Dr. I-Son Grace Ng is the Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan since 2014. She received her Ph.D. from NCKU and worked for Academia Sinica as Postdoctoral fellow; and was the Associate Professor in Xiamen University from 2010 to 2014. She is devoted to the study of synthetic biology, genetic and enzymatic engineering, biorefinery and bioremediation. She has developed a robust and efficient platform to explore the novel and functional enzymes by genetic and proteomics approach. She has established the first iGEM team in NCKU since 2015.

Dr. Wang is a professor of Department of Biotechnology and Bioindustry Sciences at NCKU. Her motivation is that whereas shrimp aquaculture is one of the most important economic activities in East Asia, it is severely threatened by pathogenic diseases, including those caused by viruses (e.g. white spot disease; WSD) and bacteria, in particular, acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND). She uses an integrated systems-biology approach including metabolomics and lipodomics to study pathogenesis of WSD and AHPND. She has a goal of using a science-based approach to manage and optimize aquaculture practices. She believes that this is very important for the eco-friendly sustainable shrimp aquaculture industry.

Sok-Ian Sou is an associate professor in the Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering and the Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan. She was a recipient of the Investigative Research Award from the Pan Wen Yuan Foundation in 2009 and the Young Researcher in Service Science Award from the Sayling Wen Cultural & Educational Foundation in 2012. She also receives Outstanding Teacher Award in 2017. Her current research interests include design and analysis of mobile communication services, Internet of Things applications and performance modeling.