Cancer Engineering Lab
Engineer a Future Without Cancer
Multidisciplinary Approaches for One Goal
Develop Therapeutics to Combat Cancer Recurrence and Metastasis
“There’s lots of fun in exploring the unknown. There’s no greater thrill than in having an experiment turn out in such a way that you make a positive contribution.” – Jane Cooke Wright, a pioneer in cancer chemotherapy and in vitro tumor drug testing
Chia-Yi Su 蘇佳沂 M.D. Ph.D.
Dr. Chia-Yi Su is a physician, pathologist, and biomedical engineer whose research bridges clinical medicine, cancer pathology, and tumor model engineering. The Cancer Engineering Lab, led by Dr. Su, integrates spatiotemporal omics, 3D dynamic biomimetic tumor models, high-throughput drug screening, and in vivo models to unravel how the tumor microenvironment drives tumor dissemination and drug resistance, aiming to discover novel therapeutics that combat tumor recurrence and metastasis.
Education & Experience
Assistant Professor, Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan 2023 – present
Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA 2022
Anatomic Pathologist Certificate, Taiwan 2012
Physician Certificate, Taiwan 2008
M.D., Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan 2008
Awards & Fundings
Yushan Young Fellow 玉山青年學者 2024 – present
Emerging Young Scholars, 2030 Cross-Generation Young Scholars Program 2030跨世代年輕學者方案-新秀學者 2023 – present (4 years)
Government Scholarship to Study Abroad 教育部留學獎學金 2018 – 2019 (2 years)
Expertise
Tumor Model Engineering
Spatiotemporal Biology
Cancer Biology & Pathology
News
Congratulations to Hung-Chi Hsu 許紘齊, Ya-Hsin Hsu 許雅欣, Kuan-Cheng Chiu 邱冠幀, and Chiu-Hua Kuo 郭九華, for their outstanding presentations at the Japan Cancer Association Annual Meeting in Kanazawa and for being selected as the Young Investigator Poster Award Finalists! Congratulations to Hung-Chi Hsu 許紘齊 for winning the Young Investigator Poster Award! ~ 2025.09
Congratulations to Hung-Chi Hsu 許紘齊 for being awarded Travel Grants from the National Science and Technology Council 國科會補助研究生出席國際會議 and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University 陽明交通大學補助研究生出席國際會議 to present his research at the Japan Cancer Association Annual Meeting at Kanazawa! ~ 2025.08
Congratulations to Kuan-Cheng Chiu 邱冠幀 and Chiu-Hua Kuo 郭九華 for being accepted as Visiting Medical Students at Johns Hopkins University to do summer research in the US! ~ 2025.07
Congratulations to Chiu-Hua Kuo 郭九華 for being awarded the College Student Research Scholarship from the National Science and Technology Council 國科會大專學生研究計畫! ~ 2025.07
Cancer Engineering Lab at JCA 2025 
Visiting medical students at JHU 2025 
2025 summer gathering 
Dr. Su at Keystone symposia 2025 
Dr. Su at Symposium on Recent Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology 
Dr. Su was awarded as Yushan Young Fellow 
Dr. Su at AACR 2024 
2024 annual gathering 
Dr. Su visited Tohoku University 
Dr. Su at AACR 2024 
2024 summer gathering
Team
We are grateful for the interest and enthusiasm from students around the world who wish to join our lab. However, our lab has reached full capacity for the 2026 academic year. To ensure the highest quality of research and mentoring, we are unable to take on additional students at this time. For those who are interested in joining us in the future, we would still be happy to hear from you. Email Dr. Su at cysu@nycu.edu.tw with your CV and a brief statement of research interests.
Our research focuses on spatiotemporal cancer biology, tumor model engineering across in vitro, in silico, and in vivo, digital pathology, and AI-based image analysis.
- Postdoctoral researchers and PhD students: Applicants should have expertise in at least one of the research areas listed above. For postdoctoral candidates, a strong publication record is preferred.
- Master’s students: Applicants with experience in any of the research areas listed above are preferred.
- Undergraduate students: Applicants with prior research experience or a strong interest in the research areas listed above are preferred.
- International students are also welcome to join our lab through the IIPP program.
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