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Dr. Hsin-Ta Hsueh

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Dr. Hsin-Ta Hsueh

Dr. Hsin-Ta Hsueh

  • Associate Research Fellow, Sustainable Environment Research Laboratories
  • National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan

Dr. Hsin-Ta Hsueh is currently an Associate Researcher and Division Head at the Sustainable Environment Research Laboratories, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. He specializes in air pollution control technologies, microalgal cultivation and applications, soil and groundwater pollution management, and environmental data analytics. Dr. Hsueh obtained his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from NCKU. His research focuses on the multifunctional applications of Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 for CO₂ fixation, wastewater treatment, and high-value bioproduct generation. He also holds multiple Taiwanese patents in sustainable technologies..

Awards

  • The Best Engineering Paper Award (2020), Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, Taiwan.
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  • Project on Algal Flocculation for Nitrogen Removal from Swine Wastewater – Subproject: Nitrogen Fixation Testing of Algal Suspension Prior to Flocculation豬廢水除氮藻液混凝計畫－分項計畫：混凝前藻液固氮測試計畫(Industrial Technology Research Institute / PI, 2025/03-2025/11)
  • 2025 Project on Background Investigation of Environmental Distribution of Chemical Substances114年化學物質環境流布背景調查專案工作計畫 (Department of Chemical Substance Management, Ministry of Environment / Co-PI, 2025/01-2025/12)
  • 薛欣達*。左營港區周邊測站PM2.5濃度變化特性分析（2015～2024年6月）。《燃燒季刊》 126期 (2024 / 08) Pp. 47-57。
  • Narindri Rara Winayu, B., Ho, J. Y., Hsueh, H. T.** & Chu, H.* (2025, Jan). Multifunctional Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 cultivation in swine wastewater for nutrients utilization, CO2 fixation, and C-phycocyanin production. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 166, 105046. (SCIE, 31/170, ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2023.105046
  • 薛欣達*；陳彥宇。物聯網於微藻培養之應用：以Raspberry Pi為邊緣裝置的回顧。《燃燒季刊》 122期 (2023 / 08) Pp. 4-18。
  • Narindri Rara Winayu, B., Lin, Y. T., Hsueh, H. T.** & Chu, H.* (2024, Jan). Importance of lighting color and period for CO2 fixation and C-phycocyanin production during Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 growth. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 55, 103003. (JCR, 49/174, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2023.103003
  • Narindri Rara Winayu, B., Chiu, K. Y., Hsueh, H. T.** & Chu, H.* (2024, Aug). Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 (TCL-1) as an efficient cyanobacterium in CO2 fixation, C-phycocyanin production, and removal of Cd and Pb. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 208, 109367. (JCI, 68/174, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2024.109367
  • Narindri Rara Winayu, B., Tsai, S. B., Hsueh, H. T.** & Chu, H.* (2023, May). Combined strategy for 17-α-ethynilestradiol removal, CO2 fixation, and carotenoid accumulation using Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 cultivation. Process Biochemistry. 128, p. 137-146. (SCIE, 119/313, BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2023.02.029
  • Narindri Rara Winayu, B., Cheng, H. F., Hsueh, H. T.** & Chu, H.* (2023, Aug). Removal of endocrine disruptor compounds, CO2 fixation, and macromolecules accumulation in Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 cultivation. Journal of Biotechnology. 373, p. 1-11. (SCIE, 45/174, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2023.06.004
  • Narindri Rara Winayu, B., Chen, Y. C., Hsueh, H. T.** & Chu, H.* (2023, Aug). Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 cultivation for Zn removal in swine wastewater with simultaneous CO2 fixation and macromolecules accumulation. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 54, 103927. (SCIE, 20/81, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.103927
  • Arcega, R. D., Chen, R. J., Chih, P. S., Huang, Y. H., Chang, W. H., Kong, T. K., Lee, C. C., Mahmudiono, T., Tsui, C. C., Hou, W. C., Hsueh, H. T.** & Chen, H. L.* (2023, Feb). Toxicity prediction: An application of alternative testing and computational toxicology in contaminated groundwater sites in Taiwan. Journal of Environmental Management. 328, 116982. (SCIE, 35/358, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116982
