Ching-Fong Chang

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General Information

Present Position	Distingusihed Professor (NTOU) National Chair Professor (Ministry of Education) Director of the Center of Marine Biosciecne and Biotechnology (NTOU)
Address	Department of Aquaculture National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) Keelung, 20224 Taiwan
Telephone	Tel (office) 886-2-2462-2192 Ext 5209 or 5240 or 5286 Fax 886-2-2462-1579 Email B0044@mail.ntou.edu.tw
Education	Ph.D. 1986 Department of Animal Sciences Washington State University Pullman, WA, USA M.S. 1982 Department of Animal Sciences Washington State University Pullman, WA, USA B.S. 1975 Department of Marine Food Science National Taiwan Ocean University Keelung, Taiwan
Teaching Courses	Undergraduate level: Fish Physiology Lab of Fish Physiology General Biology (Physiology section) Graduate level: Endocrinology, Fish Reproductive Physiology
Research area	Reproductive Biology (fish, prawns, corals) Endocrine Physiology (fish, prawns, corals) Stress Physiology and immunity (fish) Sex Differentiation Molecular biology

Honors and Awards

Excellent Research Award	1990	National Science Council, Taiwan
Honor for as an "Outstanding Young Person" at Keelung city	1991	Junior Chamber at Keelung, Taiwan
Distinguished Research Award	1991-1993	National Science Council, Taiwan
Honor for as "Ten Outstanding Young Persons" in Taiwan, R.O.C	1993	Junior Chamber, Taiwan
Distinguished Research Award	1994-1996	National Science Council, Taiwan
Distinguished Research Award	1996-1998	National Science Council, Taiwan
Award for as a Special Research Fellow	1998-2001	National Science Council, Taiwan
Outstanding teacher in college of life sciences	2000	National Taiwan Ocean University
Award for as a Special Research Fellow	2001-2004	National Science Council, Taiwan
Award as a Distinguished Professor	2004	National Taiwan Ocean University
Academic Award	2004	Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Distinguished Special Research Fellow	2004	National Science Council
National Chair Professor Award	2006	Ministry of Education

The Research and Teaching Activities

Ching-Fong Chang We have been conducting a series of experiments related to "fish reproductive physiology", "sex differentiation and sex change in fish", "reproductive endocrinology and reproduction in coral", "hormone regulation in fish", "maturation mechanism in fish", "environmental physiology and immunity in fish", and "reproductive physiology in prawns" in the past 20 years at the National Taiwan Ocean University. The researches are focusing on the marine animals especially important aquaculture species (black porgy and grouper).

The most significant contribution to the scientific community is the studies of "reproductive biology and physiology in aquatic animals" (as a representative work). A series of the experiments were conducted such as sex differentiation, sex change mechanism, regulation of reproductive hormones, gonadal development and growth, gametogenesis, maturation, and reproduction control. We have many important new findings and significant contributions to the theory and applied aspects in the area of reproductive physiology. We applied biological methods, histology, physiology, endocrinology, cell biology, and molecular genetics to solve the scientific questions and problems; most importantly, we further provided the new concepts and new proposals on the basis of our experimental results. Our research has earned the respect by scientific colleagues from Taiwan and international levels. The lab had been recognized as the important and famous location in the world-wide to work on sex change, coral research and other related research.

In the past 20 years, I also spent much time in the teaching activities. The courses (General Biology, Fish Phsiology, Endocrinology, Fish Reproduction) were taught in the Department of Aquaculture. These courses are important in the area of aquatic life sciences. The students ranked these courses are one of the best in their curriculum. The students have developed strong background after finishing these courses.