The Institute of Oceanography at NTU offers nine shared laboratories, providing essential research instruments and workspace for oceanographic studies. These facilities promote collaboration across research groups, departments, and even institutions. Students and faculty are encouraged to contact shared laboratory managers directly to discuss their research needs and inquire about available resources.
Yi-Jay Chang
Jen Chieh Shiao
Yu-Te Alan Hsieh
Huei-Ting Lin
Yiing Jang Yang
Chih-Chieh Su
Ming-Huei Chang
Shih-Nan Chen
Ho-Han Hsu
Purpose: To provide a spacious and safe environment with facilities for processing various field and marine samples, such as marine organisms, large cores, sediments, water samples, and other wet samples.
Key Equipment: Laboratory bench、Fume hoods、4°C and -20°C refrigerator、Autoclave、Oven、Sample imaging system.
Purpose: To provide essential equipment and space for molecular biology-related experiments, fostering the development of molecular oceanography studies at the institute.
Key Equipment: Laboratory bench、Fume hood、Clean bench、4°C and -20°C refrigerators、Oven、Semi-automatic DNA purification system、Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine、Capillary electrophoresis analysis system、Nucleotide electrophoresis tank、 Protein electrophoresis tank、Nucleic acid and protein quantification instruments、Spectrophotometer、Low-speed and high-speed centrifuge、Dry bath incubator、Negative pressure clean room.
Introduction: This laboratory is designed for faculty and students to perform molecular biology, biochemistry, and bacterial culture experiments. The negative pressure clean room ensures a contamination-free environment, ideal for purifying environmental DNA samples by isolating biological contaminants.
Purpose: To integrate instruments and resources for shared use, promoting research and teaching in marine and geochemistry.
Key Equipment: Elemental analyzer, Ion chromatograph, Micro-sample cutter, Pure water system, Weighing room, Cleanroom, Clean bench.
Introduction:
The geochemical and cleanroom laboratory integrates various small instruments and maintains a Class 10,000 cleanroom. It is designed to support research and teaching needs in marine chemistry and geochemistry analysis. The laboratory is equipped with a range of mid- to small-sized instruments, including an elemental analyzer, ion chromatograph, micro-sample cutter, alkalinity analyzer, pure water system, balances of various grades, ovens, heating systems, acid purification systems, ultrasonic bath, and centrifuge. The cleanroom provides a dedicated workspace for geochemical sample processing, with four fume hoods and six clean workbenches. Some areas are designed without boron, and the lab also features a changing room and weighing room, ensuring a contaminant-free environment for sample handling.
Purpose: The ocean is one of the largest carbon reservoirs in the world, and research on the ocean's carbon cycle has become increasingly important in this rapidly changing era. This shared laboratory provides instruments, equipment, and space related to carbon chemistry, aiming to promote research development and teaching needs in the field of marine carbon chemistry.
Purpose: To integrate instruments and resources for shared use, facilitating the research and development of marine radioactive tracers and supporting teaching needs in the field.
Key Equipment: EG & GORTEC GWL-100230, GWL-120-15-S (LB-GWL-SV-S), and LB-GWL well-type detectors、EG & G ORTEC GMX100 (GMX-2), GMX100-95 (GMX-NEW), GMX100P (NGX) planar detectors、Digital gamma-ray spectrometer (DSPecPlus™)、Liquid nitrogen cooling system、Lead shields、Computer System.
Purpose: To provide operational real-time monitoring and numerical simulation for research work and to support teaching and training needs.
Key Equipment: High-performance computing and display systems for numerical simulation and real-time data monitoring.
Purpose of Setup: To provide teaching and research support related to rotational fluid mechanics, physical oceanography, and ocean observation courses.
Key Equipment: High-performance computing systems, display tools, rotational water tank experimental systems, numerical simulation platforms, and real-time monitoring systems.
Introduction: The primary purpose of the Rotational Fluid Mechanics Laboratory is to support instruction in core courses such as Physical Oceanography, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, and Theoretical Physical Oceanography. The lab utilizes water tank demonstrations and hands-on experiments to help students visualize and better grasp complex fluid dynamics concepts.
Purpose: To improve ocean geothermal measurement technology in Taiwan, develop instruments for measuring ocean geothermal energy, and support geothermal surveys and exploration in marine areas.
Key Equipment: High-resolution ocean geothermal thermometers, geothermal flux measurement equipment, and related tools such as inclinometers, calibration, and inspection devices. Key instruments for ocean geothermal surveys include Li-type heat probes and four-channel small heat probes for measuring temperature and heat flux, small temperature probes, handheld ROV thermometers, thermal conductivity analyzers, and downhole geothermal measurement and monitoring systems.
Introduction: The heat flow at the Earth's surface reflects the energy from the planet’s formation, internal heat sources, and heat transfer over time. It is also affected by differences in heat conductivity due to geological structures and material properties. Studying geothermal flow helps us understand the Earth's internal heat and temperature distribution and the evolution of the Earth's crust and lithosphere. For marine resource and energy exploration, high-resolution geothermal measurement technology is essential for studying underground fluid movement, evaluating hydrothermal mineral potential, and developing geothermal energy. This laboratory focuses on developing related equipment and technologies to obtain high-precision geothermal data.
