Lu Lab · Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University
Seeing the world other
methods struggle to observe
The work begins with the mechanisms of ion formation and applies that understanding to rapid clinical screening of carbohydrates, material identification for plastic recycling, and the direct detection of intermediates in catalysis.
Research directions
Ionization Mechanisms: MALDI and MAI
Absolute ionization efficiency measurements used to establish how solid matrices generate gas-phase ions in MALDI and MAI.
Carbohydrate Mass Spectrometry with Machine-Learning Classification
Improving quantitative reproducibility in carbohydrate mass spectrometry and coupling it to machine-learning classification for clinical screening.
Mass-Spectrometric Identification of Plastics for Recycling
Mass-spectrometric fingerprints combined with classification models to identify mixed polymers and improve the sorting stage of plastic recycling.
Detection of Reactive Intermediates in Catalysis
Customized inlet systems used to detect transient species during catalysis, providing the evidence needed to distinguish between mechanistic proposals.
News
- I-Chung Lu received the NCHU Distinguished Professorship (AY 115)
- Congratulations to Chen-Yi Tseng for receiving an NSTC Undergraduate Research Grant
- Congratulations to Chen-Yi Tseng for 2nd place in the 2026 Science and Technology Paper Competition (Chemistry & Sustainable Energy, Undergraduate Division)
- Congratulations to Chen-Yi Tseng for the Paper Award at the 2026 Analytical Technology Symposium
- Congratulations to Shao-Hsun Ho for receiving an NSTC Undergraduate Research Grant
- Congratulations to Shao-Hsun Ho for 2nd place in the 2025 Science and Technology Paper Competition (Chemistry & Sustainable Energy, Undergraduate Division)
- Congratulations to Lyu-Han Lan for the Outstanding Poster Award, ACS Taiwan Chapter
- I-Chung Lu was promoted to Associate Professor
- Congratulations to Yi-Chun Liu for winning 1st place in the 2024 Science and Technology Paper Competition (Chemistry & Sustainable Energy, Undergraduate Division)
- Congratulations to Pin-Rui Tseng for receiving the NSTC Undergraduate Research Creativity Award
- Congratulations to Ding-Chien He for receiving an NSTC Undergraduate Research Grant
- Congratulations to Ding-Chien He for winning 1st place in the 2023 Science and Technology Paper Competition (Undergraduate Division)
- Congratulations to Wan-Qin Zeng for receiving an Honorable Mention in the 2023 Science and Technology Paper Competition (Graduate Division)
- Congratulations to Xin-Wen Zhang for the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the 28th Analytical Technology Symposium
- Congratulations to Xin-Wen Zhang for the Outstanding Poster Award at the 18th TSMS Annual Meeting
- Congratulations to Chia-Yun Wang and Pin-Rui Tseng for 3rd place in the NCHU Paper Competition
- Congratulations to Pin-Rui Tseng for receiving an MOST Undergraduate Research Grant
- Congratulations to Chia-Yun Wang for receiving the 2021 Rotary Scholarship
- I-Chung Lu received the NCHU Distinguished Teaching Award
- Congratulations to Wan-Ching Lee for an Honorable Mention in the NCHU College of Science Paper Competition
- Congratulations to Yi-Hsin Chen for an Honorable Mention at the 17th TSMS Annual Meeting
- Congratulations to Chih-Hao Lin for 2nd place in the NCHU College of Science Paper Competition
- Congratulations to Yao-Yu Yang for an Honorable Mention in the NCHU College of Science Paper Competition
- Congratulations to Yi-Hsin Chen for the Best Paper Award at the 8th AOMSC
- Congratulations to Yi-Hsin Chen for 2nd place in the NCHU College of Science Paper Competition
- Laboratory 102 officially opened
Selected publications
para-Donor Effects in PyNO Push Ligands Control O–O Bond Cleavage of TPAFe(III)-Acylperoxo to High-Valent Fe(IV)=O or Fe(IV)=O Radical Cation Species
A thermal perspective on MALDI ionization: A long journey from fundamental mechanisms to a practical solution for carbohydrate analysis
Overcoming the Tradeoff Between Reaction Rate and Overpotential in Dinuclear Cobalt Complex Catalyzed Electrochemical Water Oxidation
Advanced Pd-NAPA Precatalysts for Broad-Scope Kumada–Tamao–Corriu Couplings of Challenging Aryl Chlorides
Advancing Carbohydrate Quantification in MALDI Mass Spectrometry by Rapidly Freeze-Drying Droplet (RFDD) Method
Manipulating the Rate and Overpotential for Electrochemical Water Oxidation: Mechanistic Insights for Cobalt Catalysts Bearing Noninnocent Bis(benzimidazole)pyrazolide Ligands
Technical Platform
We run a customized mass spectrometry platform open to other research groups, for measurements that standard instrument centres cannot make. About the platform →
The group
The group's work spans ionization mechanisms, analytical method development, and reaction dynamics, so members with quite different interests and strengths can each find a project that suits them. Meet the group →
Lab Life
Conferences, outings, and the everyday work of the lab. See lab life →