  • Narindri Rara Winayu, B., Hsueh, H. T.** & Chu, H.* (2022, Nov). CO2 fixation and cultivation of Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 for the production of phycocyanin. Bioresource technology. 364, 128105. (SCIE, 12/159, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128105
  • Hsin-Ta Hsueh*, Hui-Ping Chuang, Mao-Hsiu Hsiao, Hsin Chu. (2022, Aug). Combustion Quarterly. 118, 60-74. Potential of CO2 Elimination and Bioenergy Precursor Production by Marine Microalgae isolated from Southern Taiwan. https://doi.org/10.30041/CQ.202208_(118).0005
  • Narindri Rara Winayu, B., Chang, Y. L., Hsueh, H. T.** & Chu, H. (2022, June). Simultaneous 17β-estradiol degradation, carbon dioxide fixation, and carotenoid accumulation by Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1. Bioresource technology. 354, 127197. (SCIE, 12/159, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127197
  • Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Da-Siou Chen, Hsin-Ta Hsueh**, Hong-Ping Lin, Hsin Chu* (2021, Dec). Combination of iron-silicate adsorption and Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 cultivation for swine wastewater treatment, CO2 fixation, phycobiliproteins generation. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 44, 102406. (SCIE, 16/54, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102406
  • Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hui-Ping Chuang, Hsin-Ta Hsueh**, Hsin Chu* (2021, Sep). Elimination of inorganic carbon and nitrogen resided in swine wastewater using Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 enriched culture. Bioresource Technology, 336, 125325. (SCIE, 12/159, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125325
  • Jia-Yuan Chang, Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh**, Hsin Chu (2021, Sep). Nitrogen and 17β-Estradiol level regulate Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 carbon dioxide fixation, monosaccharide production, and estrogen degradation. Bioresource Technology, 336, 125313. (SCIE, 12/159, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125313
  • 蘇靜惠；薛欣達*；張祖恩。歐盟循環經濟推動進程暨創新合作平台。《燃燒季刊》 114期 (2021/08) Pp. 89-111。https://doi.org/10.30041/CQ.202108_(114).0008
  • Apramita Devi, Yi-Ting Chiu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh#, Tsair-Fuh Lin* (2021, Jan). Quantitative PCR based detection system for cyanobacterial geosmin/2- methylisoborneol (2-MIB) events in drinking water sources: Current status and challenges. Water Research, 188,116478. (SCIE, 6/274, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116478
  • Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Ko Tung Lai, Hsin-Ta Hsueh**, Hsin Chu (2021, Jan). Production of phycobiliprotein and carotenoid by efficient extraction from Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 cultivation in swine wastewater. Bioresource Technology, 319, 124125. (SCIE, 12/159, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124125
  • Soi Keong Hoi, Birgitta Narindri Rara Winayu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh**, Hsin Chu* (2021). Light factors and nitrogen availability to enhance biomass and C- phycocyanin productivity of Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 167, 107899. (SCIE, 56/159, BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2020.107899
  • Chu HM, Narindri B, Hsin-Ta Hsueh**, Chu H* (2020, Feb). Improvement of Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1 performance on biomass productivity and CO2 fixation via growth factors arrangement. J Photochem Photobiol B, 205:111822. (SCIE, 61/295, BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2020.111822
  • Yen-I Cheng, Lin Chou, Yi-Fang Chiu, Hsin-Ta Hsueh#, Chih-Horng Kuo and Hsiu-An Chu* (2020, Jan). Comparative Genomic Analysis of a Novel Strain of Taiwan Hot-Spring Cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus sp. CL-1. Front. Microbiol., 11:82. (SCIE, 28/136, MICROBIOLOGY). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00082
  • 蘇靜惠； 薛欣達*； 張祖恩。生質能研究趨勢分析：循環經濟觀點。《燃燒季刊》 110期 (2020 / 08) Pp. 74-88。https://doi.org/10.30041/CQ.202008_(110).0006
  • Tzu Hsing Ko, Feng Hsiang Chang, Hsin-Ta Hsueh*, Yung-Fu Wang, Chih-Ming Su, Li-Che Huang, Hsin Chu, Chi-Ming Tseng, Dah-Tong Ray, Yun Hwei Shen (2018, Mar). Photocurrent Production with Thermophilic cyanobacterial Strain under Electrochemical Treatment without Adding of Mediators. International journal of electrochemical science , 13, 3429-3440. (SCIE, 24/29, ELECTROCHEMISTRY). http://www.electrochemsci.org/abstracts/vol13/130403429.pdf