Affiliation: Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Dr. Chia-Jung Li is an associate research fellow at Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan. He received his PhD from the Tzu-Chi University of Taiwan in 2015 and finished his post-doctoral training in the National Cheng-Kung University in 2017. Dr. Li has a longstanding interest in the area of molecular metabolism, particularly in understanding the functional significance of the mitochondrial biogenesis involvement in human disease. He is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prize Paper Award of the Taiwanese Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Best Poster Award of the Taiwan Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine, the Outstanding Research Award in the Taiwan Breast Cancer Foundation, the Japan and the United states international academic Travel Award, and many other awards. It is worth mentioning that his research papers are often selected as cover stories by high-impact journals. His current work includes the development of novel drugs/materials, optimizing ‘bioenergetic’ features, and disease-modifying treatments that could serve as cellular protective strategies for aged-related diseases.