Scott Fan

Scott Fan is an RSC Fellow, a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, and a Faculty Researcher of the Johnson Cancer Research Center at Kansas State University. He received his B.S. degree from National Central University, Taiwan in 1996 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Dr. Fan began his academic career in 2004 at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, serving as an Assistant Professor and later an Associate Professor in the Institute of Nanotechnology and Department of Materials Science and Engineering. From 2012 to 2019, he served as an Associate Professor, Professor, and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Biotechnology at National Taiwan University, before he joining Kansas State University in 2019.
Dr. Fan is known for his contributions to electrowetting, electromicrofluidics, tissue engineering, and in vitro diagnostics. He is the recipient of several prestigious national awards, including the “Outstanding Research Award” from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (2017); the “TBF Chair in Biotechnology” from the Taiwan Bio-Development Foundation (2015); the “Young Scholar’s Creativity Award” from the Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (2014); the “Research Award for Junior Research Investigators” from Academia Sinica (2012); and the “Ta-You Wu Memorial Award” from the National Science Council, Taiwan (2011). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 2016. In addition to his academic accomplishments, he also served leadership roles in professional societies and conferences. He was General Chair of the 5th International Conference on Optofluidics (2015) and the 10th International Meeting on Electrowetting (2016), both held in Taipei, Taiwan.