2009–2015
Kaifeng is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon in Taiwan and sees patients with oral cancer associated with betel-quid and areca-nut chewing at National Yang-Ming University. He joined Dr. Nghiem’s Laboratory (Dermatology) as a PhD student to elucidate fundamental mechanisms of UV-induced DNA damage responses, working with Dr. Kawasumi. Kaifeng’s Doctoral Dissertation is entitled “Distinct effects of the two major types of UV-induced DNA lesions on DNA damage responses.”