[CMT Key Members]

Professor Yi-Ming SUN

  • Education Background：Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati (1987); B.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University (1981)
  • E-mail： cesunym@saturn.yzu.edu.tw
  • Current Position： Dean, College of Engineering; Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; Jointed Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Yuan Ze University

Professional Specialty：

1. Membrane Separation
2. Polymeric Biomedical Materials
3. Drug Release
4. Diffusion in Polymers

Research Fields：

  1. Bio-based Polymers
  2. Polymeric Biomaterials and Controlled Drug Release
  3. Membrane Separation Technology and Polymeric Membranes
  4. Transport Properties in Polymeric Materials
  5. Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy
  6. Polymers Physics

Potential Applications of Research：

  1. Membrane Separation Process Design and Analysis
  2. Polymeric Biomedical Materials Design
  3. Drug Delivery System Design

Honors：

  • Academic Research Startup Award, The 22nd National Innovation Award, 2025/12
  • Listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2025 (Career Long), Stanford University, 2025/10
  • 2025 Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Annual Award, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Society of Taiwan (2025/6)
  • The Polymer Society Service Contribution Award, The Polymer Society, Taipei (2025/1)
  • Outstanding Award for Research in Engineering, Yuan Ze University (2018/4)
  • Biomedical Engineering Award, Prof. Jhao-Jen Lee Biomedical Engineering Development Foundation (2014/5)
  • YABEC Award, Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) (2012/10)
  • Z. Hsu Yuan Ze Chair Professor, Far Eastern Y.Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation (2011/8)
  • Z. Hsu Outstanding Professor Award, Far Eastern Y.Z. Hsu Science and Technology Memorial Foundation, (2010/7)
  • Award on the Contribution of Industrial-University Collaboration, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) [with the R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Chung Yuan University] (2009/11)
  • Chemical Engineering Technology Award, Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineering (TwIChE) [with the R&D Center for Membrane Technology, Chung Yuan University] (2007/1)
  • Yuan Ze Outstanding Award for Service (2002/3)
  • Yuan Ze Outstanding Award for Research (2001/3)
  • Yuan Ze Outstanding Award for Best Mentor (2000/3)
  • Yuan Ze Outstanding Award for Outside-Supported Research Funds (1997/3)
  • The Best Paper of the Year, The Polymer Society, Taipei (1996/6)

Membership：

  1. The Polymer Society, Taipei (PST): Director (2014~ present), Chairman of the Committee of Education (2020~ present)
  2. Taiwan Membrane Society, Founding Member, Director (2015~ present), President (2019 ~ 2023)
  3. Taiwan Chemical Industry Association (TCIA), Director (2015~ present)
  4. Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (TwIChE): Chairman of the Committee of International Affairs (2014); Member of the Committee of Education (2013~ 2019)
  5. Young Asian Biochemical Engineers’ Community (YABEC), Taiwan Delegate (2007~2010)
  6. Biomaterials and Controlled Release Society & Controlled Release Society, Taiwan Local Chapter (BCRS), Founding Member, Director (2004~ 2016, 2018~2020)
  7. Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering Society of Taiwan (BEST), Director (2023~2025)

Selected Publications：

  1. Chun-Po Hu, Jia-Zhen Chen, Xianshe Feng, Yi-Ming Sun, Chien-Chieh Hu*, Wei-Song Hung, Kueir-Rarn Lee, Juin-Yih Lai, The manipulation of crystal structures enables the development of silk fibroin-based membranes with potential for diverse applications, Separation and Purification Technology, 384, 136378 (March 16, 2026) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2025.136378
  2. Hsu-Hung Kuo, Yi-Nan Lin, Sung-Chieh Su, Jie-Ning Chuang, Yu-Chen Chang, Li-Fen Huang, Yi-Ming Sun*, Development of in-situ synthesized anion exchange membrane sensors with improved structural stability for robust nucleic acid detection, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 438, 137766 (September, 2025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2025.137766
  3. C.-C. Hu*, J.-C. Fang, R.-J. Jeng*, C.-H. Wu, Y.-C. Huang, Y.-M. Sun, K.-R. Lee, J.-Y. Lai, Construction of transfer-free regular through-pore polyimide composite microfiltration membranes via amphiphilic dendron-assisted breath-figure method for water treatment, Separation and Purification Technology, 327, 124981 (2023)
  4. Y.-L. Chen, C.-C. Lo, Y.-L. Liu, Y-M. Sun*, Lignin Extraction and Fractionation from Rice Straw Biorefinery Residues, Separation and Purification Technology, 326, 124778 (2023)
  5. C.-Y Lai, Y.-M Sun, Y.-L. Liu*, Water-soluble ozonated lignin as a hydrophilic modifier for poly(vinyl alcohol) membranes for pervaporation desalination, Journal of Membrane Science, 685,121959 (2023)
  6. -C. Cheng, Y.-M. Sun, S.-H. Hsu*, Development of Double Network Polyurethane–Chitosan Composite Bioinks for Soft Neural Tissue Engineering, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 11, 3592-3606 (2023)
  7. C.-H. Lin, M.-Y. Chien, Y.-C. Chuang, C.-C. Lai, Y.-M. Sun*, T.-Y. Liu*, Porous Membranes of Polysulfone and Graphene Oxide Nanohybrids for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery, Polymers, 14, 5405 (2022)
  8. Y.-T. Chen; Y.-M. Sun; C.-C. Hu; J.-Y. Lai; Y.-L. Liu*, Employing lignin in the formation of the selective layer of thin-film composite membranes for pervaporation desalination, Materials Advances, 2, 3099-3106 (2021)
  9. C.-C. Lo, Y.-W. Chang, Y.-L. Chen, Y.-L. Liu, H.-S. Wu, Y.-M. Sun*, Lignin recovery from rice straw biorefinery solid waste by soda process with ethylene glycol as co-solvent, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers,126, 50-57 (2021)
  10. J.-N. Chuang, P.-Y. Diao, W.-S. Huang, L.-F. Huang, S. Senapati, H.-C. Chang, Y.-M. Sun*, Novel Homogeneous Anion Exchange Membranes for Reproducible and Sensitive Nucleic Acid Detection via Current-Voltage Characteristic Measurement, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12, 49, 54459–54472 (2020)
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