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RESUME

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Science Education, NTUE, Taiwan

​2023/02 – present

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Assistant Research Fellow

iWRR, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

2021/08 – 2023/01

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Postdoctoral independent research

Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

​2020/08 – 2021/07

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Postdoctoral research

Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Collaborator & Research Mentor: Dr. Keng-Hui Lin

​2018/11 – 2020/07​

Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, Japan
Advisor: Dr. Tatsuo Shibata

​2015/02 – 2018/10​

Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Advisor: Dr. Kwan-Tai Leung

​2014/08 – 2015/01

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Ph.D. & Master programs

Dept. of Physics, National Central University, Taiwan

Advisor: Dr. Hsuan-Yi Chen

​2008/09 – 2013/06

Anchor 1
Research area

Biophysics
Computational Physics

Soft Condensed Matter Physics

Mechanobiology

Mathematical Biology

Education &
Training
Awards
&
Honors
  • Young Theorist Award 
        National Center for Theoretical Sciences (NCTS), Taiwan, 2023
  • Merit Pay and Research Reward Program 
        National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 2022
  • MOST Research Scholar Grant
        Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan, 2020
  • Selected Attendee of the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS)
        National Research Foundation, Singapore, 2020
  • Highly Commended Poster Award
        Annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology, Australia​, 2018​
  • Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship
        Academia Sinica, Taiwan​, 2018​
  • Special Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship
        RIKEN, Japan​, 2017​
  • Postgraduates Student Thesis Award for Best Thesis
        The Physical Society of Republic of China, Taiwan​, 2014 
  • Best Poster Award for Student 
        The 7th Joint Meeting of Chinese Physicists Worldwide​, Taiwan, 2011
  • Nan Shan Life Scholarship
         Nan Shan Life Insurance Corporation​, Taiwan, 2009
  • UMC Scholarship
         United Microelectronics Corporation​, Taiwan, 2007
  • Professor Yun-Kui Tai Memorial Scholarship
         Yun-Kui Tai Scholarship Foundation, Taiwan, 2007
  • Academic Excellence Award
         National Central University, Taiwan, 2005–2008
Publications
2023
  • M. P. De Leon*, F. L. Wen*, ...., K. H. Lin, C. H. Chen, Mechanical waves identify the amputation position during wound healing in the amputated zebrafish tailfin, Nature Physics, 19:1362. (IF: 19.684, Quartile: Q1)  *Authors contributed equally
        https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02103-6
2022
  • F. L. Wen, Expansion of ring-shaped supracellular contractile cables induces epithelial sheet folding, Physical Review E, 106:064403. (IF: 2.707, Quartile: Q1) 
        https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.106.064403
2021
  • F. L. Wen, C. W. Kwan, Y. C. Wang, and T. Shibata, Autonomous epithelial folding induced by an intracellular mechano–polarity feedback loop, PLoS Computational Biology, 17: e1009614. (IF: 4.475, Quartile: Q1) 
        https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009614 
  • Y. W. Lim, F. L. Wen, P. Shankar, T. Shibata, and F. Motegi, A balance between antagonizing PAR proteins specifies the pattern of asymmetric and symmetric divisions in C. elegans embryogenesis, Cell Reports, 36: 109326. (IF: 9.423, Quartile: Q1) 
        https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(21)00702-6 
2020
  • A. S. Eritano, C. L. Bromley, A. B. Albero, L. Schutz, F. L. Wen, M. Takeda, T. Fukaya, M. M. Sami, T. Shibata, S. Lemke, and Y. C. Wang, Tissue-scale mechanical coupling reduces morphogenetic noise to ensure precision during epithelial folding, Developmental Cell, 53: 212. (IF: 10.092, Quartile: Q1) 
        https://www.cell.com/developmental-cell/fulltext/S1534-5807(20)30108-8 
2019
  • T. Hiraiwa, F. L. Wen, T. Shibata, and E. Kuranaga, Mathematical modeling of tissue folding and asymmetric tissue flow during epithelial morphogenesis, Symmetry, 11(1): 113. (IF: 2.143, Quartile: Q2) 
         https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/11/1/113 
2018
  • Y. Ogura, F. L. Wen, M. M. Sami, T. Shibata, and S. Hayashi, A Switch-like activation relay of EGFR-ERK signaling regulates a wave of cellular contractility for epithelial invagination, Developmental Cell, 46: 162. (IF: 9.190, Quartile: Q1) 
         https://www.cell.com/developmental-cell/fulltext/S1534-5807(18)30458-1 
2017
  • F. L. Wen, Y. C. Wang, and T. Shibata, Epithelial folding driven by apical or basal-lateral modulation: geometric features, mechanical inference, and boundary effects, Biophysical Journal, 112(12): 2683. (IF: 3.656, Quartile: Q1) 
         http://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(17)30519-2 
2016
  • F. L. Wen, H. Y. Chen, and K. T. Leung, Statistics of actin-propelled trajectories in noisy environments, Physical Review E, 93(6): 062405. (IF: 2.252, Quartile: Q1)
         https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.062405
  • F. L. Wen, K. T. Leung, and H. Y. Chen, Spontaneous symmetry breaking for geometrical trajectories of actin-based motility in three dimensions, Physical Review E, 94(1): 012401. (IF: 2.252, Quartile: Q1)
         https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.94.012401
2012
  • F. L. Wen, K. T. Leung, and H. Y. Chen, Trajectories of Listeria-type motility in two dimensions, Physical Review E, 86(6): 061902. (IF: 2.255, Quartile: Q1)
         https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.86.061902
  • F. L. Wen, K. T. Leung, and H. Y. Chen, Curved trajectories of actin-based motility in two dimensions, Europhysics Letters, 98(3): 38005. (IF: 2.454, Quartile: Q1)
         http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1209/0295-5075/98/38005
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