Projects per year
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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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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(3/3)
Lai, K.-H. (PI)
8/1/26 → 7/31/27
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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透過化學分子網絡構築傳統中藥的整合代謝組學資料庫：以治療心血管疾病的溫熱藥為例(2/3)
Lai, K.-H. (PI)
8/1/26 → 7/31/27
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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應用化學分子網絡探索胡氏指形軟珊瑚 Sclerophytum humesi 之特殊骨架並探討可能抗癌機制
Lai, K.-H. (PI)
7/1/26 → 2/28/27
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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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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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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Carpoxylon macrospermum leaf extract and its phenolic compounds: a multi-targeted therapeutic remedy for Alzheimer’s disease
Hamed, F. M., Mady, M. S., Elgayed, S. H., Mansour, Y. E., Mahgoub, S., Lai, K. H., Lin, C. Y., Elsayed, H. E. & Moharram, F. A., Dec 2026, In: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 26, 1, 188.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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Comparative metabolomic profiling reveals chemical diversity in Bletilla formosana and commercial Bletillae Rhizoma
Nguyen, T. S., Lee, Y. C., Lai, K. H. & Lu, C. K., Jun 2026, In: Food Bioscience. 80, 108932.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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Datasets
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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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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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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
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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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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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