Drug Development of Herbal Medicine, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University
- 2020-2023 Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University
- 2019-2020 Postdoctoral, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
- 2017-2018 Postdoctoral, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
Other
- 2025-2028 Secretary General, the Natural Medicine Society of Taiwan (NMST)
- 2025-2028 Vice President, the Society for Free Radical Research-Taiwan (SFRR-Taiwan)
- 2021- International Relationships Committee, American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP)
Awards
- 2024 The 21st National Innovation Award (Research Center for Biotechnology and Medicine Policy)
- 2024 Ta-You Wu Memorial Award (National Science and Technology Council)
- 2023 Young Scholar Award (the Society of Chinese Natural Medicine)
- 2023 The 20th National Innovation Award (Research Center for Biotechnology and Medicine Policy)
Research Interests
- Natural products chemistry on fungi, plants, and marine organisms.
- Comparative mass spectrometry-based metabolomics strategies for the investigation of natural products secondary metabolites.
- Functional and healthy food, new drugs development.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Unveiling Marine Medicinal Resources through Chemical Molecular Networking: Establishing a Bioactive Metabolomic Database for Marine Sponges in Taiwanese Waters
Lai, K.-H. (PI)
8/1/25 → 7/31/26
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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Construction of an Integrative Metabolomic Repository for Traditional Chinese Medicines through Advanced Chemical Molecular Networking: a Paradigm for Addressing Circulatory Pathologies
Lai, K.-H. (PI)
8/1/25 → 7/31/26
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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台灣本土香薷類植物之化學成分分析與生物活性評估—以化學分子網絡探討其作為中藥香薷之代用潛力
Lai, K.-H. (PI)
7/1/25 → 2/28/26
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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以化學分子網絡探索海洋藥用資源：台灣海綿活性代謝組成資料庫之建立與應用(1/3)
Lai, K.-H. (PI)
8/1/24 → 7/31/25
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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Establishing Anti-Inflammatory Metabolomic Database of Tcms Using Chemical Molecular Networking Approach
Lai, K.-H. (PI)
8/1/24 → 7/31/25
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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Briarane-type diterpenes from a closed-system cultured soft coral Briareum stechei
Chen, L. Y., Peng, B. R., Huynh, T. H., Chen, Y. Y., Chen, Y. C., Pham, N. T., Le, H. G., Pham, Q. V., Luu, P. V., Lai, Y. M., El-Shazly, M., Hwang, T. L. & Lai, K. H., Apr 2026, In: Phytochemistry. 244, 114760.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cembranoids from the cultured soft coral Sinularia sandensis
Lai, K. H., Liang, C. Y., Chen, Y. Y., Liao, T. W., Chen, L. Y., Peng, B. R., Su, J. H. & El-Shazly, M., 2026, In: RSC Advances. 16, 14, p. 12275-12281 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial dynamics of wild and cultured Sinularia flexibilis: Implications for coral aquaculture
Zheng, L. G., Lai, K. H., Sung, P. J., Chen, Y. Y., Kuo, J., Su, J. H. & El-Shazly, M., Jan 1 2026, In: Aquaculture. 611, 742959.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New C22-related terpenoid from Formosan marine sponge Lendenfeldia sp.
Pham, Q. V., Wang, H. W., Chen, Y. C., Chang, Y. C., Cheng, Y. S., Chen, Y. S., Lee, M. H., Su, J. H., Peng, B. R. & Lai, K. H., Feb 2026, In: Phytochemistry Letters. 71, 104106.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phytochemical Insights into Panax Genus Metabolites: Evidence-Based Fatigue Intervention via Ethnopharmacological and Biomedical Perspectives
Le, H. G., Huynh, T. L. K. H., Huynh, T. H., Pham, N. T., Peng, B. R., El-Shazly, M., Chen, L. Y., Wang, L. S., Yen, P. T. & Lai, K. H., 2026, In: American Journal of Chinese Medicine. 54, 1, p. 171-200 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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CCDC 1988979: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Peng, B.-R. (Contributor), Lai, K.-H. (Contributor), Lee, G.-H. (Contributor), Yu, S.S.-F. (Contributor), Duh, C.-Y. (Contributor), Su, J.-H. (Contributor), Zheng, L.-G. (Contributor), Hwang, T.-L. (Contributor) & Sung, P.-J. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 2021
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc24rpm7, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc24rpm7&sid=DataCite
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CCDC 2117795: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination
Ke, Z.-Y. (Contributor), Chen, J.-W. (Contributor), Wu, B.-Y. (Contributor), Jhan, Y.-Y. (Contributor), Wen, Z.-H. (Contributor), Kung, T.-A. (Contributor), Sung, P.-J. (Contributor), Chen, J.-J. (Contributor), Lai, K.-H. (Contributor) & Chung, H.-M. (Contributor), Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 2022
DOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc292qz3, http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc292qz3&sid=DataCite
Dataset
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Natural Cembrane Diterpenoids From the Soft Coral Sinularia querciformis
Wu, Y.-Y. (Creator), Hsieh, C.-C. (Creator), Li, C.-Y. (Creator), Chang, W.-H. (Creator), Chen, J.-J. (Creator), Lai, K.-H. (Creator), Wen, Z.-H. (Creator) & Chung, H.-M. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2021
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5733780.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Natural_Cembrane_Diterpenoids_From_the_Soft_Coral_i_Sinularia_querciformis_i_/5733780/1
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sj-docx-1-npx-10.1177_1934578X211059299 - Supplemental material for Natural Cembrane Diterpenoids From the Soft Coral <i>Sinularia querciformis</i>
Wen, Z.-H. (Creator), Hsieh, C.-C. (Creator), Li, C.-Y. (Creator), Chung, H.-M. (Creator), Chang, W.-H. (Creator), Lai, K.-H. (Creator), Chen, J.-J. (Creator) & Wu, Y.-Y. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2021
DOI: 10.25384/sage.17112792.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/sj-docx-1-npx-10_1177_1934578X211059299_-_Supplemental_material_for_Natural_Cembrane_Diterpenoids_From_the_Soft_Coral_i_Sinularia_querciformis_i_/17112792/1
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Estrogenic and anti-neutrophilic inflammatory phenanthrenes from <i>Juncus effusus</i> L.
Lin, C.-C. (Creator), Wu, Y.-C. (Creator), Lai, K.-H. (Creator), Yu, S.-Y. (Creator), Chang, F.-R. (Creator), F?l?p, F. (Contributor), Hu, H.-C. (Creator), Hsu, Y.-M. (Creator), Kuo, Y.-T. (Creator), Hwang, T.-L. (Creator), Chuang, Y.-C. (Creator) & Tsai, Y.-H. (Creator), Taylor & Francis, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.16595003.v1, https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Estrogenic_and_anti-neutrophilic_inflammatory_phenanthrenes_from_i_Juncus_effusus_i_L_/16595003/1
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