Shih-Yang Lin received his PhD in physics in 2015 from the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. Since 2015, he has been a postdoctoral researcher at NCKU. He works as an exchange scholar in University of Houston, and his scientific interests are focused on low-dimensional group IV materials and its derivatives using first-principle calculations.

Hsin-Yi Liu received her PhD in chemistry in 2014 at the Technical University Berlin (TU-Berlin), Germany. In 2014, she was a postdoctoral researcherat National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan. Since 2015, she has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Her scientific research is focused on low-dimensional group IV materials such as mono- & bilayer materials, nanotubes and nanoribbons. They are investigated by use of first-principle calculations.

Duy Khanh Nguyen received his PhD in physics in 2019 from the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. Since 2019, he works as a full-time researcher at the Advanced Insitute of Materials Science, Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU), Vietnam. He also works as a specially appointed researcher at the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan. His main research interest involves the design of computational materials using the first-principles calculations.

Ngoc Thanh Thuy Tran obtained her PhD in physics in 2017 from the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. Afterward, she began to work as a postdoctoral researcher and then an assistant researcher at the Hierarchical Green-Energy Materials (Hi-GEM) Research Center, NCKU. Her scientific interest is focused on the fundamental properties of 2D materials and rechargeable battery materials by means of the first-principle calculations.

Hai Duong Pham earned his PhD in July 2020 from the Department of Physics from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. After finishing the PhD program, he continued to work as a researcher at NCKU. His current scientific interest focuses on graphene-like systems using first-principle calculations and tight binding method.

Shen-Lin Chang obtained his PhD in physics in 2014 from the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. Since 2014, he has been a postdoctoral researcher at NCKU and NCTU. His main scientific interests are in the field of condensed matter physics. Most of his research is focused on the electronic and magnetic properties of one-dimensional nanomaterials.

Chiun-Yan Lin obtained his PhD in physics in 2014 from the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. Since 2014, he has been a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at NCKU. His main scientific interests are in the field of condensed matter physics, modeling and simulation of nanomaterials. Most of his research is focused on the electronic, optical and many-particle properties of low-dimensional nanomaterials.

Ming-Fa Lin is a distinguished professor in the Department of Physics at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. He received his PhD in physics in 1993 from the National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan. His main scientific interests focus on essential properties of carbon related materials and low-dimensional systems. He is a member of American Physical Society, American Chemical Society, and the Physical Society of Republic of China (Taiwan).