From 1991 to 1996, I pursued my Ph.D. degree in the Department of Microbiology at Michigan State University and investigated the role of the UL9 gene in the DNA replication of Marek’s disease virus, which infects chickens/ducks and causes serious economic loss in the poultry industry worldwide. After graduation, I went back to Taiwan and served as an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy at Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science from 1996 to 2006. I then shifted my career to the Department of Biotechnology at Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, where I currently work. During my teaching career, my research has focused on finding the biomarkers for the diagnosis/prognosis of bladder cancer and on the molecular mechanism underlying complementary medicine for bladder cancer by implementing the components present in various medicinal plants and fungi. I have been awarded a grant supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology for 20 years and have received a research excellence award from MOST.