Po-lin Chiu
Associate Professor
Tempe, Arizona, United States
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Top SchoolPo-lin Chiu is an associate professor and structural biophysicist with nine years of faculty experience and a longer trajectory of postdoctoral and graduate research focused on membrane protein assemblies and lipid–protein interactions. He leads work on diverse systems including bacterial photosynthetic supercomplexes, AAA+ ATPases, and neurotrophin receptor complexes, pairing biological questions with cryo-EM and electron crystallography. His group also develops methodological advances in cryo-EM—phase retrieval, hollow-cone imaging, and tilt-induced phase refinement—to push the limits of imaging thin specimens. Trained in biophysics (Ph.D., UC Davis) with earlier degrees in electrical engineering and pharmacy, he bridges quantitative physical methods and biological insight. Based in Tempe, he teaches biophysical chemistry and biomolecular electron microscopy while maintaining an active research program translating technical innovation into structural understanding. An early career detail that stands out: his background includes implementing clinical workflows as a medical lieutenant, reflecting a practical, systems-oriented approach to problem solving.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Biophysics, Ph.D., Biophysics at University of California, DavisM.EE., Electrical Engineering, M.EE., Electrical Engineering at National Taiwan UniversityTaipei Municipal Jianguo High School
Chinese, English, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
proteins7
bioinformatics7
python1
image-processing1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
plchiulab/Scripts
Jun 2017 - Jul 2023
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 2 months
plchiulab/biochem_recipes
Apr 2017 - Aug 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
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