title: Chen Yu-chie
text: # Chen Yu-chie
  
  Chen Yu-chie (Chinese: 陳月枝; pinyin: Chén Yuèzhī) is a Taiwanese chemist and is a Professor of Chemistry in the National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. She received her Ph.D. from Montana State University (United States).
  
  ## Research
  
  Chen's research interests include biological mass spectrometry, analytical nanotechnology, and nanobiotechnology.
  
  ## Achievements
  
  Chen is the inventor of Ultrasonication-Assisted Spray Ionization (UASI), as well as Contactless Atmospheric Pressure Ionization (Contactless API), and one of the inventors of the surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization (SALDI) techniques for mass spectrometric analysis of chemical molecules.
  
  